For those familiar with 2D AutoCAD...

It’s funny, I went to college to major in drafting, yet I rarely use AutoCAD anymore… I usually just make quick assemblies in Inventor or SolidWorks.

Still may give this a shot though, I always love the word FREE. =p

-- "I suggest a new strategy, R2: let the Wookiee win."

Free is good, I’ll have to try it. Is it vector based?

-- Bondo Gaposis

bondogaposis:
re: vector based
Its whatever AutoCAD is. Its identical as far as I can tell.

Yep, free is good and if it works for you go with it. You can also easily do 3D in a 2D cad system by doing 3d projections. I did this several years ago in Autocad using projections instead of 3d rendering. It’s based on 10 degree projections.
No need to spend the big bucks for Autocad when there are several clones that work just as good.
I’ve heard several good reviews on DraftSight.

-- Bruce http://plans.testsitem3.info http://www.sawmillgirls.com

I used DraftSight before but switched to AutoCAD. Draftsight is very good for the 2D but I was using AutoCAD in school and I couldn’t switch from the two, it just completely screwed with my brain. I’ll be trying to use a feature that’s AutoCAD only while using DraftSight and I’d think to myself, “Wait a minute… That feature isn’t even here!”

-- Tyrone - Canada, BC

Solid Edge also has a robust free 2d cad program. I’ve got it on another machine.

http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/velocity/solidedge/free2d/

-- Bruce http://plans.testsitem3.info http://www.sawmillgirls.com