Depending on what oyur purpose is, Sketchup is what I use. Its like CAD for dummies. If youre just looking to draw out internals in 3d, is great, if youre looking to draw out professional material to send to a machinist, maybe not so much. but the price is right (free) and the learning curve is small. theres more features in the paid version, I haven't needed them, but if i need something drafted to send to a machinist, id pay somebody to do it because i dont understand how to account for material thickness in a drawing. I assume thats important
On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 10:13 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > I was using DraftSight for a while but it was lacking something > important. Not sure what it was but I had to move to AutoCad. > > It is not fully compatible with AutoCad. Seems like I had trouble putting > google earth images under the model space. > > *From:* Colin Stanners > *Sent:* Monday, December 23, 2019 8:11 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] CAD software > > I've used DraftSight, which is quite good and had a free edition, but all > of the free editions will de-activate on Dec31st this year so if you wish > to learn that you don't have much time. The paid version is reasonably > priced but you cannot buy it, only subscription. > > On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 8:52 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I used to be a draftsman, and I was pretty proficient with AutoCAD >> versions up through 2000. After playing with more recent versions it's >> pretty clear that I would have to relearn from scratch because >> everything is different now. >> >> If I'm starting from square one, should I trouble myself with AutoCAD or >> is there something else worth messing with? >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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