Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
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Hey I'm new here. I'm not an engineer by trade, I am an entrepreneur. I have some ideas I'd like to sketch using engineering or CAD software.
Id like to find out which software would be best for me. It doesn't have to be the best or most expensive software just good enough to ensure the patent(s) are well described and go through properly.
The designs are involving, solar collection, sterling engines and variations, similar to the SES Dish Solar Stirling Systems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_Energy_Syste...
Also vertical farming designs, geothermal heating and cooling systems, Solar Heating Systems, fiber optic lighting systems, and wind turbines.
Could someone do me a favor and point me toward the correct software products? Thanks!
Id like to find out which software would be best for me. It doesn't have to be the best or most expensive software just good enough to ensure the patent(s) are well described and go through properly.
The designs are involving, solar collection, sterling engines and variations, similar to the SES Dish Solar Stirling Systems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_Energy_Syste...
Also vertical farming designs, geothermal heating and cooling systems, Solar Heating Systems, fiber optic lighting systems, and wind turbines.
Could someone do me a favor and point me toward the correct software products? Thanks!






RE: Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
RE: Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
Get it here: http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/overview/
Best to you,
Goober Dave
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RE: Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
However, if you have had problems getting drawings accepted by the patent office, consider renting a patent drafter, who works in the USPTO bizarro world all the time and knows the rules by heart.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
RE: Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
RE: Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
Most manufacturers will have a free download on their web site for specific parts or failing that there are tons of more generic downloads available on the web.
RE: Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
As to your instructional request, stick the following phrase in Google:
draftsight tutorial
You'll get a whole bunch of resources, including many YouTube videos and pdf how-to files.
If you can't find exactly what you need, search the phrase:
autocad tutorial
The Autocad structure is very similar to DraftSight.
Nota bene: I chose DraftSight initially over all the other freebies because it was the only one that could open Autocad 2010 format files. The others were all limited to 2007 and earlier.
Best to you,
Goober Dave
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RE: Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
I like qcad because there is a Free Software version of it.
Draftsight is freeware, provided in the hope that you will stop using AutoCAD, and switch over to SolidWorks. There is no reason to assume that Draftsight will not be pulled off the market at some time. If you have relied on features of it, your drawings will be unusable.
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JHG
RE: Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
RE: Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
RE: Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
I'll give free Qcad a run-thru, I like to scope out stuff like that.
In defense of DraftSight, though, I have not found any features that are not also available in AutoCAD. I shared your concern, though. The safeguard for the potential retraction of DraftSight is to always save in an older AutoCAD format or DXF, so you can always load it into another program.
I had to throw that in, as I am a big DraftSight fan. The interface is so AutoCAD-like that I jumped right in and cranked. I agree that it is a marketing tool for Dassault -- but they don't have to sell too many SolidWorks licenses to pay for its development.
Best to you,
Goober Dave
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RE: Best engineering or Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software for prototype sketch.
http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/produc...
Apparently you can now get a free 45 day trial of the latest full version too.
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
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