bent wrote:

Any form of CAD program allows you to do that. If you know how to
use it then you will never pick your nose again without a diagram.
AutoCAD, I can't believe everybody doesn't have it, is just akin
to using a snap on combination wrench vs. a rubber handled
adjustable. If you can imagine a cookie cutter in your mind and
you can draw a rectangle, then you get the point. Copying,
modifying, moving, arrays etc. is ABCs. And it also allows you to
design everything. Dimension, order, print. And it does things
for you instantly no human can. You don't need a purchase order
to sit down and make something. You can probably use paint. Just
draw the appropriate size stock, create your pieces, copy, rotate,
place. Peanuts.

Now tell him the cost of AutoCad and the learning curve ;-)

Joe Barta