CAD Schroer MEDUSA4 Personal CAD Runs on Windows, Linux
 CAMBRIDGE, UK and PITTSFORD, NY,
Nov 17, 2010 - Good news for hobby engineers who build models from scratch, or professionals
who design model engineering kits: MEDUSA4 Personal, the free version of CAD
Schroer’s comprehensive 2D/3D CAD suite, is ideal for creative model making. CAD
Schroer, the global engineering solutions provider (whose commercial software is
used on large-scale projects by mechanical engineers and plant designers
worldwide) is also keen to support miniature machinery making by model engineers
and home shop machinists. Its free MEDUSA4 Personal CAD package runs on Linux
and Windows, offers extensive 2D/3D functionality, imports DXF/DWG drawings and
includes advanced modules for colour image integration and parametrics. The
software is used by hobby engineers in 80 countries.
A MEDUSA4 Personal general assembly drawing, 3D model
and the actual clock components
Making time
Model engineer Chris Sangster, for example, designs and builds intricate
clocks using MEDUSA4 Personal. He buys in standard parts, like springs,
dials & ballraces, but makes the remainder himself. “Along with general
layout and arrangement drawings of a clock, I create detail drawings of the
various components, such as shafts with lengths to shoulders, or laying out
the details of the escapement, the mechanism that regulates the clock.”
Chris Sangster uses the free CAD system MEDUSA4
Personal to design and build clocks
Quick, fully dimensioned drawings for model engineers
Some model engineers work on designs for machined or unmachined kits, or
create private designs from scratch. Many have been looking for free CAD
software specific to the Linux platform, or for a system that allows them to
import existing drawings or images and output detailed designs for use by
sub-contractors or parts suppliers.
CAD Schroer’s pay-per-result eSERVICES portal
converts designs for commercial use
Drawings for the Factory
According to a typical MEDUSA4 Personal user, “Many CAD systems are too
expensive, or too complicated, or it’s hard to make a choice….MEDUSA4
Personal is just the ticket. I needed a downloadable, quick program which
allows me to get my ideas down on paper without a lot of fuss. I don’t use
CNC – I just need properly dimensioned drawings for myself, my customers and
for the factory.”
Online Services for Commercial Users
Commercial designs created for customers, suppliers or for model
engineering kits can be converted through CAD Schroer’s eSERVICES portal
http://eservices.cad-schroer.com/r/131 for a small administrative fee of
EURO 2,99 (PDF) or 4.99 (DXF/DWG) payable by PayPal.
About CAD Schroer
CAD Schroer is a global software development company and engineering
solutions provider, helping to raise the productivity and competitiveness of
customers working in manufacturing and plant design, including the automotive
sector and its supply chain, the energy sector and public utilities. CAD Schroer
has offices throughout Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, and independent
subsidiaries in France, Italy, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United
States.
CAD Schroer’s product portfolio includes 2D/3D CAD, plant design, factory
layout and data management solutions. Customers in 39 countries rely on MEDUSA4,
MPDS4 and STHENO/PRO to provide an efficient, flexible and integrated design
environment for all phases of product or plant design – cutting costs while
raising quality. CAD Schroer emphasizes close customer partnerships and supports
its clients’ objectives through extensive consultancy, training, development,
software support and maintenance services.
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