For anyone interested the links are below:
CADKEY WORKSHOP21 CADKEY WORKSHOPV21EX
I am currently using CK19 for day to day work. I use Work shop to create complex solid models. The Workshop modeler is AWSOME. Anyone who liked creatindg solids in Cadkey 19 will LOVE modeling in Workshop.
Workshop is a complete rewrite from the ground up of the CADKEY product. It is built on the latest ACIS modeling kernal, and incorporates the HOOPS display and rendering system. The new architecture is touted to enable rapid development of enhancements due to the use of these components and an entirely stream of source code.
Workshop V 20 was rather buggy. Version several patches improved things but the "Layout" fubnctionality although it worked was virtually usless for anything but the simplest drawings. This due to a problem inherent in the HOOPS display system component that Workshop uses.
Version 21 was released only months after the release of V.20. Version 21 incorporated much of the functionality formerly contained in the Cadkey FastSurf product (advanced surface editing and creation including organic surfaces) and the DRAFTPAK product (Parametric Creation of Fasteners, Gears, Structural Shapes and other mechanicl elements.) 21 fixed many of the bugs, but the Layout problem still existed.
CK is now in BETA for version 21.5 (I am a beta tester). The priorities for 21.5 are improving the performance of the layout mode as well as overal system performance. Some added functionality will also be included. This in my oopinion will be the point at which the CK19 userbase moves en mass to the WS product full time.
Version 21EX is essentially the Version 21 Product with the addition of High End Translators for Unigraphics, Pro E and CATIA.
Cadkeys challenge of thaking a flagship product developed through the 80's and 90's and re creating to 2K standards is nothing short of monumental. The real fruit of this labor will likely be seen as the version 21.5 and 22 products are released.
Is that better Hardmill ?
