Geoff wrote:

Since I'd rather spend $3000+ on a Laguna band saw than on AutoCAD,
does anyone have a recommendation on design software other than AutoCAD
2005?

Well, if you've got three grand to spend then Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt is pretty
nice.

Intellicad is a fair AutoCAD clone for $50-175 depending on options--you can
give it a free try at
"https://www.intellicadms.com/store/secure/intellicad-demo/download.asp".
If you've never been trained on Autocad though plan to spend a while
learning it.

http://www.freecad.com/ has a list of free and/or inexpensive CAD products
one of which might suit your needs. You might want to go through them
before you buy anything.

If you can find someone with a copy, many years ago Cadkey put the
fully-functional DOS version of their product up on their Web site as a
Christmas present to their user community after the Windows product had
become established--if you can find someone who has the download it's still
a very, very capable 3D CAD program--I'd email you a copy if I hadn't lost
mine.

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--John
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