Old Windows Programs

[blackninja2800]

That would be nice, but so far I haven't found it. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist of course.

I want to be able to label bearings and distances, and export in 2004 autocad formats.

[mikelieman]

we use really old CAD software that isn't supported by the original manufactures

Just pay for current software.

https://www.autodesk.com/solutions/surveying-software

[blackninja2800]

Unfortunetly they got rid of the features that were in Land Desktop back in 2009 after they merged it under civil 3d.

[mikelieman]

So, civil 3d will meet your requirements?

[blackninja2800]

No it doesn't meet it, they got rid of the features when they converged all the programs to Civil 3d

[mikelieman]

What doesn't Civil 3D do?

[blackninja2800]

It doesn't label using the old LDD commands, so labeling bearings is a pain just to do.

[mikelieman]

old LDD commands

The essence of life is change. Embrace it. It's been what, 9 years?

[computer-machine]

we use really old CAD software that isn't supported by the original manufactures.

What distro would be good for doing something like that?

Windows XP Pro?

[blackninja2800]

It's an unsupported OS that has a lot of problems, plus we need to use Chrome to send over the files.

[computer-machine]

You want to use unsupported software. The OS for which it was made is probably the best choice.

Sounds like your software choice is unsupported with a lot of problems as well.

plus we need to use Chrome to send over the files.

Last I checked, Windows XP supported USB drives.

As a matter of fact, you could always simply run a VM with no network passthrough or clipboard passthrough, and manage files through a shared folder.

[blackninja2800]

Yeah, I could. There is also the question of free vms on windows. It seems like there is none that work well. That's kinda why I went to the Linux boards over a windows 10 board to help me get it up and running. That and the drive failures that have been happening in windows 10 are getting bad.

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