Drawing Program ( Cad ) ??

MikeFarm · Jan 25, 2013

Hi

I used DraftChoice ages ago. Being older it is a simpler program to use. Much simpler than Inkscape! It's no longer being developed but still available for Windows.
www.triusinc.com View topic - DRAFTChoice for Windows - Free!
also see DCWin postings.
www.triusinc.com View forum - DRAFTChoice CAD Program (Old Product)

If something is free and small in size give it a go

Mike

cockeyedMFer · Jan 28, 2013

Another vote for sketchup...here's some samples I've done. There are several official tutorials that explain the basics, but it can be tricky when you try to make complicated shapes, or fill in textured areas. Took me a good 10 hour day to learn the basics enough to do the garage layout below. It also helps that Google has an image warehouse that you can download shapes like cars, shelves, trusses, etc.

DougM · Jan 28, 2013

What a car in Sketchup8 ????/

I am in outer space still trying

all I want is to draw out lines of a build ing and Put in distances

3v0 · Jan 28, 2013

To understand sketchup you need to watch the tutorials. You are not going to get too far poking at it.

SanDucerro · Jan 28, 2013

DougM said:
What a car in Sketchup8 ????/

I am in outer space still trying

all I want is to draw out lines of a build ing and Put in distances

Then Sketchup will work for you. I use it to plot out our fence lines and vineyard rows. The program can do FAR more than I can make it do, but it works great for simple stuff - and the learning curve isn't too steep (but it ain't 15 minutes either).

MikeFarm · Jan 29, 2013

Hiya

Here is another possibility, its open source.
FreeCAD: An Open Source parametric 3D CAD modeler
"FreeCAD is a parametric 3D modeler. Parametric modeling allows you to easily modify your design by going back into your model history and changing its parameters. FreeCAD is open source (LGPL license) and completely modular, allowing for very advanced extension and customization.
FreeCAD is multiplatfom, and reads and writes many open file formats such as STEP, IGES, STL and others. etc..."

Mike