Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:20:41 -0800,
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:

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I once thought I'd won a copy after filling out an entry form for a
raffle with a fresh copy as the prize. They called a week later and my
heart stopped...until I found out that I hadn't won squat. They just
wanted to see if I had $1,500 (a $700 savings!) to try it out anyway.
I gritted my teeth, deleted my expletives, and said "Uh, no."

Ouch.

2D CAD is worlds better than a drawing board IMHO.
If you can buy a copy of Generic CADD from days of
yore, you can use it's license number to get a
huge discount on Visual CADD 6 ($150 instead of
$450):
http://www.visualcadd.com/

I had a free copy of TurboCAD3D moons ago. Then a free copy SmartDraw
and Alibre, and I think one other. Now I have a free copy of
DoubleCAD XT Pro 3. I haven't really had an urgend or specific use
for them so I haven't put in the time to really learn any of them.

I've found Corel Draw quicker for my uses, and will move to Sketchup
once I've read the missing manual.g

BUT, if I can get a free-ish copy with my entry into CNC, I'll do it.
$555 (+$15.32 s/h) for three 640 oz/in steppers, a Gecko G540, 3 DB9
connectors and shells, latching red estop switch, 3 homing switches, 3
current-set resistors, a licensed copy of Mach3 and a licensed copy of
BobCAD v21 isn't a bad price. I'll be halfway there to my own CNC
router. But I want a copy of Vectric Aspire, too. Only $2k.


CNC is a ton of fun!
You are gonna love it.

--Winston