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What desing software is everyone using for designing their cabs

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M3talhead:
Try Sketchup. Its super easy to learn and is perfect for these types of projects.

Sensei:

--- Quote from: M3talhead on February 04, 2006, 07:45:47 pm ---Try Sketchup. Its super easy to learn and is perfect for these types of projects.

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Hey! Now that's what I'm looking for!

I've tried Visio.  Very nice for diagrams but not exatcly for construction plans.  Thanks anyway, kelemvor. 
I've also done Pencil 2.0 and Paper 1.0 (in fact I've bought the 3.1 and 2.5 upgrades respectively....that is Mechanical Pencil 3.1 and Graph Paper 2.5) but I'd like to see them done on the computer for ease of sharing.

M3talhead, I've gone on to http://www.sketchup.com and read through the product overviews.  This is exactly what I was looking for.  I'll download the demo and see if that's the ticket.
But HOLY CRAP!  Did you see the price tag on that puppy! $500.00.

Taborious:
I'd love to get my hands on this app as well, but I'm not dropping 5 bills for it. Have to check the web to see if I can find a discounted version...

Please post if you find it "discounted" somewhere... ::)

kelemvor:

--- Quote from: Sensei on February 05, 2006, 10:14:44 am ---
--- Quote from: M3talhead on February 04, 2006, 07:45:47 pm ---Try Sketchup. Its super easy to learn and is perfect for these types of projects.

--- End quote ---

Hey! Now that's what I'm looking for!

I've tried Visio.  Very nice for diagrams but not exatcly for construction plans.  Thanks anyway, kelemvor. 
I've also done Pencil 2.0 and Paper 1.0 (in fact I've bought the 3.1 and 2.5 upgrades respectively....that is Mechanical Pencil 3.1 and Graph Paper 2.5) but I'd like to see them done on the computer for ease of sharing.

M3talhead, I've gone on to http://www.sketchup.com and read through the product overviews.  This is exactly what I was looking for.  I'll download the demo and see if that's the ticket.
But HOLY CRAP!  Did you see the price tag on that puppy! $500.00.



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Might want to upgrade again to cardboard 3.7 and scissors 1.9.  Doing something on the computer is great but it works well to just cut out some circles of the right sizes and such and set them on the cardboard so you can slide them around and such.  Everyone's fingers are differnt lengths, some people are more comfortable with things spaced differently, etc.

There's some templates you can already download to use as a guide but that's still a static image that can't be adjsuted well.  But make some cut outs and slide them around until you get ehwat you want.  Then plop it into the computer program and have it align everything just right.

Brax:
I use AutoCAD. A bit of overkill I suppose but you use what you know, right? I'd say it's the best solution but as said, a huge learning curve, very expensive and really it's way more software than you need for this application. I still can't help myself. I like complete, detailed plans. I've drawn mine all in 3D; the abilty to check for crashing tolerances is important for me as I'm modifying a 1up inspired design.

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