Free Drawing Software

z60611 · Post by **z60611** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:25 pm

Hello:

I remember someone using drawing software, sort of visio like, except free. It might have been 'demo' free, with it sticking the name of the software on any image it created.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about ?

Regards
Z

AndrewMc · Post by **AndrewMc** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:32 pm

Maybe you are thinking of smartdraw - you can run a trial copy and it puts some trial text in the image. Most of the images here are done with smartdraw

Also - check out Sketchup - that program is the bomb

z60611 · Post by **z60611** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:18 am

Thanks. SmartDraw is probably what I was thinking of.

Visio ($499 professional)
AutoCAD
Turbo-CAD
3D Home Architect ver 5.1 ($10 at WalMart)
Punch's HOME DESIGN Architectural Series 18 ($30 to $100 depending on version)
Blender 2.31a is free and open source
Better Homes & Gardens Home Designer 6.0 ($78 for home edition, $495 for pro)
Chief Architect
Cinema 4D
IntelliCAD
http://www.sketchup.com/ ($500US)
Smartdraw 6 ( http://www.smartdraw.com/ $198)

Note: Visio and Better Homes 6.0 are not Mac compatible, however http://www.virtus.com used to be free for the Mac.

Hummarstra · Post by **Hummarstra** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:32 pm

Just make sure if you get one of these that it has the capability to draw detailed construction diagrams. I bought Sierra Home Architect and you can't draw different types of wall contruction like we discuss here. One of those "drawing" programs is probably better for that.