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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/96849/why-my-cadd-is-better-than-auocad</link><description>This started in a thread in the annotation forum and someone suggested this topic, so as one who likes trowing rocks at bee hives, I took up the baton and am going to kick this off. 
 
 Can you reference the paperspace into another paperspace or a model</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/289689?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:17:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:8ecfff84-28bb-4049-97eb-108a8ccae4ac</guid><dc:creator>Eric Milberger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Right now it takes me a full day to translate drawings into DWG for my clients other Arch firms. &amp;nbsp;None of them translate into DGN so they have a leg up and a nudge into the client we I cannot always reply immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/289681?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:25:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:673a2058-1b69-4f59-89f6-49eb8317d59f</guid><dc:creator>DavidG</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Perhaps in a prefect world. &amp;nbsp;Having worked with companies large and small my observation has been small companies with limited resources are far more efficient than large companies with all kinds of resources. &amp;nbsp;I&amp;#39;ve seen the most backward antiquated methods at large companies yet they always manage to get the big contracts and somehow turn a profit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/289674?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:58:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:07d9901e-a869-4707-b979-72cdccdbed94</guid><dc:creator>Eric Milberger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Yes but if I can turn a project out for a profit clearly easier than the next guy. &amp;nbsp;Well then I can win more work, and hire more engineers that have to do it my way&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/289583?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2014 13:44:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e5c4c0bc-04f9-4c0a-9edf-58c5f959b308</guid><dc:creator>DavidG</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the people who actually have to use the software for production generally have little input on what gets purchased. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Its all about sales reps, contracts, demos and benchmarks that have little to do with the day to day tasks of the common user. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once the deal closes with the big boys the trickle down effect happens, smaller consultants and contractor are told what software they have to use.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/289567?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:59:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:9c0e651e-ee7d-4566-b450-e8a421043547</guid><dc:creator>Eric Milberger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Right - but right now we have the better product - but because we are not the BIG DOG we must improve the customer experience to make them want to use MStation over another product.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/289424?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:36:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b3524907-cbd2-452e-9e1a-9759d10d1621</guid><dc:creator>DavidG</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Eric Milberger&amp;quot;]Programs like Ami Pro[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Probably more like 20 years ago. &amp;nbsp;That was an awesome program for its time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just goes to show its all about marketing to the right people. &amp;nbsp;Probably Bill Gates greatest talent was knowing who to sell to.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/289412?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:00:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:9a56e420-7c4b-4b6e-aeb8-c7a35350f99b</guid><dc:creator>Eric Milberger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Not true Not true. &amp;nbsp;2d is still great for details and all that good stuff. &amp;nbsp;Your sheets are also 2d as they represent a 2d - well - piece of paper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/289411?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:58:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1696f185-fc2d-41c1-beec-4c94e531ad05</guid><dc:creator>Eric Milberger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The good old days... &amp;nbsp;Staying up for 3 days straight to dish out 3 boxes of punch cards for a program you could to today with three words.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/289227?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:54:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:601f3e6d-5ec5-494b-8c7b-7f578f672512</guid><dc:creator>Lorys</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;off topic but my favourite was wordperfect and lotus 123 and before lotus I had Visicalc it was pretty great on my humble commodore 64 using a plug &amp;nbsp;in rom cart with spreadsheet program onboard .. we could do stuff at home &amp;nbsp;we could not do on ibm pc desktop XT (cassette &amp;nbsp;tape drive) at work ...but my c64 had a floppy disk drive ....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/289085?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:06:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:65c02e06-6c3d-40be-90af-f0198fe1cddc</guid><dc:creator>Eric Milberger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;This is kind of like Microsoft Word and Excel. &amp;nbsp;The worst programs available. &amp;nbsp;Programs like Ami Pro and Lotus Word Pro could perform tasks 15 years ago that Word still can&amp;#39;t do. &amp;nbsp;But the winner has been Microsoft.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/289083?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:04:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:4003286e-0e22-4bda-a81f-55d31e69eb8f</guid><dc:creator>Eric Milberger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The only and major issue is the sheer number of users with Autocad and Revit. &amp;nbsp;I have a problem in that there are no Engineers in my area that use MS. &amp;nbsp;Most universities in Architecture and Building Science use these programs even though they don&amp;#39;t even compare. &amp;nbsp;It makes it had as when I hire someone I get outnumbered or have to pay high dollars to train them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/289072?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:02:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a743a6a3-e08b-453a-81d5-b381281dfce7</guid><dc:creator>caddcop</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Anyone mention Undo in AutoCAD? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Undo zooms along with commands! WTF. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I try to zoom out to see what is undone and it zooms be back in first. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/288475?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:25:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1501cb25-a83f-4da3-b7c1-be655ef5e38c</guid><dc:creator>Lorys</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;were abit off topic here guys... &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Can acad do item sets with different &amp;nbsp;overides for &amp;nbsp;each item set with out changing level symbology colours or overrides..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Awsome feature in ss3!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/288316?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:01:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:00b1c1f0-2233-4de5-8be1-cbbc73358544</guid><dc:creator>Jose Pinho</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Well, I always use a 2d seed file when I have to present 2d drawings and don&amp;#39;t have to do anything in 3d. Only when someone ask me to do 3d models I use 3d seed files. Then I use references from the 2d project that I previously made or that someone gave to me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have to say that it&amp;#39;s a bit strange to do everything in 2d inside a 3d seed, and you to say that you have to recreate things because of your partners. You can always import textstyles, dimstyles, saved views and references to your 3d seed file or your 2d file... Remember that when you have a 2d drawing (plan, section or anything else in 2d) inside a 3d seed file and if you extrude or change z value of any element you have to start to have very careful on the looks of your output drawing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/288315?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:01:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:47b56191-06d5-471f-9bfe-bafea2da9434</guid><dc:creator>Bill Brown</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Yeah, but we have drawings such as electrical schematics, control flow diagrams and piping and instrument diagrams (and note the word diagrams) that will NEVER be utilized in a 3D world, and designer/drafters who have been doing this type of work for their entire careers. &amp;nbsp;Throw them into a 3D design, and chaos ensues.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/288072?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:43:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:31a22900-6663-4034-8aa0-d0a5d7c0b90d</guid><dc:creator>CrazyIvan303</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I always draw in 3D - even for a 2D drawing. &amp;nbsp;Never know when I may need to convert something I thought was going to be 2D into a 3D drawing. &amp;nbsp;Clients, Engineers, Architects, blah blah are a goofy bunch and change their mind on the fly. &amp;nbsp;I need to be ready for that. &amp;nbsp;Doing everything in 3D helps prevent having to go back &amp;amp; recreate things because of their constant decision changing. &amp;nbsp;Particularly given the fact that the Microstation version I use does not allow a model to switch back &amp;amp; forth. &amp;nbsp;I don&amp;#39;t know if it has changed in SS3, but I can&amp;#39;t do that in SS2. &amp;nbsp;This will cause tons of work if I have saved views, references, etc of something and the boss decides he wants it in 3D instead.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Being a quality designer, drawing 2D objects in 3D without mistakes is second nature and I barely even think about it. &amp;nbsp;One problem is many people in todays Design world can not even think in 3D. &amp;nbsp;I get that Bently must cator to these people, but I am not one of them.&amp;nbsp; The nice thing is that coming from AutoCAD after 18 years to this, at least the general manipulation of 3D Views and moving around works pretty much the same in both programs, so this piece of my transition anyway was pretty simple.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/287594?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:20:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:0c09a36b-05f7-4a4b-a164-1ebb16cde87b</guid><dc:creator>Jose Pinho</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Are you saying that you prefer 3d files even when you have to do only 2d drawings? When you know what you&amp;#39;re doing you don&amp;#39;t even need Osnapz. That&amp;#39;s only a helper so that we don&amp;#39;t end with a 2d drawing completely mess up in our 3d world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/287393?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2014 20:43:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:768f155e-051b-4696-9901-9742afacea0f</guid><dc:creator>CrazyIvan303</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Want to draw only 2D? &amp;nbsp;Use OSNAPZ setting in AutoCAD. &amp;nbsp;Works like a charm. &amp;nbsp;The world is 3D, as should be my software. &amp;nbsp;We stopped drawing on 2D paper years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/287359?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2014 16:15:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d597b8be-24c0-4b47-b3cf-1366d1cd4838</guid><dc:creator>John Frampton</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;fostertom&amp;quot;]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Michael Kolster&amp;quot;]If I wan&amp;#39;t under NDA, I would go wild about the upcoming release...sorry for the teaser but good stuff is coming...[/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If that&amp;#39;s an &amp;#39;official&amp;#39; leak, to keep the faithful on board - it works![/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is another little thing to keep your hopes up&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/microstation/f/273/p/97876/287190.aspx#287190"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;View and reply online&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/287254?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2014 20:31:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:fee5f35d-e9f0-408f-a673-056d5b514fd4</guid><dc:creator>fostertom</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Michael Kolster&amp;quot;]If I wan&amp;#39;t under NDA, I would go wild about the upcoming release...sorry for the teaser but good stuff is coming...[/quote]If that&amp;#39;s an &amp;#39;official&amp;#39; leak, to keep the faithful on board - it works!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/287208?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2014 14:23:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:90932844-c05b-48b3-a1d2-f2f62a65445b</guid><dc:creator>Jose Pinho</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;i&amp;#39;ve just remember a must:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Native 2d files!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And not that strange thing to draw everything on the same z, and if not careful you could end with a very strange element length for example, various z values for the same element, elements on different z values... heck of a confusion...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But that not a problem for a top reference in 2d seed file in good old Microstation...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/287005?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 21:37:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d81f0ee7-46e3-4ba1-8e00-8c3ab7319381</guid><dc:creator>Michael Kolster</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;My main items I find better in Bentley:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not CAD but related. &amp;nbsp;ProjectWise, ProjectWise, ProjectWise&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;DGNLIB is all you need to say but...add ProjectWise managed workspaces, no contest&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Accudraw is a gem, probably the best productivity tool in MS&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MS reference files are much better than ACAD, add dynamic views/hypermodels and again it is no contest&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Multiple models and the use of a drawing model is much better designed&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Speed, MS runs on half the horse power of my AutoCAD machine and is still faster&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A CAD format that does not change every four years, priceless&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Design history is probably not used enough but very powerful&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Project Explorer is probably not used enough&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Undo view vs. undo element&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Interoperability is better in MicroStation. &amp;nbsp;Ability to use either format is much more functional&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If I wan&amp;#39;t under NDA, I would go wild about the upcoming release...sorry for the teaser but good stuff is coming...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/286923?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:01:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:66c42f41-dda4-4e6e-b7ba-67678f8d2901</guid><dc:creator>dominic SEAH</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot; For some reason, a lot of users dont even know how to move the camera to eye level and look around. &amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Some guys are from top US universities&amp;quot; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Maybe they were too busy networking down at the frat house :-)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/286893?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 07:34:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:9a9c4fe5-4611-4eeb-a41a-bc0744246909</guid><dc:creator>Kez4321</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Dominic. &amp;nbsp;I wish it was true my team members dont know Rhino well. &amp;nbsp;Unfortunately, they are all the average users coming out of today&amp;#39;s unis. &amp;nbsp;God knows why they dont think they need to learn how to design at eye-level. &amp;nbsp;Some guys are from top US universities. &amp;nbsp;Makes me wonder.. really does. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Why my CADD is better than AuoCAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/286872?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:23:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5cfd6d4a-3536-4870-ac04-b4d667ef287c</guid><dc:creator>dominic SEAH</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;kez,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t think your users know Rhino very well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;yea, I am a Mstn dinosaur as well and have my own set of Function keys. I have even worked on Mstn using a puck on the old intergraph machines. I used ACAD for six years solid and can say that I am still a bit faster with Mstn with function keys. I think the problem is that you will never be able to cover all the keys you need... even with a gamepad or leap motion sensor or whatever.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mstn has got quite a number of input options. Icons, aliases, keyins, even the old digitizer/puck interface which has been resurrected as Screen Menus. The key I suppose is to make the each input option the best it can be, which probably means some hybrid working.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>