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Free drawing software?
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 16:29
by friznit
Looking for something like Paint.Net, but specifically for drawing plans to scale (AutoCAD style, but slightly less complicated). Any ideas?
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 16:35
by Dog Pants
Don't Google have a CAD style thing?
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 16:47
by Dr. kitteny berk
Dog Pants wrote:Don't Google have a CAD style thing?
sketchup
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 16:56
by Mr. Johnson
He asked for a drawing program, not condiments!
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 16:56
by Dog Pants
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 16:57
by Dr. kitteny berk
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 16:57
by ProfHawking
sketchup is ok, can be a bit counter-intuative in places. But its free! Yay.
If you have acess to floors, and you want a cad package for components/parts etc i'd reccomend solidworks. For buildings etc, autocad is the standard. Probably worth haveing a crack at it, even if it is a bit complex at first. I think there are different versions as well, you might be able to find a cut-down simplified one.
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 16:58
by ProfHawking
ninjalolz!
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 18:14
by friznit
Ta. Tomato Sauce should do nicely
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 20:57
by Baliame
Right, now I have the mental image of friznit standing in front of a huge canvas next to a table full of bottles of condiments, spilling them on it one-by-one.
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 21:09
by Akiakaiu
Solidworks is just like it says, you are building solid objects in 3d, for simple line work AutoCad or any of the various generic versions would work 1000x better and with less of a learning curve. As for free, not sure, but you can get a demo (
) of AutoCAD LT to see if it'll work for you.