Internet CAD question?
#1
Posted 19 August 2007 - 17:22
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#2
Posted 19 August 2007 - 18:33
Can you give an idea what needs to be done ?
I do a lot of reworking, but do not use free download software.
#3
Posted 19 August 2007 - 19:07
If it's something basic you're after, you can always make a drawing in Paint... Low-tech I know, but it will work if you're not concerned about accuracy or complex shapes.
The learning curve for CAD is often a good deal steeper and more time consuming than one might initially think. If you have a background in CAD, you can get your head around most packages in a relatively short period of time, but if your only experience has been with a pencil and board, it's a major jump into CAD.
Justin
#4
Posted 19 August 2007 - 19:14
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#5
Posted 19 August 2007 - 19:22
#6
Posted 19 August 2007 - 19:24
Circles are easier as you select a point, mouseclick and drag to the circular form, but a sharp
eye is need to get both the horizontal and vertical diameters equal length.
and like you say flat-16.....the learning curve is steep...even in Paint.
#7
Posted 19 August 2007 - 19:44
Guess what? I still spend a packet on pro CAD designers! I hate the barstewards! (only kidding)
I've been meaning to pony up for Solidworks 'bootcamp'... Cheap it ain't.
If you just want to get an idea across, Paint will do. I regularly present machinists with drawings from Paint and I've yet to have a problem.
Remember that Paint is still light years ahead of what they designed the DFV with!
Justin
BTW - When I saw the thread title, I thought "that's interesting, De Cad's set up a website"
#8
Posted 19 August 2007 - 19:48
Remember that computer-technologically I'm a wood-burner...be gentle with me.
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#9
Posted 19 August 2007 - 19:54
I'm not sure how you get paint for a Mac, but to my knowledge, it comes with most versions of Windoze after about '95.
OK, I've tried a Search on my XP machine and I suspect - if you run Windoze - the first step will be to search for it as you should have it as standard. Go to 'search', click 'all files and folders' and search for either "Paint" or "mspaint". If you have M$oft OS, you *should* have it in there...
Justin
#10
Posted 19 August 2007 - 19:55
Go to the Start button, select Programs and then choose Accesssories. It should be there...
#11
Posted 19 August 2007 - 20:12
http://www.eland.org...c/cadnotes.html
(He also publishes a very good magazine on strange, unusual and exotic bicycles and bike culture
Of the freebies on there, Draft-IT on http://www.cadlogic....aftit/index.htm looks very intuitive.
#12
Posted 19 August 2007 - 20:17
click Start....then click Programmes....go to Accesories...scroll down to Paint, click to open.
Edit: sorry missed your post MCS
#13
Posted 19 August 2007 - 20:45
If you are going to be quick, and have a PC, download a trial copy (30 days) of Rhino3d at www.rhino3d.com; with it you can work in both 2D and 3D, but it is not a "drafting" package, it is primarily for 3D surface modelling, but it is surprisingly easy to use. Alternatively, download a free copy of CadLite at:
http://www.cadstd.com/lite.html
This is a lightweight Autocad alternative, it works Jim, but not as we know it. It imports and exports DXF files, Drawing Exchange Files, an (almost) universal way of exchanging 2D drawings. CadPro is only about £20 and will handle the sorts of format a printer may require, like PDF, Postscript, that sort of thing, but they only produce line drawings.
Rhino imports and exports almost everything, and as shown below will save BMP and JPG files. Rhino to my way of thinking is the best value 3D Cad package money can buy.
Alternatively you could ping me and let me know what you need I may be able to help (As long as it is not the standard of illustration produced by the sainted James Allington that you require).
This is from Rhino:
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Posted 19 August 2007 - 21:42
#15
Posted 19 August 2007 - 23:10
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#16
Posted 19 August 2007 - 23:14
#17
Posted 20 August 2007 - 06:14
Originally posted by macoran
I agree that Paint is a very good tool, but you do neady a steady hand to freehand draw.
Circles are easier as you select a point, mouseclick and drag to the circular form, but a sharp
eye is need to get both the horizontal and vertical diameters equal length.
and like you say flat-16.....the learning curve is steep...even in Paint.
A bit late now, but if you hold the shift key down in Paint while crating an ellipse, you get a circle.
#18
Posted 20 August 2007 - 11:27
#19
Posted 20 August 2007 - 12:04
Turn off "Snap to Grid" and set your default shape to clear fill and hairline border, and you're on your way. You can position and size to 0.1mm. Throw in a shape, then use Format Autoshape to size & position (remember that position is always the top left corner), zoom in to max and use the arrow keys to nudge items into alignment.
I've designed a bathroom and packaging with it, to surprisingly accurate levels.
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#20
Posted 20 August 2007 - 21:31
It looks pretty complicated, lots of features. I guess it would take a while to learn it but it should do the job for most of us.
David
#21
Posted 20 August 2007 - 22:41
Originally posted by David Pozzi
My local software store had Turbo Cad for less than $100. I bought it just to have on hand if I needed it.
It looks pretty complicated, lots of features. I guess it would take a while to learn it but it should do the job for most of us.
David
Life's too short, poor you..................
#22
Posted 21 August 2007 - 03:45
Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or Xara X. What sets Inkscape apart is its use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), an open XML-based W3C standard, as the native format.
http://www.inkscape....wnload/?lang=en
Available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
#23
Posted 21 August 2007 - 08:09
Seriously, It never fails to amze me what can be achieved editing photographs in Paint, removing whole grandstands, etc etc so those that CAN use a full on CAD have my utmost admiration, modern day craftsmen
#24
Posted 21 August 2007 - 08:52
Many other "models" available from their 3D Warehouse
You really do need to have a go using Sketchup - It's addictive.
#25
Posted 21 August 2007 - 12:55
Originally posted by ReynardDave
http://www.inkscape....wnload/?lang=en
Available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
A link to nowhere unfortunately.................
#26
Posted 21 August 2007 - 14:29
presumably the bloke that did this had to start somewhere !!
http://www.youtube.c...Xd1PlGur8M&NR=1
#27
Posted 21 August 2007 - 15:54
#28
Posted 21 August 2007 - 16:18
#29
Posted 21 August 2007 - 17:17
Originally posted by RTH
Of course what we really all want to know is.............What is Doug designing ?
presumably the bloke that did this had to start somewhere !!
http://www.youtube.c...Xd1PlGur8M&NR=1
In frame 43,263 the bolt on the ogglefloggle valve should have been UNF, not UNC...............
#30
Posted 21 August 2007 - 18:39
It gave me a nasty flashback to when Elite came out for the BBC and I realised that there were people so infinitely more capable than me that I could never hope to compete - and so gave up writing computer games on the spot. Just one of my many brilliant career moves...
#31
Posted 25 November 2008 - 17:36
Originally posted by Kilted Wanderer
1929 Bugatti 35B perhaps?
Many other "models" available from their 3D Warehouse
You really do need to have a go using Sketchup - It's addictive.
Those models are amazing, especially the Veyron one. Were they actually modelled in Sketchup? Extremely accurate.
#32
Posted 25 November 2008 - 18:11
www.gimp.org
While it took three evenings and lots of curses to learn and use it, I must say I am now quite satisfied.
One of the things I am not satisfied about it, anyway, is the drawing of circles: it is lenghty and the circles are not perfectly simmetrical, at least the way I do them.