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Title: Free portable CAD tool
Post by: Vortex on January 30, 2013, 07:46:56 AM
QuoteLibreCAD is a fully comprehensive 2D CAD (computer-aided design) application that you can download and install for free. It has support for over 20 languages and a vibrant community of developers and users around the world.

http://portableapps.com/news/2013-01-28-librecad-portable-1.0.2-released (http://portableapps.com/news/2013-01-28-librecad-portable-1.0.2-released)
Title: Re: Free portable CAD tool
Post by: Gunther on January 30, 2013, 07:53:00 AM
Hi Erol,

very interesting tool. Thank you for that link.  :t

Gunther
Title: Re: Free portable CAD tool
Post by: hfheatherfox07 on January 31, 2013, 08:14:38 AM
Well ....This gave me a place to upload a CAD example in MASM that I had  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Free portable CAD tool
Post by: hfheatherfox07 on February 01, 2013, 02:56:58 AM
lol
By the way I did work with Auto Cad professionally back in 2006
Damn if I remember it ( other than basic stuff )
We use to do 3D stuff with it too ... Forgot all that lol
Also worked with solid works , catia ...
I look at some of the the stuff  that I created and I am baffled by it ....

Isn't that funny

Not to mention the hand drafting that I did in the 90's , I regret selling my drafting table
Should have just kept it somewhere with all those stencils  I had
Title: Re: Free portable CAD tool
Post by: Vortex on February 01, 2013, 05:42:30 AM
Hi hfheatherfox07,

In my workplace, the engineers are using SolidWorks. It's an extremely powerful application. The 2013 version is released.
Title: Re: Free portable CAD tool
Post by: hfheatherfox07 on February 01, 2013, 06:51:49 AM
I am sure if I strafed to look through it again I might relearn some of it...
Is it like what AutoCad did when they brought 2008 I think or 2010 .... Was too damn big , make computer sooo slow !
I do love their 3D scanner ! Scan parts into solidworks

P.S
ever herd of paper/picture to dxf ?
paper2dxf
http://www.cadkas.de/downengcad2.php (http://www.cadkas.de/downengcad2.php)
Title: Re: Free portable CAD tool
Post by: MichaelW on February 01, 2013, 05:04:17 PM
Quote from: Vortex on February 01, 2013, 05:42:30 AM
In my workplace, the engineers are using SolidWorks. It's an extremely powerful application. The 2013 version is released.

Yes, extremely powerful, and well supported, and expensive.
Title: Re: Free portable CAD tool
Post by: hfheatherfox07 on February 01, 2013, 06:41:07 PM
You know what is great about Solid works ( and this goes back 7 years last I used it)
Is the modules !!!
So many like : sheet metal , molds, Tool & Die ,Electrical ...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFPd2OzdKuc (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFPd2OzdKuc)

If I remember correctly those modules are free cause they assume that you purchased solidworks !
Title: Re: Free portable CAD tool
Post by: Vortex on June 08, 2013, 04:40:04 AM
Not a CAD application but interesting for interior design :

X-SweetHome3D :

http://www.winpenpack.com/en/download.php?view.1027 (http://www.winpenpack.com/en/download.php?view.1027)
Title: Re: Free portable CAD tool
Post by: P1 on June 10, 2013, 02:39:43 AM
Quote from: hfheatherfox07 on February 01, 2013, 02:56:58 AMI look at some of the the stuff  that I created and I am baffled by it ....

Isn't that funny
It's really sad, that at times I wonder at who that programmer(me) was and where did he go.

I had this one piece of code that was 5 years old, needed an update(wasn't broke).  It took me about three and half days just to relearn the code section to modify it. 

Gives new meaning to hardening of the coding arteries to 'pump out' code.

Regards,  P1   8)