A Airtight Registered User Messages 209 19 Sep 2009 #1 What is the best free drawing / drafting software to use for simple sketches?
O onq Registered User Messages 4,388 19 Sep 2009 #2 A pencil and paper is great for conceptual sketches. Other than that Microsoft Paint is free with Windows and fairly intuitive. However AutoCAD and Bently aer the industry standards - neither are free but their .dwg viewers are, apparently. Finally here's something I found by googling "Free drawing software"; - http://www.drawingcoach.com/free-drawing-software.html HTH ONQ.
A pencil and paper is great for conceptual sketches. Other than that Microsoft Paint is free with Windows and fairly intuitive. However AutoCAD and Bently aer the industry standards - neither are free but their .dwg viewers are, apparently. Finally here's something I found by googling "Free drawing software"; - http://www.drawingcoach.com/free-drawing-software.html HTH ONQ.
M manaboutdog Registered User Messages 41 19 Sep 2009 #3 Google sketchup is free, they charge for the pro version alright though. I've used it for some simple 3d stuff in the past and found it pretty good. http://sketchup.google.com/
Google sketchup is free, they charge for the pro version alright though. I've used it for some simple 3d stuff in the past and found it pretty good. http://sketchup.google.com/
M MOB Registered User Messages 1,274 22 Sep 2009 #4 Turbocad is ok; I used to do some CAD drawing as a hobby ( a few years ago) and this was the cheapest reasonably full-featured product at the time.
Turbocad is ok; I used to do some CAD drawing as a hobby ( a few years ago) and this was the cheapest reasonably full-featured product at the time.