You may also wish to check out "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes. It gives a lot of background about the people, politics, and technology behind the first atomic bomb.
You've forgotten that the age of personal responsibility has past. You can't ask people to take responsibility for their actions! It might hurt their feelings if you suggest that they aren't doing a good job. How insensitive of you!
I agree that for serious modeling a parametric modeler is the the way to go. I used AutoCAD for years and then moved to a company that uses Pro/E. It was awsome. But, AutoCAD is still usefull if all you need is a quick sketch to get the message across.
By the way, I've used mechanical desktop and was serious unimpressed. If you're going to do 3D it's a great improvement from AutoCAD, but it's nowhere near as usable as Pro/E.
I think I must be the only person in the world who actually likes Pro/E's menu driven interface. I really like being able to read the names of actions on the menus instead of having to guess at what different icons do. But then again, I also use the command line in AutoCAD to the exclusion of the icons...
I wish people would listen to the words of the founding fathers on occasion:
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."- The Papers of Ben Franklin
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You may also wish to check out "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes. It gives a lot of background about the people, politics, and technology behind the first atomic bomb.
I was hoping that Neo would wake up in bed between Bob Newhart and the woman who played his wife on his first series.
You've forgotten that the age of personal responsibility has past. You can't ask people to take responsibility for their actions! It might hurt their feelings if you suggest that they aren't doing a good job. How insensitive of you!
I agree that for serious modeling a parametric modeler is the the way to go. I used AutoCAD for years and then moved to a company that uses Pro/E. It was awsome. But, AutoCAD is still usefull if all you need is a quick sketch to get the message across.
By the way, I've used mechanical desktop and was serious unimpressed. If you're going to do 3D it's a great improvement from AutoCAD, but it's nowhere near as usable as Pro/E.
I think I must be the only person in the world who actually likes Pro/E's menu driven interface. I really like being able to read the names of actions on the menus instead of having to guess at what different icons do. But then again, I also use the command line in AutoCAD to the exclusion of the icons...
I wish people would listen to the words of the founding fathers on occasion:
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."- The Papers of Ben Franklin