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Open Source CAD

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  • 25-08-2011 5:00pm
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    TeachMealog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭


    Anyone recommend any Open Source CAD package.
    Looking at doing a basic enough floor plan of piping and also mapping the cabling ?
    Google throws me up QCAD and FreeCAD any thoughts and how long it would take to get up to speed


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    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    Draft Sight is meant to be a good free 2D program.

    http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/download-draftsight/#xtor=AD-508-


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ...surprised that your Google search didn't offer up Google SketchUp.....I'm seeing more and more stuff done in that coming in for pricing btw.....

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    TeachMealog
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    cheers guys will give them both a go. toying with sketchup at the moment


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    TeachMealog wrote: »
    cheers guys will give them both a go. toying with sketchup at the moment

    I'm going on a course on it, on Wed, in Cork.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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