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Need Recommendation on 2D CAD Software

Need Recommendation on 2D CAD Software

Need Recommendation on 2D CAD Software

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Hello all,
For some reason my last request was deleted.  But here goes again.  A customer of mine is looking for a very simple and easy to use 2D CAD software for creating and exporting DXF sketches to his plasma table and CNC mill.  Can someone recommend something other than Autocad that they have personally used and found to be user friendly.

Thanks,
BB

RE: Need Recommendation on 2D CAD Software

Is BobCAD still out there?

RE: Need Recommendation on 2D CAD Software

I dont' know if they still offer it, but Mastercam used to have a version with no CAM called "DRAFT". Scratch that, Looks like it's been renamed "Design LT"  
http://www.mastercam.com/LT/DesignLT.pdf

Autodesk also has a program called Autosketch which is like autocad LT LT (that's right, 2 LTs).
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=2753027&siteID=123112

It's been a couple of years sinced I used either, but I seem to remember being able to export DXFs out of both.  

RE: Need Recommendation on 2D CAD Software

hi
Download google sketchup i think that exports to dxf?
   Cheers

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