I have the full version of autocad, but it's not that great. Offsets are not fun to enter, if you decide to do it it will take hours. I opted for the much easier option, purchase the plans. You don't have to worry about taping paper together, seperating the forms in the file, etc. It's up to you what to do, but support Nick and help yourself save time, purchase the plans. I do have most of autocad files for the guillemot though already, I could show them to you. Basically you just use Draw: Spine and then enter the points. Email me if you're interested in a sample file.
-James Wells
: Hi,

: I am gearing up for this winter's project, a stripper after reading Nick's
: book cover to cover 20-30 times.(Last year was a S&G, I am hooked!) I
: check the BBS once a day and really enjoy reading the posts, very
: informative! I *am* getting a little loopy with the whole offset table
: thing though. Anyone have any tips for me? I do have a copy of Autocad
: lite, but I am not fluent with Autocad. Maybe there is something that I
: can use in there to help me out.

: Thanks in advance for the help, I will read the offset portion of the book
: again and hopefully I will be able to extract my head from my....

: -Todd