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Mick Annick
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Rkweld
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I was shocked to see it of sketchbook, last i saw they made it free for people over the pandemic to inspire/help people develop graphic design and drawing and now they sold it on and nolonger support it.
If i start to get issues with it i will transfer everything to GNU g.i.m.p.
Onoff
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£2K. Just got paid for DraftSight Premium. That's £399 per year.
Rkweld
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Worth the money if you earn your living using it i am sure or even if you get enough benefits from it as a hobbyist. If I had the time and enough uses i would delve into CAD and learn it properly (hopefully!). All the time the workforce is half part time pensioners work is not interested in any computerisation so no hope to learn there either, yet!
Onoff
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CAD...It's just like a back of a big fag packet really. You just draw everything full size whether it's a battleship or an M8 nut.
Discipline and logical file naming is important to keep track of your projects if you keep stopping, saving and coming back to them.
A bit like doing that really important drawing on the back of said fag packet in Manchester then launching the empty packet out of the Transit window coming down the M1...
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Need to look into a new CAD program, been using the student version of Inventor for the last 3 years but can't find any college courses I want to do this year and my student licence has just run out.
Managed to find a free subscription to Solid Works via Titans of CNC but might try Fusion 1st
Managed to find a free subscription to Solid Works via Titans of CNC but might try Fusion 1st
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This one?I also use an app called "measures" to record measurements fo items I am planning to import to sketchup.
You take a photo and drag an arrow then enter measurement. Export to photos, drag to IMGUR and drop it here.
I might give it a go. Beats holding a ruler up against the part while taking the photo.
I don't mind paying for software if it does the job and isn't plastered with adverts.
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Yes that one.
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I've been trying to get to grips with Inkscape as well, I get on quite well with it then don't touch it for months and have to start again. I've been using it to make some proper templates that can replace the roughly-drawn ones I use now, and that I can reprint when they become too worn to use. Works pretty well for that.
