Comments on: Breaking Free of Sky High CAD Pricing http://paulthecad.co.uk/breaking-free-of-sky-high-cad-pricing/ TurboCAD, DoubleCAD & Google SketchUp, Sales & Advice Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:53:28 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul The CAD http://paulthecad.co.uk/breaking-free-of-sky-high-cad-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Paul The CAD Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:11:47 +0000 http://paulthecad.co.uk/?p=140#comment-43 Thanks Luis Glad that you understand the role of TurboCAD. I do as many shows as I do so that I’m able to demonstrate to CAD users just how powerful TurboCAD is. I’m afraid that many think that just because it’s cheap, it can’t be that good. Yet I sell TurboCAD into lots of high end companies and Local Authorities, because they have seen and understand its’ quality. Two True Stories: A few weeks ago I was talking to a man at a show who told me that he was just about to buy AutoCAD LT for about £800. All he wanted to do was design an extension in 2D for his house. I showed him TurboCAD Designer for £30 and guaranteed him that it was all that he needed, but he didn’t believe me. Despite explaining the file compatibility and how he would so much more easily achieve his task and save a good few hundred pounds, he still when off apparently to buy LT. The shear stupidity of that man and others thinking that AutoCAD is still the industry leader and the only one to use amazes me. By the time he has bought LT and paid for training, he would have spent perhaps as much as £1,800 more than he needed to. No wonder Autodesk is so rich. Last year I was contacted by a company that puts labels onto bottles. Each job is a little different so each one needs some customising of their basic machines. The company needed to upgrade their AutoCAD Inventor, four users on one computer at work, but each needing it on their laptops. Because they had not upgraded for several years, AutoCAD treated them as new users and wanted them to buy four new licenses at a cost of many thousands. They called me and asked for a demo at their factory which I did. Within forty minutes I had shown them that TurboCAD did everything that they needed to do and sold them all the licenses that they needed and gave them all a free training day in Winchester. They saved about £10,000. I have dozens of stories like those above, some relate to AutoCAD, some SolidWorks. I even have customers that draw parts with TurboCAD and import them into Catia. It’s all a matter of getting the right tool for the job and that is not necessarily the expensive one. Paul Thanks Luis

Glad that you understand the role of TurboCAD. I do as many shows as I do so that I’m able to demonstrate to CAD users just how powerful TurboCAD is. I’m afraid that many think that just because it’s cheap, it can’t be that good. Yet I sell TurboCAD into lots of high end companies and Local Authorities, because they have seen and understand its’ quality.

Two True Stories:

A few weeks ago I was talking to a man at a show who told me that he was just about to buy AutoCAD LT for about £800. All he wanted to do was design an extension in 2D for his house. I showed him TurboCAD Designer for £30 and guaranteed him that it was all that he needed, but he didn’t believe me. Despite explaining the file compatibility and how he would so much more easily achieve his task and save a good few hundred pounds, he still when off apparently to buy LT. The shear stupidity of that man and others thinking that AutoCAD is still the industry leader and the only one to use amazes me. By the time he has bought LT and paid for training, he would have spent perhaps as much as £1,800 more than he needed to. No wonder Autodesk is so rich.

Last year I was contacted by a company that puts labels onto bottles. Each job is a little different so each one needs some customising of their basic machines. The company needed to upgrade their AutoCAD Inventor, four users on one computer at work, but each needing it on their laptops. Because they had not upgraded for several years, AutoCAD treated them as new users and wanted them to buy four new licenses at a cost of many thousands. They called me and asked for a demo at their factory which I did. Within forty minutes I had shown them that TurboCAD did everything that they needed to do and sold them all the licenses that they needed and gave them all a free training day in Winchester. They saved about £10,000.

I have dozens of stories like those above, some relate to AutoCAD, some SolidWorks. I even have customers that draw parts with TurboCAD and import them into Catia. It’s all a matter of getting the right tool for the job and that is not necessarily the expensive one.

Paul

]]> By: Luis Carrillo http://paulthecad.co.uk/breaking-free-of-sky-high-cad-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Luis Carrillo Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:59:28 +0000 http://paulthecad.co.uk/?p=140#comment-42 I agree with you my dear friend, I am a user of UG and trying to learn CATIa right now. I can tell you that Turbocad is an excellent CAD software to do from small projects to more serious ones as well as a perfect foundations for further CAD designa nd graphics. The best of all, it is affordable, for its price you can only get lower grade versions of other software such as Alibre or some others. Really best features for the buck. I am planning to use Turbocad pro now to get anew hobby as well as doing some inventions. I agree with you my dear friend, I am a user of UG and trying to learn CATIa right now. I can tell you that Turbocad is an excellent CAD software to do from small projects to more serious ones as well as a perfect foundations for further CAD designa nd graphics. The best of all, it is affordable, for its price you can only get lower grade versions of other software such as Alibre or some others. Really best features for the buck. I am planning to use Turbocad pro now to get anew hobby as well as doing some inventions.

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