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Can anyone please help; I'm looking for free small CAD program I can download, it's just for doing a wee sketch or drawing showing pipework layouts or wiring. I'm a Plumber & I don't want the 'full monty' CAD setup.
Thanks for your help.

Hi Dickie,

I found these on the internet but I am not sure how good they are so you might want to be careful .....

http://www.freebyte.com/cad/cad.htm#2D3DCADSystems

Can you use CAD

Scruff, are you talking about Dickie or me?

I use 2D AutoCAD and 3D SolidWorks but as to whether I can actually use them you best ask my colleagues!!

Nick.

It was aimed at Dickie.

I have Cad Pro 2007 and you need to know how to use it

Oh yeah, I forgot about that minor detail!

Also have about 3 CD's of building blocks for plumbing and heating

I can draw you a 14m washing machine if you want?!

Sorry Dickie, I appear to have hijacked your thread. I hope the link helps.

Can you animate it so the washing seems to be spinning.

Not only can I make it spin but I can have it slowly build itself (I leave out the nuts/bolts/washers to save memory and time!!)

Clever ain't it

There's a German engine that does that, even down to the bolts screwing in.

The vid is on here somewhere.

It is clever when you see it build itself or show clashes or problems with engineers building it.

It's a shame really as we use it for a sales tool moving people and machines but then once the equipment is sold we design the layout in 2D!

I used to do slide shows in powerpoint, where all the different parts came in from the edges and make a whole.

Bet it looked good

nick200 wrote:Bet it looked good

It does you should try it, they can fly in fast or slow from all different angles. You can even get them to spin and turn into position.