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I hope the reader of this answer would also consider using TAD | I hope the reader of this answer would also consider using TAD | ||
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+ | **You say it is free. Any catch?**\\ | ||
+ | Not at all. We don't even lock you in to buying anything at all from us, if that is how you work -- the software is completely open and you can create your own architectural masterpieces and make real buildings with them. | ||
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+ | Our liberal [[tos|freeware license]] indicates that if you happen to sell your data to potentially anonymous users, then it has to be routed through our payment gateway and our servers. We thought it is only fair that we make money //only// when you make money -- and that too for data that goes to any potentially anonymous user | ||
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+ | The entire TAD package would be having some commercial offerings too (like the // | ||
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+ | We want to be completely transparent. We believe it is a fair deal. If you have more suggestions, | ||
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+ | **Is there any monetary incentive for users of TAD?**\\ | ||
+ | Certainly . TAD has a scripting system. You can create add-ons using that; and rent them to others. We will take a small slice of the rent. So we make money, when you make money too. There thousands of calculations that architects need to do -- but often do not due to various reasons. For all you know you could solve a few of these calculations, | ||
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+ | **How can I help?**\\ | ||
+ | Tell all architects to use TAD! Inform on Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Let this go viral | ||
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+ | Here is a personal [[money_matters|appeal from Sabu]] Francis which you can read, if you want to help. | ||
**Does it work like Autocad or Revit or Archicad or Sketchup ... ?**\\ | **Does it work like Autocad or Revit or Archicad or Sketchup ... ?**\\ | ||
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BIM is a term invented by Autodesk, to give a generic name to the category of software like Revit. | BIM is a term invented by Autodesk, to give a generic name to the category of software like Revit. | ||
- | But the questions that BIM addresses was being asked almost from the sixties. | + | The questions that BIM addresses was being asked almost from the sixties. |
- | Before adopting the term BIM, TAD was referred to object-oriented design software. | + | Before adopting the term BIM, TAD was referred to object-oriented design software. |
It talks about information in a building way before the design has actually become a proper usable model of a building. We call it an //early stage BIM software// | It talks about information in a building way before the design has actually become a proper usable model of a building. We call it an //early stage BIM software// | ||
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As you use it, you can directly post bugs/ | As you use it, you can directly post bugs/ | ||
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- | **You say it is free. Any catch?**\\ | ||
- | Not at all. We don't even lock you in to buying anything at all from us, if that is how you work -- the software is completely open and you can create your own architectural masterpieces and make real buildings with them. | ||
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- | Our liberal [[tos|freeware license]] indicates that if you happen to sell your data to potentially anonymous users, then it has to be routed through our payment gateway and our servers. We thought it is only fair that we make money //only// when you make money -- and that too for data that goes to any potentially anonymous user | ||
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- | The entire TAD package would be having some commercial offerings too (like the // | ||
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- | We want to be completely transparent. We believe it is a fair deal. If you have more suggestions, | ||
**You use the term //Lite// for TAD Designer. Does it mean that is free, and the full one is not?**\\ | **You use the term //Lite// for TAD Designer. Does it mean that is free, and the full one is not?**\\ | ||
No. The term //Lite// is only due to a few geometric modelling limitations. Currently it does not handle some curves, domes, BRep meshes. Those are all being worked on, and then the term //Lite// would go away from TAD Designer Lite and it would be only //TAD Designer// We are committed to make even //TAD Designer// free, not just the //Lite// version. As explained elsewhere, there are ways to make money both for us as well as for you. But not by selling the software to you | No. The term //Lite// is only due to a few geometric modelling limitations. Currently it does not handle some curves, domes, BRep meshes. Those are all being worked on, and then the term //Lite// would go away from TAD Designer Lite and it would be only //TAD Designer// We are committed to make even //TAD Designer// free, not just the //Lite// version. As explained elsewhere, there are ways to make money both for us as well as for you. But not by selling the software to you | ||
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- | **How can I help?**\\ | ||
- | Tell all architects to use TAD! Inform on Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Let this go viral | ||
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- | Here is a personal [[money_matters|appeal from Sabu]] Francis which you can read, if you want to help. | ||
**Will my email address and password be misused? | **Will my email address and password be misused? | ||
- | Absolutely not. We ask for you to register with us only for holding the entire community together. As explained in the [[Registration]] page, you can take a membership into the chat system. | + | Absolutely not. We ask for you to register with us only for holding the entire community together. |
You would receive occasional emails from us. If you are super-worried about your email address and/or password; you can setup a free gmail account in five minutes and use that gmail address for participating. | You would receive occasional emails from us. If you are super-worried about your email address and/or password; you can setup a free gmail account in five minutes and use that gmail address for participating. |
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