ProCad Closed down

ProCad+ site has closed down :-(

http://www.dsnell.co.uk/ ProCad+

This is really sad news. Both ProCad+ and WebWonder are good products and need to taking care of in the near future. I hope someone can talk to David and get the source codes to maintain those applications. I’m using those applications on regular basis.

and get the source codes to maintain those applications.

The site says: but an equipment failure means that I am no longer able to supply or support my software

I really hope that this means “the machine has packed up” rather than “everything is lost”.

I have contact him before I read this post.
The code is not lost but his wife is very ill… Human hardware problems :-(
So he will be offline for the very next time.

Davd’s long time friend and ProCad+ show demonstrator was at yesterdays show, He told me that David is now concentrating on looking after his wife and working on a project he has been involved with for several years.

Regards Ron.

Considering the Authors problems – did his friend have any idea (did you get his name) – if David’s could be persuaded to pass ProCad+ and other progs to another author – so updates could continue?

@ Colin,
David’s friends name escapes me at the moment, however I have asked David if he would put the sources in a safe place in case he would ever wish to pass them on.

David holds the copyright to his software and if and when he decides to pass over the sources is his decision. Also who would maintain his software?

@ Rick,
David’s RISC OS development computer was an Iyonix and just died when he last switched it on, so I presume that the data is still on his hard drive. That coupled with the fact that caring for his wife is taking up ever more of his time meant that he has decided to retire earlier than he was planning to.(Originally at the end of March.)

Regards Ron.

Just to update this thread (can a thread be renamed?), ProCAD is no longer dead, and David’s Iyonix is alive again!

ProCAD+ is now available on !Store, and all of David’s other software will be joining it as the week goes on. We’re just polishing/updating it and getting it ready to go live in the best way we can.

I’d be particularly interested to hear from anyone who has made their own FunFysics levels, as it’d be nice to include a much expanded set of missions/levels/scenarios with that game.

Also, more examples/tutorials/experiences with ProCAD would be cool, as it is a heavyweight program, and whilst it has a tutorial and some examples, I can’t help feeling that a program like ProCAD benefits immensely from files which show what it is capable of.

I would not speek about before David made a decision ;-)

Additional Feb 25, 2019 he send any stuff to me. Inside a ProOSM update … Date Feb 22, 2019!

My daughter play arond with FunFysics. I will take a look at.

I use ProCAD since a long time but I’m not sure if that is enough to write a tutorial.
All plates from ARMini to ARMX6 are designed with ;-)
I have drawn the complete technical blueprints of my house, but I will not give out ;-)
I will take a look at my collection. Maybe I find some stuff.

@Andrew great news that ProCAD is available once more. I have been thinking about buying a copy for quite a while and when I finally was ready to buy, it was no longer available. It made me realise how dependent we are on a small group of experts. Keep up the good work.

Thanks Norman – yes, it is good that it is available again, and David’s software is well worth a purchase. There’s some excellent stuff there.

Also worthy of note is that David’s !Draw2PDF is now free on !Store. This is worthy of note because unlike most PDF programs, it doesn’t rely on grinding through Ghostscript, but rather does the PDF conversion direct from the Draw objects. If you do any work in !Draw (or programs that save as Draw), this should be a really useful tool in your armoury.