I am looking at buying some affordable CAD software (i.e. ~$100 or less) for
designing
woodworking projects and to create drawings for a house remodeling project.
I've
sort of narrowed the search down to TurboCAD, DesignCAD and Autosketch. An
article in the September/October 2004 issue of Fine Woodworking reviewed all
of these and
seemed to like DesignCAD. It looks like TurbaCAD and Autosketch are more
general
purpose. Does anyone have any experience and/or opinions about any of these
programs?
Larry
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> I've
> sort of narrowed the search down to TurboCAD, DesignCAD and Autosketch.
>
I've used TurboCad. I'm not familiar with the other two. If they're
like TurboCad, you'll have a steep learning curve. But past that, I use
TC for both woodworking and model rr designs and find it works for both.
I have not used the 3D capabilities, so no opinion there.
One of th nice things about TC is that new versions come out frequently.
You can find one or two versions back for very little money.
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Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description
Before you jump, try Intelicad. Most of the features of Autocad with which
it purportedly is highly compatible at a fraction of the cost.
http://www.intellicadms.com/
"Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am looking at buying some affordable CAD software (i.e. ~$100 or less)
>for
> designing
> woodworking projects and to create drawings for a house remodeling
> project.
> I've
> sort of narrowed the search down to TurboCAD, DesignCAD and Autosketch. An
> article in the September/October 2004 issue of Fine Woodworking reviewed
> all
> of these and
> seemed to like DesignCAD. It looks like TurbaCAD and Autosketch are more
> general
> purpose. Does anyone have any experience and/or opinions about any of
> these
> programs?
>
> Larry
>
>
While i am a lite user of it, I have been using Design CAD since DOS days. I
use it for concept visualization and less for spec design drawing. It is an
easy to use easy learning curve program. I have tried other programs but
always settle for DesignCad. . .now #D Max ver14.1 and eying ver 15+.
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SwampBug
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"Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I am looking at buying some affordable CAD software (i.e. ~$100 or less)
>for
> designing
> woodworking projects and to create drawings for a house remodeling
> project.
> I've
> sort of narrowed the search down to TurboCAD, DesignCAD and Autosketch. An
> article in the September/October 2004 issue of Fine Woodworking reviewed
> all
> of these and
> seemed to like DesignCAD. It looks like TurbaCAD and Autosketch are more
> general
> purpose. Does anyone have any experience and/or opinions about any of
> these
> programs?
>
> Larry
>
>
If you want 2D only, Turbocad version 4 is quite good and free.
"Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
> > I've
> > sort of narrowed the search down to TurboCAD, DesignCAD and Autosketch.
> >
> I've used TurboCad. I'm not familiar with the other two. If they're
> like TurboCad, you'll have a steep learning curve. But past that, I use
> TC for both woodworking and model rr designs and find it works for both.
> I have not used the 3D capabilities, so no opinion there.
>
> One of th nice things about TC is that new versions come out frequently.
> You can find one or two versions back for very little money.
>
> --
> Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description