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swordtart · 10-26-2016, 06:01 AM

CWVD works well for me other as it has a convenient custom field that allows me to put in all the house ruled components without breaking the generic stuff.

My only issue with it is that it stored each design as a separate spreadsheet. I am trying to find a way to get the design that is generated (rather than all the underlying information) into some searcheable database.

I have hundreds of designs and I don't need that spreadsheet once I have finalised it, what I really want is a single file with a nice interface that allows me to select "all motorcycles under $3000 with gas engines" (as a veteran software jockey that screams SQL to me, but I fear that may be the "old-fashioned" route).

Hmmm, no let me correct that to Retro-chic. Oh yes, feeling better now.

10-26-2016, 06:01 AM	#5
swordtart Join Date: Jun 2008	Re: List of online/computer assisted design tools? CWVD works well for me other as it has a convenient custom field that allows me to put in all the house ruled components without breaking the generic stuff. My only issue with it is that it stored each design as a separate spreadsheet. I am trying to find a way to get the design that is generated (rather than all the underlying information) into some searcheable database. I have hundreds of designs and I don't need that spreadsheet once I have finalised it, what I really want is a single file with a nice interface that allows me to select "all motorcycles under $3000 with gas engines" (as a veteran software jockey that screams SQL to me, but I fear that may be the "old-fashioned" route). Hmmm, no let me correct that to Retro-chic. Oh yes, feeling better now.