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CAD advice #1406452 25/01/2013 23:56 25/01/2013 23:56
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,196 Banbury, Oxfordshire Richard24 OP Competition Level
Richard24 OP Competition Level Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,196 Banbury, Oxfordshire	Any CAD people on here ? I'm looking at getting myself a CAD package of somekind. Mainly to use for sheet metal work but would like to get into some 3d drawing too. Any suggestions of which package to go for ???

Re: CAD advice [Re: Richard24] #1406472 26/01/2013 01:49 26/01/2013 01:49
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 310 n.ireland zigman36 Making a profit
zigman36 Making a profit Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 310 n.ireland	autocad is mainstream but expensive. Google sketchup might be more use if your just planning to draw basic plan views and play around with 3d modelling etc.

Re: CAD advice [Re: Richard24] #1406623 26/01/2013 22:23 26/01/2013 22:23
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,196 Banbury, Oxfordshire Richard24 OP Competition Level
Richard24 OP Competition Level Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,196 Banbury, Oxfordshire	Yeah AutoCad can be a bit pricey, not heard of Google sketchup before. I'll have a look.

Re: CAD advice [Re: Richard24] #1406626 26/01/2013 22:44 26/01/2013 22:44
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,244 Watford, Herts. H Hyperlink Forum is my life
Hyperlink Forum is my life H Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,244 Watford, Herts.	how involved do you think you will get. There is an online AutoCAD which might be useful depending on what you want to do? Its free, have a look https://www.autocadws.com/

Re: CAD advice [Re: Richard24] #1406635 26/01/2013 23:41 26/01/2013 23:41
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Re: CAD advice [Re: Richard24] #1406637 26/01/2013 23:57 26/01/2013 23:57
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 11,159 , S samsite999 I AM a Coop
samsite999 I AM a Coop S Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 11,159 ,	It boils down to what you want to do, is this for diy hobby stuff or production environment stuff? AutoCAD are mixing up there pricing structure at the moment and if not already, soon you can only buy the sweet of AutoCAD products... One of the AutoCAD sub products should take care of both requirements but at a steep cost. Sketch up will do what you want, you will need the pro version to get nice exports that you can forward over in to DWG format for CNC work, its much more user friendly but its very much the crayon of the tool set. What do you want to do as cad packages are broad and wide

Re: CAD advice [Re: Richard24] #1406642 27/01/2013 00:34 27/01/2013 00:34
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 848 Stoke on Trent, UK Vinno Enjoying the ride
Vinno Enjoying the ride Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 848 Stoke on Trent, UK	Solidworks has a nice little sheet metal add on.

Re: CAD advice [Re: Richard24] #1406657 27/01/2013 05:07 27/01/2013 05:07
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,360 stockport volumex My job on the forum
volumex My job on the forum Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,360 stockport	solidworks will do full 3D and and you can do a build of individual parts to make up a full build you can do full movement and stress test on individual parts .... you can say what the materials of the parts are made off and it will work out the weight of the parts to i have done a soldiworks course and i used Alfa cam for years doing 2D drawings to make gaskets and seals

Re: CAD advice [Re: Richard24] #1406703 27/01/2013 15:47 27/01/2013 15:47
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,196 Banbury, Oxfordshire Richard24 OP Competition Level
Richard24 OP Competition Level Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,196 Banbury, Oxfordshire	It's more a hobby thing to start with but i'm doing various drawings for sheet metal work for machines at work. I would like to learn to draw the 3D components in the future.

Re: CAD advice [Re: Richard24] #1406704 27/01/2013 16:05 27/01/2013 16:05
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 33,553 Berlin barnacle Club Member 18 - ex-Minister without Portfolio
barnacle Club Member 18 - ex-Minister without Portfolio Forum Demigod Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 33,553 Berlin	For hobby stuff - or even mid-serious stuff - consider this one: http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/download-draftsight/ - very similar to Autocad to use, and produces sensible output files. You need to register but it's free. If you're using Linux, Qcad isn't bad but I'm not sure I'd go as far as to say it's good. It's somewhat idiosyncratic in its commands... Don't get no respect! Coupe Fiat 1994-2000 - an owner's guide <-- clicky!

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