CAD Software

[longsoughtfor]

Anyone have a recommendation for CAD software that works well with studio design? John Sayers site has great drawings... any idea what he used?

Thanks.

 

[bbundy96]

If you are just looking to use it for drawing basic layouts and diagrams, you can pick up a copy of TurboCAD; it's fairly cheap. For a little more money, you can buy AutoCAD LT. It is ten times better than TurboCAD and it's compatible with full versions of AutoCAD.

Jim
CADstrordinare

 

[BigKahuna]

I think John used SmartDraw for his plans
http://www.smartdraw.com/resources/examples/floorplans/index.htm

 

[dragonworks]

There is software named cadkey I bought once for under 20 bucks that should do the job. Autocad is expensive. Idownloaded smart draw once and didnt like it at all but thats just personnal preference.

 

[frederic]

There is software named cadkey I bought once for under 20 bucks that should do the job. Autocad is expensive. Idownloaded smart draw once and didnt like it at all but thats just personnal preference.

I use Visio - primarily because it has an "office template" with walls, doors, windows, and furniture, and its easy to drag and drop a design pretty quickly. It also exports to HTML, JPG, GIF, etc just as easily.

 

[dragonworks]

Since were on the subject; does anyone know of a software package that would enable you to scan a drawing or picture and enable you to turn it into a dxf file. There are other formats I could use but the dxf format is the easiest for the application intended.