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Inexpensive Drawing or CAD Programs
By:BradH
Date: 8/13/2000, 1:25 am

I recently purchased "The Strip-Built Sea Kayak" by Nick Schade. In Chapter 4, he writes about creating form patterns by using spreadsheets and or CAD programs. I am interested in doing the same. I have the Office 97 version of Excel. However, I am concerned with printing the forms scaled correctly using only Excel.

Has anyone used Excel alone or along with a drawing or CAD program to create your form patterns?

Can anyone recommend and describe their experiences with low-end (inexpensive or free, with a short learning curve) drawing or CAD programs to create and print scaled forms? I am not in a position to buy an $800 CAD program nor do I have access to one.

Messages In This Thread

Inexpensive Drawing or CAD Programs
BradH -- 8/13/2000, 1:25 am
Re: Inexpensive Drawing or CAD Programs
Paul Raymond -- 8/14/2000, 9:34 pm
Re: Inexpensive Drawing or CAD Programs
Don Beale -- 8/14/2000, 5:23 pm
Re: Inexpensive Drawing or CAD Programs
Derek -- 8/14/2000, 10:14 am
Re: Inexpensive Drawing or CAD Programs
Greg -- 8/13/2000, 11:04 pm
Re: Freeware and Shareware CAD Programs
Pete -- 8/13/2000, 1:59 pm