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Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
By:Richard Boyle
Date: 11/6/2001, 7:58 am
In Response To: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates? (Michael Harrison)

Since all the data is in excel, it would be best to reduce it there before exporting to a cad program. Just add some columns with formulas to multiply everything by the scale factor you wish to use. This will work better than reducing it later in a cad program, because you will not reduce the template lines showing centerline, box beam cutout, grid, etc.
If you don't already know how to use a cad program, it would be faster to do one kayak by hand. If you have other uses for the cad program, then this would make a good project to learn how to use it.
Intellicad works well, if you can find a free copy.
Richard.

Messages In This Thread

Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Michael Harrison -- 11/5/2001, 1:09 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
PaulC -- 11/6/2001, 12:52 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Richard Boyle -- 11/6/2001, 7:58 am
QCad is free on Linux....trial version for windows
Charlie Lesh -- 11/6/2001, 7:46 am
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
erez -- 11/6/2001, 4:37 am
Re: Tools: Will Excell Work??
don -- 11/5/2001, 8:16 pm
Re: Tools: Will Excell Work??
erez -- 11/6/2001, 4:34 am
Help???but I'm male *NM*
don -- 11/7/2001, 7:56 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Pete Rudie -- 11/5/2001, 6:07 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Chip Sandresky -- 11/5/2001, 5:54 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Dean Trexel -- 11/5/2001, 6:50 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Chip Sandresky -- 11/5/2001, 7:42 pm
Re: Tools: CAD
Dean Trexel -- 11/5/2001, 5:28 pm
Re: Cunnigham S+G plans
Will -- 11/5/2001, 8:18 pm
Re: Cunnigham S+G plans
Dean Trexel -- 11/5/2001, 8:52 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Derek Philip -- 11/5/2001, 3:34 pm
OOPs: CAD tools
Derek Philip -- 11/5/2001, 3:39 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Bret -- 11/5/2001, 1:31 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Michael Harrison -- 11/5/2001, 1:38 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Warwick Carter -- 11/6/2001, 6:03 am
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Bret -- 11/6/2001, 1:17 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Bret -- 11/5/2001, 2:23 pm