Sketching software question
Sketching software question
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Greetings,
I am looking for a program that I can use for quick 2D sketching much like the sketching mode of all commercial 3D CAD software (constraints,parametric design,mirror etc etc) and export them to JPGs or BMPs.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
I am looking for a program that I can use for quick 2D sketching much like the sketching mode of all commercial 3D CAD software (constraints,parametric design,mirror etc etc) and export them to JPGs or BMPs.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance!






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Or buy an older version of TurboCad - practically free on e-bay. VERY easy to learn and use. Version 11.1 is great and can export any drawing to almost any known format.
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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Unfortunately, it's pretty pricy: h
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I tried it a little, and the thing that was annoying about it was that the constraints were instantly active, and couldn't be ignored even temporarily.
That may not clearly describe what was so aggravating about it; perhaps an analogy will do. There was at roughly the same time a 'syntax- directed editor' for some computer language... which also sounded like a good idea. I.e., it wouildn't let you produce a line of code that wasn't conformant with the language's syntax.
The problem was that, once you entered a line of code, and before you pressed 'enter', you'd get a warning that it was wrong. Fine and dandy. So you would then attempt to edit the line in place in order to correct the syntax. Okay, _but_ the editor wouldn't let you produce a line with bad syntax, even while you were attempting to correct the syntax of the line you just entered.
Back to sketching... I can contrast that with the sketch feature in Solidworks, which allows you to sketch something pretty much freehand, with approximate dimensions... and then go ahead and build a 3D feature from the sketch without bothering to tie down the actual dimensions of the sketch, say by dimensioning it, or by saying 'fix' or 'accept' or whatever. I.e. the SW sketcher doesn't get in the way of the flow of ideas.. whereas with that ancient aggravating product, whose name I will recall when it no longer matters, you spent all your time dancing with the constraint engine instead of thinking about what you were actually trying to represent.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Autodesk have retired Voloview but I find its successor, Design Review, not worth what it costs; and its free too.
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Autodesk Inventor Lt (free for 1 year), then they typically release a new version which is probably going to be free again.
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http://www.freebyte.com/cad/cad.htm#2D3DCADSystems
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http://draw.labs.autodesk.com/
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