PROJECT COOPER - seems familiar?

[dedmin]

http://labs.autodesk.com/technologies/cooper/

[kwistenbiebel]

Fantastic!
Downloaded it , installed it, tried it for 10 minutes and loved it.
A very useful 2D CAD solution.

In order to 'really' be used in an architectural environment, following features are lacking though:

1. import of DWG/DXF.:
   For quick sketch work in design phase, one should be able to import the 2D site/terrain file etc....

2. more line options:
   double lines for walls etc...

3. more direct editing
   for instance: double clicking the value of a dimension line should enable changing to a custom value etc...

4. Get rid of 'revit like' editing
   Instead of the rotation gizmo , hovering above points could trigger scale/rotate/stretch handles as in Layout + provide short cut key combos. Much faster, much easier. etc...

5. VCB for entering values on the fly
   as in Sketchup

All in all, a very pleasing new product with a lot of potential. Most of all, it is fun!

Could well become the 'Sketchup for 2D'....unless Google would develop Layout to be a true 2D CAD solution (save as DWG etc...)...

The current downside of Layout is that you can't save as a CAD file, only as an image.

[pav_3j]

i'm sure it's cool, but i can't get the page to load, just times out every time

pav

[jeff hammond]

@unknownuser said:

 Microsoft Windows XP
 Microsoft Windows Vista
 Microsoft Windows 7
 32-bit systems only

meh..

[pav_3j]

lucky i didn't get it to load, by the looks of things i would have been disappointed.

cheers jeff!

pav

[kwistenbiebel]

Funny, cause I am running it on a 64 bit system (Vista Business x64)....and it works without even entering compatibility mode.

[pav_3j]

ooh, the plot thickens!

pav

[jeff hammond]

ha.. i was talking about the first 3 in the list.