I mourned the passing of Medusa. One of the first truly comprehensive mechanical CAD systems, it popularized the concepts of variational geometry and solid modeling. Solids, in Medusa, were created in a way that made sense to drafters and designers alike: By assembling 2D faces. It took much longer for today's popular generative approaches to catch on.
When Prime Computer, the US custodian of this British product, was taken over by Computervision, the latter had a problem: Medusa was superior in many ways to its own CADDS line. The company chose to keep it segregated, simply maintaining the existing Medusa accounts, migrating as many as possible to CADDS.
Then when PTC bought what was left of CV, it maintained the CADDS base similarly, but really didn't see what it could do with Medusa. So CAD-Schroer acquired it.
Now this formerly formidable product is reduced to a drafting system--actually, a competitor of the likes of TurboCAD (no disrespect intended toward that product).
But all the company can say about it on its website is, "We've made the UI better."
Medusa has a pedigree in drafting automation, without even talking about solids, that deserves much better. There is a potential for great productivity gains over most 2D drafting products. But I cannot imagine a US engineering firm that was not already a Medusa user visiting the CAD Schroer site and giving it a second glance.
Guys, I think you can do much better. This product, even before your improvements, has much to recommend it over what most people are using for drafting. I suggest engaging a PR firm that knows something about this market, and redesigning your website and your message. The old war-horse Medusa still has plenty of fight in her.
