ClarisCAD

[Stephen Coates]

Has anyone here either used or got a copy of ClarisCAD?

I have been looking for a copy of it as I thought I would like to include it in my CAD software research for college, and I might even use it to do my drawing depending on how good it is.

I havn't been able to find much about it. What I did get quite a while ago off a hotline server is version 1 in french (with a date of 1989 on it).

I tried running it on a PowerMac 5550 and on a G4 and I get a message saying what i assume is insufficient memory. I tried running it in BasilsikII with Os 8.1 and 7.5.3 and get the same error. Does it need to be run on an older Mac? I would have tried it in vMac, but I couldn't find my old vMac files to use and couldn't be bothered to set a new one up. I will see about doing this later this week.

As far as I am aware there is a version 2 of ClarisCAD (in english). Does anyone have a copy of this or know where I could get it? If not, I would be at least interested in getting the version 1 which I have to work.

Thanks
Steve

[yksoft1]

Has anyone here either used or got a copy of ClarisCAD?

I have been looking for a copy of it as I thought I would like to include it in my CAD software research for college, and I might even use it to do my drawing depending on how good it is.

I havn't been able to find much about it. What I did get quite a while ago off a hotline server is version 1 in french (with a date of 1989 on it).

I tried running it on a PowerMac 5550 and on a G4 and I get a message saying what i assume is insufficient memory. I tried running it in BasilsikII with Os 8.1 and 7.5.3 and get the same error. Does it need to be run on an older Mac? I would have tried it in vMac, but I couldn't find my old vMac files to use and couldn't be bothered to set a new one up. I will see about doing this later this week.

As far as I am aware there is a version 2 of ClarisCAD (in english). Does anyone have a copy of this or know where I could get it? If not, I would be at least interested in getting the version 1 which I have to work.

Thanks
Steve

You may need to change the display to 256 or less colors
or manually increase the application's memory size.

[Stephen Coates]

Thanks for the suggestions.

Just increasing the memory didn't make any difference, but I changed it to 256 colours and now it works. Just in a language that I can't understand.

EDIT: I managed to obtain a copy of Version 2.0 in English.

[macintricks]

Claris discontinued this application in the in the early '90s. They denied it ever existed. Now cast into an abandonware hell, Claris CAD is more a museum piece than it is functional. But it was so good.

Try this page.

http://clariscad.googlepages.com/index.html

Learn from the glory of what quality software once was.

[Crosspass]

I have Claris Cad but it won't run in this computer. Do you know I can make it work, or maybe another program that is similar to Claris Cad. I loved how this thing worked in my old computer and I wish they would make an updated version. Any help would be appreciated.

[Crosspass]

If you find an answer to your questions PLEASE forward it to me? I'm in the same boat as you are.

My email is: crosspass@aol.com

Thanks

[Stephen Coates]

I've had ClarisCAD running on my old PowerBook 1400, and I'm pretty sure I had it running in an emulator. Might have been on my other PC though.

If you want a modern alternative, you might want to have a look at QCad. I've used this on Linux once of twice and it was quite easy to get going for some simple drawings. Not sure about more complex stuff though.

[Silent Flamer]

If you're lazy to find your vMac files, you can use Mini vMac.

2.0v3 is at the Macintosh Garden, in English.