Free Cad is OK. It's a bugger about draft sight, I use it every day but I've literally just today given a 30k purchase order for solid works and they own draft sight so we'll be OK.What are your requirements?
I haven't the foggiest idea what your on about here. What's CAD ? images on a computer ?
Ive still got a copy of Autocad 2000 on disk, so may have to obtain an old Windows XP pc and stick it on that, using it just as a cad station
Oh dear. Dont like Librecad, too cumbersome, poor interface. Freecad is a little more familiar, but still not a patch on Draftsight. Ive still got a copy of Autocad 2000 on disk, so may have to obtain an old Windows XP pc and stick it on that, using it just as a cad station
If you're still on 7, there's an "xp mode" available. If not, follow this to use the xp mode image with hyper-v.https://www.download3k.com/articles/How-to-add-an-XP-Mode-Virtual-Machine-to-Windows-10-or-8-using-Hyper-V-00770
Do any of these "free CAD" packages export to a format that will work with a 3D printer?Anyone actually using a CAD programme to print 3D items? I'd really like to get into this, opens so many possibilities (small scale).
Quote from: F4celess on 04 November 2019, 10:30:27 amDo any of these "free CAD" packages export to a format that will work with a 3D printer?Anyone actually using a CAD programme to print 3D items? I'd really like to get into this, opens so many possibilities (small scale). Yes! I use a piece of software called cura - free download, it converts a cad file to a print format.Most 3d printers will accept an stl file, so another option is to find a cad package that lets you save in stl format