Jon Banquer! Small world, eh? I wondered what you were doing on
rec.aviation until I realized this is crossposted to
comp.cad.solidworks. Been quite awhile since we got into ****ing
matches on the Cadkey webforum... I gave history based parametric
modelers a good try, I really did (UG, SWX, and Inventor) but I got
tired of having the inability to model something the way I wanted
based on the constraints of an earlier design version... and want back
to a pure geometry modeler (KeyCreator). It certainly has some warts,
too many IMHO, and I think Greg Marr still gets annoyed when I bitch
too much, but warts and all it's still the best tool I've found for
the kind of work *I* do... YMMV.

Hi Dana,

One day more users many come to realize that you really need both
approaches in one system. I believe UGNX 5 has made major progress in
this area and probably is the leading system for using both
approaches. KeyCreator should be adding parametrics and SolidWorks
should be adding more tools for working directly on non-native
geometry.

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/bl...mment-76366100