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   forestgirl | May 30, 2002 07:11pm | #1

   Bill, here one thread that addresses this subject. 

   http://forums.taunton.com/tp-knots/messages?msg=6222.1

   There might be some info in this link too, although I think it focuses on AutoCad specifically:

   http://forums.taunton.com/tp-knots/messages?msg=1843.1

   I'm too daunted by the learning curve to take the plunge yet.  Silly, I know.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   sschefer | May 30, 2002 07:45pm | #2

   I've been searching around for a good freeware program for desinging cabinets, cut lists, furniture, etc. So far I haven't found anything that I liked right out of the box. I'm still on the hunt so if I find something, I'll certainly post the link to it.Steve - in Northern California

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   mbiker1999 | May 31, 2002 06:19am | #7

   thanks for the post!

   -Bill

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   forestgirl | May 31, 2002 08:10pm | #8

   Any time!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   sschefer | May 30, 2002 10:13pm | #3

   O.K. I think I found one that you might like. Go to http://www.shareware.com and search on "Wood Working". You should come up with a link to CadStd Lite. This is a small cad program, not much beyond a drawing program but fairly powerful and it is geared towards begineers.

   Sorry, I tried to copy the link directly to the file but it didn't work.

   Steve - in Northern California

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   mbiker1999 | May 31, 2002 01:35am | #4

   Thanks Steve, I'll check it out!

   -Bill

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   mbiker1999 | May 31, 2002 06:17am | #6

   Steve, looks like that program is just what I'm looking for.  Seems simple and easy to use.  Thanks for the lead.  You mentioned your looking for a program to do cutlists and stuff.  I'm using cutlist plus it's a pretty good package and it's pretty cheap $25 for the standard edition. 

   Here is the URL   http://www.bridgewooddesign.com/

   Thanks again!

   Bill

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   Jamie_Buxton | May 31, 2002 02:54am | #5

   DeltaCad.   (http://www.deltacad.com)  I've used it for about five years to design furniture.   It does the basic stuff I need, and doesn't have those advanced features that I don't need.  Because of its simplicity, it doesn't have a huge learning curve, and it isn't expensive -- $50 or so.   They'll let you download a trial copy for free.