On 10/28/2012 03:06 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
On 10/28/2012 01:56 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
Can anyone suggest an architectural CAD package comparable to AutoCAD
for use in preparing layered drawings for residential remodeling?
--Doc Savage
Fairview Heights, IL
I use Ribbon Soft Qcad. There is a free edition but I use the pro
edition.
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/en/qcad
I looked at some of these things, and the free QCad is probably the
nearest to AutoCAAD,
but it's NOT AutoCAD--some of the commands don't work. And some of the
features
that you might need are not there. (I couldn't find "scale".) It's the
same old problem--
any imitation CAD routine will cause you to have to learn all over
again. If you have
Windows, there are sources of (quite a bit) lower-priced AutoCAD. I
won't go into
detail but there are! You just can't call Autodesk for help! I will
never understand
why some of these ultra-high-priced outfits don't make older editions
available for
a reasonable price. AutoCad could sell the old Light version from 2000
or so for,
say, $150, which is probably not much lower than when it was new, and make a
nice buck out of people who will never buy the latest four-figure
version--or the five-figure
full-blown version.
--doug
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Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley
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