Hi guys, please let's not let things get out of hand with "flame wars" and such.

The main thing that Burr's talking about with "nothing else like MoI" is not about just some set of features or list of capabilities but more the overall focus on ease of use and fast fluid operation.


> What do you say you say about this:

It's got a lot of capabilities. But the big difference would be - try to sit a person who has never done CAD before down in front of that software and down in front of MoI and then see which one the person can actually figure out how to use! :)

That's the big difference with MoI - there is a huge focus in MoI on making the tools flow well and have the UI stay out of your way - it's the kind of thing that involves lots and lots of little details in the UI and so it does not show up so well on some itemized list of features. This is the area where yes it is not any exaggeration to say that there is nothing else like MoI.

The examples that you have been showing have screens totally full of tons of buttons and require a lot of effort to learn. It can be difficult to really appreciate how arcane and difficult to use many of the things you are showing are for a first time CAD user to try and figure out.

This ease of use factor is not something that you can understand from looking at a demo video that shows an expert demo jock who has spent years refining their skills with the software... It's similar to watching a video of an expert artist pick up a pencil and draw a great illustration. What you're seeing is more the result of the artist's hard won skill and not something really built into the pencil very much.

- Michael