jgmrussell Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Hi, I've been using VW for awhile now and I'm interested in adding InteriorCAD. I'm mainly doing kitchen and furniture design. From my limited knowledge of InteriorCAD, it seems to be more powerful and versatile than VW. Does anybody here have any experience with it? Is it worth the cost and is it easy to use etc.? Any help would be appreciated. John Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I have a lot of experience with interiorCAD. I have written a manual of it and I have trained several of my clients to use it effectively. It is able to create very sophisticated kitchens in a great deal of detail. And if you need to send information to a CNC machine it can do that as well. It?s not cheap, but I believe that the time you save is worth much more than the cost of interiorCAD. It will speed up the way you draw a kitchen. Quote Link to comment
ccroft Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 On the price side, it is quite inexpensive when compared to kitchen design programs like 20/20,CabinetVision or Cabinetware. Especially if you already own V-works. I'm still evaluating the demo, but from what I see it compares favorably to any of these. Quote Link to comment
FTI Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 We use InteriorCad in combination with Vectorworks Architect already for quite a while. Yes it's not cheap but it perfectly integrates into Vectorworks and therefore the combination of both gives you a great Software Package. What speaks for it is the ease of use to design Cabinets. Go to their website http://www.interiorcad.com and download the demo. We use it for all of our KitchenDesign as well as other Furniture related Design Planning and Presentations. Quote Link to comment
tgm Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Will Interior Cad work with 11.5 as of yet?? The last time I checked it would not. I am interested in using it for cabinet design and CNC export and it looks as if would fill the bill, so to speak. Anyone had any experience using it for CNC export?? Any major issues with the software?? Thanks guys, Tom in PA Quote Link to comment
FTI Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Yes the latest Version 2.0 works without hitch on Vectorworks 11.5 Quote Link to comment
ccroft Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Yes, interiorcad 2 works with 11.5 and the demo is available for download on their site. I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think the shop module is quite ready for prime time in North America. As far as I know, you can't place functional hardware yet, so I don't see how you can run boring patterns to CNC.Maybe you can export cut-lists to CNC tho. There are tools for boring lay-out though, so maybe you can do this. We don't run CNC in our shop. I find the estimating side of the program to be overly complicated. It may fit the bill for some, but I don't break down costing to the level of detail that Shop+ requires. You assign a labour cost, material cost and finishing cost (if needed) to every part in a cabinet. Some other shop programs work like this, but I find this to be a lot of work and no more accurate than looking at a cabinet as a whole object. You should go get the demo and try it for yourself. I may have a use for I-cad as a design and presentation tool, but for now I'll continue to use my home-brewed Vectorworks solution for pricing and material lists. Without hardware costing, I-Cad is pretty useless as an estimating tool. Of course, it's entirely possible that I don't understand how to use Shop+ and maybe these things are in fact do-able. I'd love to have some documentation on the Shop+ module. Charles Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Charles, contact me off-list for some help on the Cost centres, fundtional hardware and how to add costs for hardware... jon@archoncad.co.nz interiorCAD 2.0 wrks with VectorWorks 11.5 and you CAN place functional hardware like hinges, handles connectors and so on. These turn up on the part layout as borings and then can be sent to the CNC machine for boring. There are several choices that you can make when buying CNC machinery and interiorCAD can be adjusted to suit the machines. If you want to down see my manual please refer to: http://www.archoncad.co.nz/manuals/maninfo.php#iCAD Quote Link to comment
ccroft Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Jonathan Thanks for the kind offer. I will contact you in a couple of weeks. I need to re-visit I-Cad a bit. Charles Quote Link to comment
Michael J Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Hi Johnathon, i have followed some of your YouTube training vids for vector works THANKYOU. I was given an evaluation of VW interior cad by OzCAD some years back but when i asked about it again for purchasing they said they no longer supported it in Australia because the export to CNC machine via Vector Wop was done from Germany. I am an interiors designer, furniture maker, my architect friend here in Western Australia has taught me vectorworks over many years now and i am very proficient with the Cnc router coding having operated a very large Aussie made Multicam CNC router for the last 10 years all from my home workshop studio as a 1 man operation. Perhaps this may change some soon. Is there a way you know of I could pay to unlock my earlier evaluation CD as i have this still running on my iMac OS 10.6, yes it’s old now but is still working fine for me to get used to before I upgraded to the latest version at a later stage. I need to be able to save my drawing presentations, design products, set up costings for quoting and export the NESTED CAD to my machines Toolpath software. Even if setting up vector wop requires German tech support, i have German speaking friends who would assist me and or NZ or UK interior cad support I thought could assist. regards michael J Quote Link to comment
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