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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Pipo on November 13, 2002, 05:31:41 am
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Hello
What software can I use to draw plans of my Cab ?
I'd like to draw parts, assemble them and be able to change
their size to do some tests
Have any soft for me ?
Or if you did plans what soft did you use
Oh, and btw, I have to use cm not inches ;-)
Thank you
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A lot of people use Visio. It's relatively easy to use and you can easily switch from inches to centimeters. However, it's only 2-d so you can't exactly "assemble" your pieces in 3d.
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I do visio for things like Control Panel layouts, etc. It's not a very good 3-d designer unfortunately, you typically need some sort of CAD program for that. If you can't afford Visio though, this is a really good freeware program...
http://www.t4000.freeserve.co.uk/netpad.htm
Good Luck!
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Hello
What software can I use to draw plans of my Cab ?
The concensus among people who draw plans for a living (architects, planners, etc.) is that if you're only going to do it once, its faster to draw with a pen.
It's only when you start to need to do lot's of changes that software has an advantage, but that's only after you have come down the big learning curves.
I use Adobe Illustrator, second only to my pencil.
Bob