Anyone know of the easiest cad program for someone with no experience.
I am trying to make new playfield copy of Gottlieb Devil's Dare. Looked
at Autocad 2006, Autocad LT at work, but both look very hard. Located
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, anyone have cnc near me, let me know. Some
guys here are going bigtime on this thing, look rgp, Classic Playfield
Reproductions, they have agreed to run a few plywood playfields if I
come up with files. Thanks
On 3 Nov 2005 14:23:43 -0800, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think my next project that I will seek help from community college.
Community college instructors get tired of people trying to leech work
for free, so hopefully you'll make it a learning and profitable
experience for the students in question.
? ( in [email protected]) wrote:
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<< Anyone know of the easiest cad program for someone with no
experience. I am trying to make new playfield copy of Gottlieb Devil's
Dare. Looked at Autocad 2006, Autocad LT at work, but both look very
hard. Located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, anyone have cnc near me, let me
know. Some
guys here are going bigtime on this thing, look rgp, Classic Playfield
Reproductions, they have agreed to run a few plywood playfields if I
come up with files. >>
I use DesignCAD and think you might find it comparatively easy to
learn - but you should be warned that all CAD programs take time to
learn to use really well. IMO, this program allows you to "muddle
through" simple 2D designs while learning - and is sufficiently
"feature rich" to allow you to produce satisfying results as a more
experienced user.
DesignCAD - and many other CAD packages - are capable of exporting
drawings in DXF format, which is probably what your CNC shop will want
to use as a starting point.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html
any CAD program is going to have a learning curve, and usually its own
way of doing things.
If you want to learn CAD, get a program and stick with it.
I use Solidworks (CAD) and Mastercam (CAD/CAM) where I work, but these
are high end programs. I cannot even start to get comfortable with
TurboCAD after using these...it seems so clunky by comparision.
John