[ale] CAD drawing program

Larry Grenevitch lg1450 at bellsouth.net
Thu Jan 30 22:09:56 EST 2003


There are two 3D cad packages listed at apps.kde.com

K3Dcad
VariCAD

I haven't worked with either.

On Thursday 30 January 2003 08:45 am, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> If you get one please let me know, I need something for doing some work
> I'm planning as well.  I looked at qcad which is great for a 2D but it
> doesn't quite do what I want.
>
> Robert
>
> Thus spake Chuck Huber (chuck at cehuber.org):
> > All,
> >
> > I'm looking for a CAD program that will do simple drawings and don't
> > really want to spend much more than $40 or $50, if that.  AutoCad
> > would be perfect if it weren't for it's $750 price tag.
> >
> > The target application is an instrument panel layout for an aircraft
> > I'm building.  I'd need it to handle multiple layers, work in MKS units
> > as well as imperial, and be able to produce DWG files to be sent to
> > a printer or cad shop as camera-ready art.
> >
> > I look to the members of this list first since words of experience
> > are far more reliable than anything I could find through google.
> >
> > TIA.
> >
> >     - Chuck
> >
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> Robert L. Harris                     | PGP Key ID: FC96D405
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