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teef2:
If I could list them all, this would be a poll, but there's probably more than I know about.

What are you talking about, you ask? Well, I'm refrerring to the software tools of choice for people designing their own cabs. Is it Paint Shop Pro, Corel, Visio or some other?

I realise that in many cases it's down to personal preference or what people have to hand.

And why am I asking? Well, to replace the recently destroyed (by my own hand) upright cab (look, don;t ask!), I am going to build a cocktail cab. I'd prefer to do this from scratch with my own design. I have to say I'm heavily influenced by Crazy Canadians' cocktail design but I want to put my own twist on it. To do a proper job, a opposed to what I did before, I want to get this just right. Hence the question. I'm a programmer by trade, and, although I'm a data warehouse programmer, I pick up how to use software fairly quickly. Money is not a huge object but I wouldn't be looking at an outlay beyond, say,
RayB:
ideally you need to use a CAD package.
toolaa:
If you search you should be able to fine AutoCad lite for around 400 $US.  It's likely to be a version or two behind, but it's a fairly robust tool.  Maybe it's me but I found it easier to use than TurboCad.  However my memory of TurboCAD is from college 10 yrs ago, I'm sure it's better today. 
Crazy Cooter:
What's wrong with graph paper?  If you start with a few measurements from an existing cabinet, you should be able to come up with something without having to lay out anything.  Which leaves more for the cabinet parts.  :P
USSEnterprise:
3DS MAX. $3000, thank god for Bittorrent
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