On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 22:20:40 GMT, T i m wrote:

Hi All,

My Brother in law is looking for a PC based package for assisting with
plans / drawings for his lab refits and general building work.

Any *good* packages come to mind (he's willing to spend some money on
a decent PC and package for this), maybe something that would provide
a modular breakdown to provide pricing (benches / services etc).

3D view would be nice (to give customers a better feeling for the
final look).

If he finds something, maybe I can get the Roland pen plotter out of
my garage .. ;-)

All the best ..

T i m


Depends on what sophistication you want.

I use Autodesk Autosketch which is a pretty good compromise between
function and ease of use.

They have a more entry level package called QuickCAD, which was well
reviewed in a couple of U.S. woodworking mags recently.

Then there is turboCAD which has been around for a while and is quite
cheap and effective.


..andy

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