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   parrothead | Aug 07, 2003 03:30pm | #1

   jgallish, checkout this website. The Pro/Desktop is a pretty good program, as are some of the others. And the price is right....

   http://www.freebyte.com/cad/cad.htm

   Mike

   We are the people our parents warned us about. J. Buffett
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   jgallish | Aug 07, 2003 05:11pm | #3

   Thanks! I'll check it out.

   Jeff

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   jc21 | Aug 07, 2003 04:19pm | #2

   If you're familiar with AutoCAD, you might want to take a look at IntelliCAD 4. The commands are much the same and you should be up to speed quickly. The price is reasonable, too- about $300 for the version with solid modeling capability. The downside is the 3D won't be any easier. http://www.cadopia.com//  http://intellicadms.com       http://www.autodsys.com

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   jgallish | Aug 07, 2003 05:12pm | #4

   Thanks! I'll check it out.

   Jeff

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   Lilshaver | Aug 08, 2003 12:44am | #5

   Vectorworks.

   http://www.nemetschek.com

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   wundernaloud | Aug 08, 2003 10:30am | #6

   I  use Ashlar -Vellums Graphite 6.4. Its a monster of a program. The have other programs that do 3D solids .Graphite will let you do 3D wire frame . It's so user freindly compared to Auto Cad. I had Auto Cad light but gave up because the learning curve was so steep I paid around $600 dollars for Graphite. You can visit their web sige www. ashlar-vellum.com and I think you can even down load a version to test drive for acouple of weeks. I think that AUTO CAD has been trying to get their hands on the "drafting assistant" trade mark to the software because it'so easy to use.

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   jgallish | Aug 09, 2003 06:26am | #7

   Thanks. This is a great site. Jeff

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   stephengaal | Aug 28, 2003 07:59pm | #8

   Dear Jgallish:

   I use DeltaCad.  It does not have 3D capability, as far as I know, but it only costs $39.95 and is extremely easy to use.  It is the tool of choice for me for doing drawings which I can then easliy print out full size on pieces of paper that tile together.  BTW, I always do full scale drawings before doing a piece of furniture.

   http://www.deltacad.com/

   Good luck

   Stephen J. Gaal

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   daverichards | Feb 19, 2022 08:52am | #9

   Spam.