On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, John Carmack wrote: > I haven't made a 3D CAD drawing yet. Most work to be done on a lathe or > mill is easily expressed in 2D, and designing things that NEED 3D is > probably a warning sign at our level.
Good point. The way I see it, we have existence proofs for putting people in orbit without any CAD, so there's no need to get too worked up about having fancy tools. A good 2D design tool for people who don't plan on doing 3D and want to get on the air ASAP is AutoSketch. It's ~$100, and requires nearly no time to start drawing. The interface is intuitive, the help is OK, and it's easy to undo errors. It exports DWG and a couple of other formats. The nice thing about AutoSketch is that it's not designed for engineers, it's designed for tinkerers, and the difference really shows in terms of usability and learning curve. The maker is Autodesk, the same guys who sell AutoCAD. ......Andrew -- Andrew Case | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
