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shindha - 23/8/11 at 03:27 PM

Wanted to play around with a free CAD drawing package does not need to be too complex just needs to be well supported. Has any body any knowledge or experience of any of these:
http://www.freebyte.com/cad/cad.htm

Thanks for looking
Shindha


onenastyviper - 23/8/11 at 05:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by shindha
Wanted to play around with a free CAD drawing package does not need to be too complex just needs to be well supported. Has any body any knowledge or experience of any of these:
http://www.freebyte.com/cad/cad.htm

Thanks for looking
Shindha


Nope but have found DraftSight from Dassault Systems, the same people as Solidworks. It is as good as a very basic autocad. Not all the functionality but near enough. www.draftsight.com


mad4x4 - 23/8/11 at 08:23 PM

+1 draftsight


Alan B - 24/8/11 at 01:06 PM

+2 on draftsight

I'd go as far as proposing it as the official 2D CAD software of LCB.

There is really no reason for everyone to not have a copy.

(OK, I use AutoCAD because I have it, but DS has not given me any compatibility issues)

Alan


D Beddows - 24/8/11 at 04:18 PM

Autodesk 123D will be good once they've got it working properly (waaaaay better than Sketchup for engineering stuff) and if they keep it free......... At the moment it's too clunky to use imho but interestingly the current beta versions seem to work better on lower spec computers rather than proper CAD spec workstations. Worth a look anyway if you want a legal free 3D CAD program - although tbh you may as well download a <cough cough> 'evaluation' copy of Solidworks like everyone else

[Edited on 24/8/11 by D Beddows]


Alan B - 24/8/11 at 05:09 PM

I just came across this....

http://www.ptc.com/products/creo-elements-direct/modeling-express/

Freebie 3D, limited, but not so limited as to be unusable...

Anyone tried it?

Alan