NDR - CAD Shareware?

[Dave Diefenderfer]

Any recommendations for a CAD program that I can find shareware? Something intuitive, not to complex? Thanks, Dave

 

[Linhardt]

googles sketchup is decent for the basic user. but not if you need something more advanced.

 

[Wispete]

There are several on here who use Paint....
Another program that I haven't tried but free is " Free Ship" that program is boat related.

 

[Linhardt]

If you are designing a boat, then FreeShip is the deal. It is now called DelftShip. I have used it and it is a very good boat designer with lots of tools.

http://www.delftship.net/

 

[Dave Diefenderfer]

I want to be able to make quick drawings of parts to build. Ideally I want something where I can create basic shapes, and then input the dimensions and the software will size to scale. I think ProE will do this but is very expensive! And fancier than I need. I wan to draw up more than boats.... TIA, Dave

 

[Michael Norton]

You can pick up Autocad LT on Amazon realitively cheap.

Mike

 

[Dave Diefenderfer]

$924?! http://www.amazon.com/Autodesk-057A1-05A111-1001-AutoCAD-LT-2009/dp/B0016JLYMM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1232399527&sr=8-1

too rich for me... I'll stick with graph paper and a pencil! I know there are dozens of freeware, just hoping someone has some experience with one of them to save me the trial an error of going through them.

Dave

 

[Wispete]

I would down load Googles Sketch Up and go through the tutorials. It might be what you need. Even if Auto Cad was free, a steep learning curve and paper and pencil would be faster.
Sketch Up is a more intuitive program and worth exploring.

 

[Ed L.]

Dave,

Good cad is very expensive but you might try here and see if there isn't something that might work for you.

http://www.freecad.com/

Hope this helps.

Ed L.

 

[KThompson]

Fortunately I've had CAD access (Solidworks, ProE, UG, and AutoCAD) at work/school since 2003 so I've never considered any freeware. Let us know what you find.