I am not sure if this got posted (I am ew plz bear with me)
Hi folks - I am looking for an EASY TO USE design software. Basically,
what I am looking to achieve is to open a simple, lightweight application
that shows me something similar to a piece of graph paper. I then drag n'
drop lines on to it just as I would a REAL piece of graph paper.
Picture this; lets say I am building (I do this as a hobby) an Oak TV
stand. I want to draw a front view. The measurements are 36" wide and 30"
tall. I want to click and drag that view on a 2d piece of graph paper as I
would real graph paper. AND if I make a mistake, I want to easily be able
to erase that line. (Eraser icons are nice) As I drag and drop I would like
to see a visual indication of the length.
I don't want a typical CAD software where I have a ton of options I don't
know how to, and never will have interest in using. I want a simple piece
of graph paper where I drag and drop lines. Actually, the closest thing so
far is Paintbrush.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Visio.
I use for many 2D drawing tasks. It is great for simple cabinets. You can
do different pages for the different views.
Bob McBreen
"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am not sure if this got posted (I am ew plz bear with me)
>
> Hi folks - I am looking for an EASY TO USE design software. Basically,
> what I am looking to achieve is to open a simple, lightweight application
> that shows me something similar to a piece of graph paper. I then drag n'
> drop lines on to it just as I would a REAL piece of graph paper.
>
> Picture this; lets say I am building (I do this as a hobby) an Oak TV
> stand. I want to draw a front view. The measurements are 36" wide and
30"
> tall. I want to click and drag that view on a 2d piece of graph paper as
I
> would real graph paper. AND if I make a mistake, I want to easily be able
> to erase that line. (Eraser icons are nice) As I drag and drop I would
like
> to see a visual indication of the length.
>
> I don't want a typical CAD software where I have a ton of options I don't
> know how to, and never will have interest in using. I want a simple piece
> of graph paper where I drag and drop lines. Actually, the closest thing
so
> far is Paintbrush.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
Just a side note on using Visio. I recently lost over 4 hours of work due to
a known bug in the software of version 5 (unknown to me at the time). Make
sure you get a later version as there is no fix to the version 5 problem
other than multiple incremental backups.
Greg
"George M. Kazaka" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Visio
Visio
"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am not sure if this got posted (I am ew plz bear with me)
>
> Hi folks - I am looking for an EASY TO USE design software. Basically,
> what I am looking to achieve is to open a simple, lightweight application
> that shows me something similar to a piece of graph paper. I then drag n'
> drop lines on to it just as I would a REAL piece of graph paper.
>
> Picture this; lets say I am building (I do this as a hobby) an Oak TV
> stand. I want to draw a front view. The measurements are 36" wide and
30"
> tall. I want to click and drag that view on a 2d piece of graph paper as
I
> would real graph paper. AND if I make a mistake, I want to easily be able
> to erase that line. (Eraser icons are nice) As I drag and drop I would
like
> to see a visual indication of the length.
>
> I don't want a typical CAD software where I have a ton of options I don't
> know how to, and never will have interest in using. I want a simple piece
> of graph paper where I drag and drop lines. Actually, the closest thing
so
> far is Paintbrush.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>