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> From: "gandolfreefer" <synchronousmosfet@...>
> To: "Homebrew PCBs" <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 9:30:18 AM
> Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] need recommendations for free simple 2D CAD program
> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> I just need to download a dead-easy, intuitive free CAD to make simple
> mechanical drawings for machine shops here to make parts for me.
> 
> Nothing fancy...but it has to have some sort of drag and snap-to
> center feature. And I gotta print out easily. I'll be drawing lots of
> rectangles with various holes in them, and the occasional circle
> offset from a center bore (i.e. cam).
> 
> I don't care about no 3D.
> 
> I tried one, but after half an hour of trying to get a larger circle
> placed 5 mm from the center of my first, smaller circle, I gave up and
> deleted the $*#@!! thing.
> 
> I'm sure it's a fine program, but I couldn't make heads nor tails of
> it. It was called CadStdLite, but it was too lite for my brain!!
> 
> Other suggestions? 
> 
> Best, Charlie
> 
> PS: I don't mind paying for the stinking thing in 30 days, so long as
> it isn't tre' expensive, but I'd rather just have a piece of freeware
> some enlightened soul wrote for his own use. :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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