CAD DRAFTING FOR SCRATCH BUILDING

CAD DRAFTING FOR SCRATCH BUILDING

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20 September 2015 at 17:02 #60466
ROBERT EASTWOOD
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Tugs, towboats and work boats are my fancy.. I have drawn, built and published two boats years ago. I am looking for a moderately priced ,not too difficult to learn CAD program that I can import my scanned in drawings to which could also give a 3-D rendering of the finished boat. I would appreciate any input please. Thanks, Bob
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20 September 2015 at 17:02 #7036
ROBERT EASTWOOD
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CREATING DRAWINGS FOR SCRATCH BUILT BOATS
20 September 2015 at 19:23 #60469
Paul T
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Hello Bob

I'm sorry to say that there is no such thing as an easy to learn CAD 3D render system, I have been using CAD professionally for years and I am still learning.

You might be better looking for an art / photo type programme which should be far easier to use.

Paul
20 September 2015 at 21:03 #60472
Andy C
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Hi Robert

Take a look at Blender. It is a great 3D modelling program, free too. It allows CAD uploads. I used it a while ago and followed the first tutorial very easily.

**LINK**

Andy
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