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10-08-20, 03:22 PM | #1 | |
Trickster
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CAD questions...nowt to do with cars...yet
CAD as in design software, not a dastardly gent with ungentlemanly qualities.
I'm working towards a self build project, having been buying up a few bits of land recently. I was thinking about trying to illustrate my design ideas using CAD. I normally tend to do things a bit old-skool, with fag-packet sketches. Anyone here familiar with such things, either from a self-build gifted amateur POV, or a professional. I'm hoping there is something inexpensive (free being ideal)
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11-08-20, 06:26 AM | #2 |
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Google sketchup is free and would suit your needs.
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12-08-20, 06:17 PM | #3 |
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I've been using Inkscape to sketch out some repair section templates as my originals are getting a bit tattered. I particularly wanted something that could print things larger than A4, as tiles that I can stick together. Inkscape will save as a PDF, and the PDF reader will do that, with registration marks, so it did the job.
I suspect Sketchup is better, I can't remember why I didn't go for it. |
12-08-20, 08:54 PM | #4 |
Trickster
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I shall take a look at both. I should have mentioned that I would be using iPad, and MacBook.
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I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor Last edited by Hanuman; 12-08-20 at 09:23 PM. |
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