Rich Wonneberger,

19-Oct-99 19:35:12, Rich Wonneberger wrote to All
 RW> *** Quoting Andy Roberts to Linda Proulx dated 10-18-99 ***
          Subject: CAD

 AR>> Bc1Eng1.Zip  02-19-97  1,318,781
 AR>>   BlueCAD  1.008 1 of 3  Computer Aided Drafting
 AR>> Bc1Eng2.Zip  02-19-97  1,337,600
 AR>>   BlueCAD  1.008 2 of 3
 AR>> Bc1Eng3.Zip  02-19-97  1,282,074
 AR>>   BlueCAD  1.008 3 of 3

 RW> Maybe someone here who uses BlueCAD can tell me if it supports a
 RW> HP-7475A Plotter

Probably so, since BlueCAD is a very complete industrial quality prgm that
includes BluePlot with both HPGL and CALCOMP formats.

For a detailed answer write to cadware@cadware.it

 RW> How about any simple CAD program that supports the plotter??

Of all the CAD prgms, BlueCAD is the only native OS/2 prgm I would recommend.
It is fully functional ShareWare, but I paid the registration.  In fact I even
read the whole paper book manual word for word and some parts twice.  While
you can do simple things without much study, there is a lot of speed and power
that can be gained by using some of the more complex functions.  This is not
just a simple "draw" or "paint" prgm, this is CAD and all that implies.

 RW> I dont need much more then basic functions.  Single line drawing,
 RW> some text. The ability to zoom in and print a section enlarged
 RW> would be nice

BlueCAD has all that and a lot more such as layers and drag'n'drop objects.
In many ways this is similar to AutoCAD and can export/import AutoCAD files.

 RW> Of course the ability to save to disk.  :}

Yep, even in the ShareWare version.

BTW, you may find it very hard to find the full ShareWare files I have listed
above.  Although I have not checked recently most web sites like BMT-Micro
only have a demo version available.  If you want, I'll package up the whole
bunch including a few addon files and File Attach it to E-Mail to you.

There are also additional object "libraries" available from at least 2
different sources.  Unfortunately they cost so much more that I don't have
them (yet.)

I suppose it depends on what you want what to accomplish.  I use BlueCAD and
regular printers (both color and B&W) for extremely detailed and precise
construction building plans.  It sure beats doing the calculations and
combination measurements on paper by hand.  I can hide layers and enlarge some
little detail and print that out to take to the building site.  More than once
BlueCAD has found some simple little mistake in my hand sketches and tape
measure measurements, that would have caused problems later, had they got by.

Anyway IMO the Plotter probably won't be the problem.  If you have OS/2
drivers for your particular Plotter it's simple.  If all you have is WinXX
drivers then you can save the BluePlot output to a file and probably work with
that from WinXX.  Although I don't have a Plotter, I did consider taking a
BluePlot file via disk to someone who does have a Plotter.  It should be easy.

     Thanks and Good Luck,        Andy Roberts
                                  andy@shentel.net
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