Bricscad 8 and Eaglepoint
I have Bricscad 7.1 along with some Eaglepoint modules. I understand that Eaglepoint is not supporting Eaglepoint 8. Does that mean that I cannot upgrade to Bricscad 8 and have it compatible with Eaglepoint? And if not, why not?Thanks,Susan
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I am not familiar with Eaglepoint, but find V7.1 works much better for me than V8 in a number of ways and V8 offers very few and minor advantages. I have reverted for the time being.
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Susan, I think Eagle Point is waiting until V8 has a better way of protecting proprietary/addon programs... So.... Eagle Point is probably skipping a version and waiting for V9 to come out. V7 works great! V8 adds alot of functionality for programmers and a new GUI, but the end result is the same.Steve
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I'm interested to learn that V8 does not have enough protection for proprietary programs. But maybe it's better to just ask Eaglepoint what keeps them.kind regards, Alexander Van Heuverzwyn,Bricsys
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Alexander, Please correct me if I am wrong... but....when i mean a "lack of protection" i mean-> I worry that a geek can break the LISP encryption method used for V7 and V8, just like they broke all the ACAD encryption methods before VLX FAS compiling... so when BCAD develops a method for compiling the LISP/VLISP source code (like VLX FAS) then I think everyone will feel better, especially big companies with lots of $$$ invested in proprietary code.FYI: I do NOT represent Eagle Point and i have learn everything through message boards (theswamp.org) and online tutorials (afralisp,net, etc) So i may be wrong...
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Interesting. I have never used their (Eagle Point’s) software, but it would seem strange that they would use lisp for such complex projects. I would bet that they’re using C++ which is far more secure and an order of magnitude faster… If they’re not, they ought to be.The C++ API in V8 is far more advanced than in V7.1, but it is also quite complex and quite new, so I suspect it will take a little time for some companies to port their applications and take advantage of the new features the platform has to offer.
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The makes alot of sense Dani'm a novice... so i use a novice (low-level) technique/language... steve
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Maybe you are a "draftie" like me, Stephen without too much time for developing potential labour saving routines. Maybe small home made rough and ready lisp routines suit you fine just as they suit me.Interesting to hear about "protection" etc on a forum which would probably not even be here if not for the breaking of new Acad DWG formats.The C++ comment makes sense, but if lisp was the hypothetical mainstream developer medium I wouldn't want my reputation (if I had one) to depend on V8's handling of lisp, where they often just stop working part way through a session or run at a snail's pace - do C++ applications do that too?
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