I don't think Google sketchup is free at all. I downloaded the "free"
trial version which give you up to 8 hours of "design time". That's not
enough to get you very far.

They have a neat tutorial that shows how easy it is to do some (simple)
things, but as soon as you get past it, you have to go through the same
rote learning process that I went through with other CAD programs in
order to complete a fairly simple drawing.

Pete Stanaitis
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Dave Hinz wrote:

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:25:23 -0600, Louis Ohland wrote:

Saw someone had used this to design a simple lathe carriage stop.
http://sketchup.google.com/


Interesting, hadn't seen that.


Google SketchUp Pro 6 $495
To which I say how much is a real package?


I guess the answer depends on entirely what you can't do with Google
SketchUp (free), or SkechUp Pro ($495). People could better help you
meet your spec if you'd, well, spec it.