Monthly Archives: January 2004

Evaluation of CADian Arch

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The month-long evaluation period of CADian Arch is coming to an end. My impression so far is that it has a lot of potential, but still falls short on two counts:

» Lack of support for True Type fonts
» Terrible implementation of PaperSpace

I can live with the SHX fonts and even download free ones that I might like, but PaperSpace is something that you shouldn’t have to make do without.

On the other hand, it costs a fraction of the price that the market leader commands so I shouldn’t be too harsh on them. IntelliCAD – on which CADian is based, doesn’t have support for DIESEL either but, again, that is no reason to ignore it.

While the built-in architectural routines are not perfect, the overall stability of the software was decent. It did crash a couple of times, but then I was probably doing things I wasn’t meant to.

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Art Deco Apartment @ Churchgate

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Surveyed a new site today – it’s an apartment in one of the Art Deco buildings in the Churchgate area of Bombay. Will have to find out how old it is, but I suppose it was built in the 1950s.

This is the first time I’m designing an interior for a building of this style, so it should be interesting. One thing is for sure – the construction is solid.

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