smartDraw and alternatives

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Thanks for the observation, Jim. That was kind of what I thought  
might be possible, but not being familiar with Flash at all, had no  
idea exactly how it might be used. Is Flash expensive?

Joe

On May 6, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Jim Ault wrote:

> On 5/6/07 10:01 AM, "Joe Lewis Wilkins" <pepetoo at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Chipp,
>> Just curious as to what kind of drawings you CAN do with Flash.
>> Thanks,
>> Joe
>>
> My take is that it would not really good for the architectural  
> tools you are
> used to, Joe.  Not even close to Dreams, or the like.  Old versions  
> of Flash
> have a quite different way of working with drawing objects.  Takes  
> getting
> used to, and layer management is essential, but weak.
>
>  Flash does have some amazingly good algorithms for rendering.  You  
> might
> think more about exporting from a good drawing program, then  
> importing into
> Flash.  Now you can apply Flash tools to get something that will  
> render
> precisely.
>
> You could do a special effect of a before-home and an after-remodel  
> where
> Flash does all the 'tweening' calculations to animate the change!
>
> Jim Ault
> Las Vegas