drawing freeware???

aardvarkash10 · 14th May 2008, 10:46 AM

Hi all - can anyone recommend some low level CAD drawing software for designing speaker boxes? I've looked at a couple but they seem either too complex and bloatware-ish, or aimed at wannbe interior designers. Recommendations please...

AndrewT · 14th May 2008, 11:06 AM

vectorworks.
but it's not free.

Bob Brines · 14th May 2008, 02:17 PM

If you are not familiar with CAD, ANY CAD program is going to have a steep learning curve. I am happy with TurboCAD, but it's not free either.

Bob

MJL21193 · 14th May 2008, 02:30 PM

Sketchup is pretty good and fairly easy to learn. Lots of tutorials and ready made models available.
Free too.

gurley123 · 14th May 2008, 02:40 PM

I second google sketch-up. I'm having a ball with it.

Just for fun you can also download Inkscape and Gimp and draw cool pictures. Not very usefull for designing cabs, but I like them. They are kinda like a freeware Illustrator and Photoshop.

Harderror · 14th May 2008, 03:20 PM

I used Sketchup to create all my SPQR designs thus far, I can vouch for it's accuracy and ease of use.

Tom

EEatKSU · 14th May 2008, 08:01 PM

Google sketchup is fairly easy to learn, and free.

Ron E · 15th May 2008, 02:53 AM

ProgeCAD has a free version called ProgeCAD Smart or something like that. It is free and not very crippled, if you want a 2D package. ProgeCAD is a clone of AutoCAD, and shares a near identical user interface.

For a 3D package, Sketchup is the way to go, although you can do wireframe/surface modeling in ProgeCAD.

planet10 · 15th May 2008, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ron E
ProgeCAD is a clone of AutoCAD, and shares a near identical user interface.

That would be a good reason to put it at the bottom of the short-list.

Sketch-up is very good for what it does, it is kind of awkward for doing dimensionally accurate drawings. I usually start with a simplified set of the 2D shapes imported in from VectorWorks (a 1st class CAD program, and cheap for what it does, but certainly not free)

dave

Floric · 15th May 2008, 08:46 AM

For 2D drawings and constructions I use qcad. In my opinion a good program. It is available for Linux and for windows and there is a community edition licensed under the GPL which can be easily compiled under Linux (with a little effort on Windows too). For the Professional edition they charge 24€.

Best regards

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aardvarkash10 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Auckland, NZ	drawing freeware??? Hi all - can anyone recommend some low level CAD drawing software for designing speaker boxes? I've looked at a couple but they seem either too complex and bloatware-ish, or aimed at wannbe interior designers. Recommendations please... __________________ Yes, conservatism thrives on low intelligence and poor information. But the liberals in politics... continue to back off, yielding to the supremacy of the stupid. It's turkeys all the way down. - George Monbiot, guardian.co.uk, 6 Feb 2012

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AndrewT diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scottish Borders	vectorworks. but it's not free. __________________ regards Andrew T.

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Ron E diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA, MN	ProgeCAD has a free version called ProgeCAD Smart or something like that. It is free and not very crippled, if you want a 2D package. ProgeCAD is a clone of AutoCAD, and shares a near identical user interface. For a 3D package, Sketchup is the way to go, although you can do wireframe/surface modeling in ProgeCAD. __________________ Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. --Carl Sagan Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. --Carl Sagan

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14th May 2008, 02:17 PM	#3
Bob Brines diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hot Spring Village AR	If you are not familiar with CAD, ANY CAD program is going to have a steep learning curve. I am happy with TurboCAD, but it's not free either. Bob

14th May 2008, 02:30 PM	#4
MJL21193 Account disabled at member's request Join Date: Mar 2007	Sketchup is pretty good and fairly easy to learn. Lots of tutorials and ready made models available. Free too.

14th May 2008, 02:40 PM	#5
gurley123 diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2007	I second google sketch-up. I'm having a ball with it. Just for fun you can also download Inkscape and Gimp and draw cool pictures. Not very usefull for designing cabs, but I like them. They are kinda like a freeware Illustrator and Photoshop.

14th May 2008, 03:20 PM	#6
Harderror diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Washington DC	I used Sketchup to create all my SPQR designs thus far, I can vouch for it's accuracy and ease of use. Tom

14th May 2008, 08:01 PM	#7
EEatKSU diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2006	Google sketchup is fairly easy to learn, and free.

15th May 2008, 08:46 AM	#10
Floric diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bavaria	For 2D drawings and constructions I use qcad. In my opinion a good program. It is available for Linux and for windows and there is a community edition licensed under the GPL which can be easily compiled under Linux (with a little effort on Windows too). For the Professional edition they charge 24€. Best regards

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