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Any free CAD programs that you might recommend?

Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:57 am

Posted by DrewTheEngineer

Baton Rouge (Oak Hills)

Member since Jun 2006

1140 posts

Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:57 am

I'm thinking about making some home expansion drawings (not for construction, just for me to play around with).

I used AutoCAD, but that was many years ago.

Thanks in advance ....

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Posted by different arse

'Merica

Member since Apr 2014

4333 posts

Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:39 am to DrewTheEngineer

Not sure of any free ones for the long term, but you can get a free 30 day trial of AutoCAD 2021 Lite.

LINK

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Posted by BottomlandBrew

Member since Aug 2010

28366 posts

Posted on 10/23/20 at 11:33 am to DrewTheEngineer

For playing around, I'd just go with Sketchup. It'll better allow you visualize the space and scale. That's hard to do if you don't work with those sorts of things often.

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Posted by CarRamrod

Spurbury, VT

Member since Dec 2006

57946 posts

Posted on 10/23/20 at 12:11 pm to BottomlandBrew

Sketchup is 3d modeling. But you could just draw 3d in it. Same with tinkercad. I just use a cracked version of microstation.

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Posted by Fat Batman

Gotham City, NJ

Member since Oct 2019

1555 posts

Posted on 10/23/20 at 12:55 pm to DrewTheEngineer

Fusion 360

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Posted by Ross

Member since Oct 2007

47825 posts

Posted on 10/23/20 at 1:47 pm to DrewTheEngineer

Fusion 360 is pretty great

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Posted by CoolHand

Member since Dec 2011

2099 posts

Posted on 10/24/20 at 2:32 am to DrewTheEngineer

If you are looking for something free that uses the dxf format, there’s LibreCAD.

I use to use Draftsite, but they pulled their free version.

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Posted by LsuFan_1955

Slidell, La

Member since Jul 2013

1889 posts

Posted on 10/24/20 at 5:41 am to DrewTheEngineer

Another vote for LibreCad.

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Posted by DJNOS1978

Baton Rouge

Member since Dec 2013

783 posts

Posted on 10/27/20 at 6:44 am to DrewTheEngineer

I use tinkercad for my text and organics (people and animals).
I use autocad for technical and mechanical design.
I use both for 3d modeling, and 3d printing.
I teach lessons also Youtube.

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