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 annieman 29 May 2016
I'm looking for suggestions and recommendations of low cost CAD software.

I've grown up using 2D drawings but have been out of Engineering for 10 years. I now have a Camper/Work van conversion project in consideration. I'd like to have a simple 3D program to work out a few of the interfaces.

Thanks for your help.

Robin
 Landy_Dom 29 May 2016
In reply to annieman:
SolidWorks has a free 2d version called DraftSight that has the same interface as the old 2d autoCAD you might be used to.

My son used Google sketchup for his A level product design. 3d but very basic. Also free.
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 Landy_Dom 29 May 2016
In reply to annieman:

My son used Google sketchup for his A level product design. Free simple and 3d
interdit 29 May 2016
In reply to annieman:

I agree with Landy, SketchUp will be perfect for it and it's really easy to use. http://www.sketchup.com/

The video tutorials will have you up and running in no time: http://www.sketchup.com/learn/videos/58?playlist=58
 67hours 29 May 2016
In reply to annieman:

Try Onshape. Runs in the cloud in your browser and created by the folks that first invented Solidworks.
 Casa Alfredino 29 May 2016
In reply to 67hours:

Yep Onshape is pretty powerful!
interdit 29 May 2016
In reply to interdit:

> http://librecad.org/cms/home.html

Whoops - I read your OP as '2D'.
OP annieman 30 May 2016
In reply to annieman:

Thank you for these suggestions.
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