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Drafting programs

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Darth_Veeder
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Anyone have any free drafting programs to make drafts of what you're going to build. My mom wants me to know exactly how much wood I will need for my summer setup so I need a program to draft it in.

PS I searchbarred.
Jun 22 2010 1:02PM
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wynnyk
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http://www.smartdraw.com/specials/facilityplanning.asp





First 5 links in google. Not that hard.

Also try torrents maybe.
Jun 22 2010 1:09PM
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matt.s
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google sketchup? i like that one
Jun 22 2010 1:13PM
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Sklar
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yep and its free
Jun 22 2010 1:29PM
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stunt_ditch
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Jun 22 2010 3:07PM
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Bryan*
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i know there is not alot of them for macs. if you do have a mac.
Jun 22 2010 3:31PM
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General_Ripper
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you need a cad program to figure this out?
Jun 22 2010 6:06PM
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ONTerriible
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seriously. get a piece of paper a pen or pencil and scketch it out, im at school to be an architectural technologist, you dont need a computer program to draw out a floor plan, let alone a plan for a summer setup.
Jun 22 2010 6:14PM
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I_Am_Mod
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paper drawing, measure out how much wood you need, then multiply x1.5 and you'll be fine....

if you want a real good sketch, and you need to ask for a program, you probably have no experience with stuff like that. In that case Google sketchup is the easiest to learn...
Jun 22 2010 6:17PM
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wintersway
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architecture major here, and you absolutely dont need a drafting program for this.

sketch that shit out man, just try to make it somewhat to scale, and just write dimensions next to the pieces of wood in the sketch. ive made about 5 plans this way and you can figure out exactly how many feet of wood you need with simple math.
Jun 22 2010 8:30PM
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Darth_Veeder
Posts: 1054 - Karma: -26
I would do this normally, but I want my tranny to curve so I am cutting the wood into peices and I figured teh easiest way to figure out how much wood will be required will be to use a drafting program.
Jun 22 2010 8:53PM
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T.L.
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google sketch-up for sure dude.  i design all my rails with it.  if you need any help, get at me.
Jun 22 2010 9:30PM
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*rkp*
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Why are you claiming drawing "5" plans by "sketching that shit out somewhat to scale"?

Plans should always be drawn to scale. They're useless otherwise (unless you're in a very preliminary stage of design) and don't contribute to your aptitude as an architecture student.


ANYWHOOO....

to the OP. If you can't figure this out with your brain, a pen and a piece of paper, I would download Sketchup. Not only is it ten times easier to use than any CAD program, but there is an infinite amount of tutorials and how-tos online (youtube is good).
Jun 22 2010 9:49PM
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