Posted by Hank Roberts on February 29, 2004 at 13:41:16:In Reply to: Re: Mac OS X version in the works? posted by kenkuhlman on February 15, 2004 at 09:27:05:
Can someone verify success using "Classic" OS 9.2.2, with Design Workshop Classic?
I bought Classic in 2000, never was able to get it working (I'm not an architect, I needed a tool for home use, so haven't had either a lot of time or anyone to ask about it).
I came back after several years away hoping to find discussions among people actively using DW Classic under the current Mac OS.
I am still using an older Powerbook G3, so I can run the Classic OS 9.2.2 -- one of the reasons I did not buy a new Mac was to be able to run the old applications for a while longer.
But so far I haven't found a thread here with anyone actually using DW Classic on Mac OS routinely; pointer very welcome if there is an active discussion going on anywhere.
Problems I've been stumped by:
-- I could never 'trace' from a scanned file of an existing floorplan.
I always had to scan the drawing, then use paint tools to redraw all the lines by hand.I was able then to 'wallify' but not to get the whole thing to work -- I'd have the program treat everything as a single image, try to invoke the 3-D walls, and get some but not all of them extending, and not be able to force all to be the proper 6" thickness and 9' height for the rooms.
A few years ago I concluded I simply couldn't start with an existing building floorplan and do anything but recreate it from scratch. If the auto-trace is working, is there any trick to it?
Again, please point me to any thread where there is already activity, if it's going on here.