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   FastEddie1 | Feb 08, 2003 12:43am | #1

   Which version did you get?  Are you upgrading?

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   dugpugsknuck | Feb 08, 2003 02:07am | #2

   full version 8.0.

   been working on acad

   can't talk- it is a brave new world!

   ohboyohboyohboy!

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   xMikeSmith | Feb 08, 2003 02:44am | #3

   check into the  Chief User's group... lot's of great guys/gals there...only problem is reading about 100 emails a day.. ( or not )Mike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   dugpugsknuck | Feb 08, 2003 03:10am | #4

   yep. bought it after a trial run- got to get off line and draw stuff

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   FastEddie1 | Feb 08, 2003 05:02am | #5

   Is that the official group, or the unofficial one?  Which is more useful?

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   MikeSmith | Feb 08, 2003 05:15am | #6

   Chief Users is the unofficial one.. i find it more useful.. but i'm mostly a lurker..it's one area (among many others ) where i can learn more by shutting up

   The ART official site is good too, but  not as sophisticated

   some of the ART tech people pop into the User's group every now and then..

    another great Chief source is Berryvale software.. Steve Blake has a tech question diary that he keeps current

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   dugpugsknuck | Feb 08, 2003 06:40am | #7

   it keeps gettin better-

   i just imported six acad house plans- BINGO! SHAZAM!

   I am in love with this program

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   don26299 | Feb 08, 2003 07:08am | #8

   How much was it?  Assuming it's 500$ like all the rest I've priced is there any scaled down version that would work well for a remodeler?

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   MikeSmith | Feb 08, 2003 07:43am | #9

   $995 for a Base Version...

   here's a link to the ART home page..

   http://www.chiefarch.com/

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   dugpugsknuck | Feb 08, 2003 03:59pm | #12

   the base model and the full model are on sale this month. Twenty five percent off.

   $745.00 sale price on the base

   $1123.00 sale price on the full

   and if you buy two the second one is $298.00 complete.

   so dear old dad is getting an early fathers day gift

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   FastEddie1 | Feb 08, 2003 05:21pm | #13

   There is also a slightly dumbed down version called Chief Architect Home Edition 5.0 for $495.  I looked at the differences and decided to try it.  Two main diffs...max print size is 11x17, and the library of textures and cabinets is smaller.  I saw a list of the actual diffs, I'll try to find it again.

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   MikeSmith | Feb 08, 2003 05:23pm | #15

   that's a great starter, because if you like it and want to expand they will give you credit to an upgrade...

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   dugpugsknuck | Feb 08, 2003 06:41pm | #16

   I looked at the base, considered buying it and upgrading in a month or two,but it would have cost more than just spending the extra cash now.

   What is your opinion of the materials calculator?

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   xMikeSmith | Feb 08, 2003 10:12pm | #19

   the materials calculator is good for rough estimates... i wouldn't use it for a cut list.. but you can get great SF quantities off it.. as long as you have the correct "materils" on the surfaces you want quantities forMike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   MikeSmith | Feb 08, 2003 05:22pm | #14

   they will be continuing those kinds of offers right until VS 9.0 comes out.. which is just going  into beta testing now..

   we hold 3 seats.. one pro ( a double license ) and one full.. so we can run two work stations at the office and one here at home

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   don26299 | Feb 08, 2003 09:27pm | #17

   What do you mean you "hold a double license"?  I thought you buy the program and that's surely it.

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   xMikeSmith | Feb 08, 2003 10:10pm | #18

   you need one license for each machine you want to run it on.. it's the way all CAD works as far as i know...

   with the dongle (hardware lock ).. you can load  one license on as many machines as you want... then move the dongle from machine to machine depending on which one you want to useMike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   don26299 | Feb 09, 2003 03:43am | #20

   So does the "license" mean "monthly money"? 

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   CloudHidden | Feb 09, 2003 04:03am | #21

   It only means that you buy as many as you're gonna have people using them. Software is sold as a license-to-use rather than ownership, because if it were owned, then you could do as you wish with it, including copy it. That's not good economics for a software developer, so the license gives them a better handle on how many people are using the product.

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   MikeSmith | Feb 09, 2003 04:18am | #22

   what cloud said.. and no.. you buy the license once.. it's good until you get tired of using it.. it's good after you get tired of using it..

    when a new version comes out.. after awhile they will stop supporitn it with tech.. but it basically lasts forever..

   if i wanted to i could still be running my version 5.0 that i bought in '97.. but what i usually do is buy the upgrade when the specials come out and then run two versions unitl all of the bugs are out of the new one ( there are always bugs )..

    the new features are always so awesome , it's almost impossible to resist the upgrades...

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   CloudHidden | Feb 08, 2003 08:05am | #10

   Nothing to do with anything, but at the very instant that I clicked on this thread to see what it was about, my wife, on the other side of the library, rubbed her eyes to settle in for a few hours of reading for her college courses and said, "ohboyohboy." The very instant. She did two and you did three.

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   Piffin | Feb 08, 2003 03:47pm | #11

   Better be careful what you click on then. Prospero is getting more powerful every release..

   Excellence is its own reward!