You used to get a free copy of photoshop LE with the purchase of a Wacom tablet or something similar. I looked and that is still the case. So for $58 you can buy photoshop LE brand new and get a free wacom! Check amazon.com It's ususally cheaper than buying photoshop LE alone. (by about $20) Here is a link describing the difference between the photoshop and photoshop elements (or photoshop LE). http://www.differencebetween.net/object/difference-between-photoshop-and-photoshop-elements/ If you get too advanced for photoshop elements then you shouldn't have a problem using GIMP at that point. here is a link to the tablet http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-CTL460-Bamboo-Pen-Tablet/dp/B002OOWC3I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297818588&sr=8-1

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Thanks David, I'll give it a try on our HP which I hate. By the way, watch your e-mail. Something coming soon.

i love this prog but without direct save???????????

Didier, I was able to download and install the file and it appears to be working at first glance. Is there any documentaion anywhere? I downloaded from sourceForge today.

Yes, its great value for 99 US cent or 79 Eu cent (I think). I have been trying out a lot of 3D and 2D apps for the iPhone and iPad of late and find some are quite good. Trimesional is in the early stages of its development but produces quite good results if the pics are taken in total darkness.

Thanks for the suggestions and so on. I ended up using the NIVIDIA DualView mode which works. I don't know what that will do to the power consumption but we'll see.

Happy holidays to you too.

Thanks - and they have a Platinum version now. With some 3D "improvements", though 3D in BricsCAD is a joke.

We have an internal server that manages both the mail and the domain accesses, there are personal accounts enabled for the internal network only, and group profiles that send/receive on the public side. Every user has an account and password to enter the domain (lan) but it's not directly related to the mailbox. For example I could have more than one user allowed to read the same mailbox. Actually to connect to a mailbox is not needed an account/password and it seems with outlook this is not a problem, while other apps require it obligatorily

Thanks!

Amazing. That first video is crazy.

CoCreate is now Creo Element free PLE Version illimited [flash=640,385:1wurx8du]http://www.youtube.com/v/Ni3Z6Tft8sQ?fs=1&am[/flash:1wurx8du] [flash=640,385:1wurx8du]http://www.youtube.com/v/bXxv2HVnunw?fs=1&amp[/flash:1wurx8du]

Thanks for that info Scott. I'll look into the pen, too. The tablet is ordered but hasn't shipped as far as I can tell.

I would agree with Brodie generally, but recommend something slightly differently. I was going to find an example on the Dell website but they don't seem to offer (at least where I was looking) the hardware I was thinking of. I've been researching a similar rig for myself. Here's what I would look for and why: CPU: i5-760 (~$200) or i7-870 (~$280) It would generally be hard to notice a difference between the two except in programs which use as many cores as possible (sketchup only uses 1, though, so for just that save your money and get the 760). If the $80 isn't a big deal, the 870 is a very nice processor (for renderings, especially). Having said that, Q1 next year intel is releasing a new line of processors (the 2500k is the processor I'm thinking of) that should be about (from early testing) 20-25% faster for (speculation) about the same price. It's not a long wait and might be worth it. Memory: If you want to use a lot of textures and/or if you would want to do renderings also, more matters. If it does, 8gb would be nice and 4 otherwise. The processors I've listed are "dual-channel" and work best with 2, 4, or 8gb. If you got an i7-9xx (triple-channel) make sure you get 3, 6, or 12gb. Graphics card: If you are really only using it for sketchup a 310 is probably just fine. Certain types of rendering (the future of rendering, I was say) need a powerful graphics card and the 310 might be a bottle-neck. A GTX 460 1gb (~$220) is probably the current best performance for the price. A pair of these are VERY powerful -- just make sure the motherboard supports SLI. Also, if you (read: your son) would ever play games this would be much better. A quick search found basically the above -- of course, you would have to assemble it yourself. Also, the 2 video cards would be chopped to 1 and I'd upgrade that 1 to the 1gb variety. The links appear to be out-of-date but prices be about that. **Processor - Intel i5 760 $209 Motherboard - BIOSTAR T5 XE CFX-SLI (don't laugh, read the reviews first) $134.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813138162 Memory - OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) XMP-Ready Rev.2 $94.99 (Before $20 mail in rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227503 Graphics - 2 X Galaxy 60XMH6HS3HMW GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) GC 768MB $359.98 (before $10 mail-in rebate per card) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814162058 HDD + Power Supply : Samsung Spinpoint F3 + OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W $99.98 (before $20 mail-in rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.466067 Case - Antec 300 $59.95 CPU Cooler - ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler $35.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835186134 Optical Drive - Sony Optiarc CD/ DVD Burner $17 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827118039 Total (Before Shipping/Rebates) - $1011.87 After Rebates - $951.87 After Shipping - $998.87 GRAND TOTAL (After factoring mail-in rebates & shipping) - $998.87**

personally I use one of these Belkin N52te's [image: FUL1_F8GFPC200.jpg] http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=390404# works lovely with Sketchup, fully programmable and auto switching for different profiles as you switch programs

Why can't Dassault get their sh1t together, and just make a Mac version of this software? It shouldn't be at all difficult, now that there is a version for the iPad.

I must learn more about it as it could work well for energy upgrade retrofits! I will 'top up' here with any information I get

Oh, and daca You've tried macs and dont like them. V wants to try one and a positive to take from that is: Buy the Mac.. If you dont like it, sell it and you'll get enough for it to buy the 1/2price 2X better system you're talking about. So you spend a couple hundred bucks to know that you don't like osx and can quit being curious about it. Not such a bad deal. Or, you'll like it and keep it. Works out good either way

I use one with sketchup, and as box said its pretty much the same as a mouse. With mine i've set one of the buttons on the pen as the middle mouse button, so you can still orbit/pan without having to switch tools in SU. You still need to switch to the zoom tool, though.