On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Denny Esterline wro= te: > > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Harrison Cooper < > harrison.cooper@listentech.com> wrote: > >> Finally moved up to win7, but my CAD package that ran under DOS (its >> that old) will not run under Win7 or the virtualXP window (it does run >> under winXP. I like it (designCAD) because I've used it for so long >> that it takes me only minutes to draw something up. I have the windows >> version but its not as easy to use. >> >> So I attempted to install XP on the new laptop (HP G7-1260) after >> resizing the volume to give a 100G partition for it, and then running >> the XP install it crashes before it gets to the actual installation >> part. >> >> So my options are: >> >> 1. wipe the drive and install XP...then install Win7 >> 2. Keep my old machine for the CAD program >> 3. Find a new free and easy to use CAD program. I need to be able to >> import/export DXF from it. >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > If all you need is 2D and DXF support, there's several very inexpensive > options. One I'm liking is > > http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/velocity/solidedge/f= ree2d/ > > -Denny > > > And you didn't ask this, but I thought I'd share anyway - It'll be a cold day in Haitis before I buy another Autodesk product. Short version: Bought one seat of Inventor 2010 in late 2009 for abut $4500, tried to buy a second seat mid 2011 - was quoted $12,000+!!! Some nonsense about not having purchased the "maintenance", couldn't get it through their thick skulls that they made it cheaper for me to throw away the existing seat and buy two new ones. Their response: "But you already have one seat". Never again. -Denny --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .