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Pinball Wizard:
Looking at the previews for Tilt (I really need to buy it, been sitting on the edge for 2-3 years) you can see some software they use for playfield development that even includes the footprint of the parts. Any possibility that there is a software that I could use for myself that would work in that similar way? Been working on ideas in my head for awhile and just having problems getting the vision into a real design.

drventure:
Have you looked at Visual Pinball or Future Pinball?

They both have playfield designers built in. might not be the same as a CAD package for developing a "real" table, but they're free, and pretty dang good.

Pinball Wizard:
Might give it a try. Forgot it completely. Maybe I'll find some good methods in it to develop good.

drventure:
If you put together any custom tables, be sure to post back so we can try them out!

And be sure to grab a few tables out there. Looking at the script and table design can help get you up to speed very quickly. All the tables (as far as I know) will actually load right into the designer so you can examine how they were built/scripted

Xiaou2:
Not sure what this Tilt software is.   But no cad / physics program is going to
be accurate to the real components.  (unless maybe it takes 3 days of calculations to
show one 5 min rendering, and even them may be off) 

 Something you design one way... will play completely different in real life...
thus defeating the purpose.

 I believe the best original designers simply started dropping parts down and testing
how the ball flowed.   Tweaking here and there.. until there was a very good
playing game.

 After which,  art, theme, etc... were added.

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