2D CAD package

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:14 pm

I need an okay and free (or cheap

) 2D CAD package. I'm not entirely happy with the way Autocad does things (in fact, I hate it)... One of the packages I used a long time ago was TurboCad (on an Atari ST) and that was quite right.

Anybody who has a good suggestion?

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:09 pm

Check out the freeware topic. I have others have posted several good 2d free cad software there.

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:03 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CATIA

I have not used it but i've heard it is a good one.
It is not free

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:14 am

Don't know if its what you want, but I have been playing with this:

http://www.a9tech.com/

naw · Post by **naw** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:15 pm

This may not be what you're looking for, but if all you want is to design room layouts (bedrooms, office space and especially kitchens) then theres quite a good & free 2d planner from Ikea that is available on each countrys site - just search for "download" at http://www.ikea.co.uk

Also generates a reasonable 3d view and produces a pricing estimate...

bembulak · Post by **bembulak** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:28 pm

Google Sketchup.
Easy to use, good for static 2D output. Free version only does PNG and GoogleEarth export. Pro Version isn't cheap. But there are some ruby-Scripts to export from SU to other programs (e.g. Blender).

A9tech Cad program is good. I use it a lot!