Christiaan Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 My father's a builder and I'm looking for the easiest-to-use 2D CAD package available on Mac for him. Basically he'll be using it to do what he might otherwise have done on the back of a cigarette packet kind of thing, plus a little bit more. Any opinions? Quote Link to comment
go2greece Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 first>marlboro light ;-) second>vw 2008 plus digitizer third>turbo cad happy easter peter Quote Link to comment
go2greece Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 sorry i forgot cadintosh from lemke(they do also the graphic converter>a must) Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 Exhaustive list here: http://www.pure-mac.com/cad.html MacDraft and HighDesign look pretty good too, but the dark horse is possibly Sketchup. I'm just experimenting with it in 2D now. If he can learn to use Sketchup for 2D drafting he could maybe move on to 3D too (just for fun). I couldn't think of a simpler app for such a thing. Quote Link to comment
CraigCTC Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Avoid MacDraft at all costs! It's a terrible drafting program and anyone working for him will be thankful as well. Very problematic and not user friendly at all. Quote Link to comment
go2greece Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 why you do not create a very easy workspace > only 2D elements > line, rotate ie. and a default worksheet with 2 or 3 layers > reduce the menu to a minimum. i think vw 2008 is so easy peter Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Christiaan, why not VectorWorks with cut-down workspace like go2greece says. You could make it for your Dad, and you would be able to help him... Quote Link to comment
Travis Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Craig obviously has had a different experience, but I used MacDraft for a couple of years before evolving into MiniCad/VW. It was eventually very limiting, but it seemed to me to do a pretty good job of letting me draw on the screen like I would on a drafting table. It was precise and very straightforward from screen to paper. It's been more than ten years since I used it, but their website makes it seem very familiar. So it must still work with a similar paradigm. I do like g2g's idea tho, unless license cost dictates another choice. Good luck, Quote Link to comment
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