Im looking for something that isnt too involved. Im sure I could get AutoCad, bit it seems like overkill. Any suggestions?
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Smart Draw is good. You can try Borland Together, but it's too heavy. Smart Draw is better.
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It depends on what you want. If you are looking for 3D design software for purchase, there are a lot, Autodesk Inventor, Unigraphics, CATIA, Pro/Engineer, Alibre design, to name a few. Check out a web site such as http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/ or http://www.freebyte.com/cad/cad.htm#2D3DCADSystems.
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You can download free trial software from Autodesk, the publishers of AutoCAD.\nhttp://www.autodesk.com
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build them yourself with a program like the GIMP or Jasc. it aint that hard... or you can get some off of google image search probably.
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Well, the first cheap (as in free) 3D modeling program that comes to my mind is Blender, which is available for several platforms. However, you may or may not find the interface kinda weird to use, depending on what you've used before.
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I suggest you buy your own (latest) version of\nAutoCAD and take it from there.   You do not say what you want do as a freelance but if you want to set up in business there are many other aspects to be considered.   If we knew what you wish to do we might be more helpful.
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get microsoft visio , comes with offfice xp prof, or sep for bout $100 it has everything youll need and does flowchrts beautifuly.
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Probably one of the best ones out there is RPG Maker XP. It costs about $90.00 US but you can find versions around the web.
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whats the question - i work on Autocad 2006 everyday, I'm a draftsman
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I would definitely recommend Adobe InDesign. www.adobe.com You can place text, graphics, graphs, etc and it works hand-in-hand with Adobe PhotoShop. You can do some editing of the graphics in InDesign as well. Good luck.
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Not a site, but I suggest you invest in something called Mathcad.\nTeach, please note, it is a site not a sight! Unless you were 'looking' for the answer... sorry!
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Interesting. What version do you use?\n\nI believe what you ask for does not neccesary need to be programmed. Autocad is very strong in dimensioning stuff. Used chaned dimensioning as you like. I always used the keyboard a lot to speed up things (but that was uop to autocad 12 or so)\nIf you really want to use Lisp, you might as well start from scratch since you may need to adjust the downloaded scripts anyway to fit your particular layers and such. Once you start Lisp is really not that hard.\nYou probably yust want to see some examples.\n\nYou may find some stuff at sites like these:\nhttp://experts.about.com/q/autocad-1029/...\nhttp://www.autocadcentral.com/tutorials/...\nGood luck.
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You could give 3D Studio Max a shot. I've heard it's very helpful for 3D art.
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Blender is a good free 3d modeling program. So is Anim8tor.
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Hi Mike M. I just found this question so sorry I'm just now replying. Thanks for the links. I showed my fiance the site for bid4build and he said it wasn't what he was looking for, he needs something that saves the cost of materials so it will automatically upload when he creates an estimate. Here's the site for bid4build, check it out, it may be what you are looking for. Good luck to you and thanks again! I accidentally told you it was bids4build but it's bid4build. \n\nhttp://www.bid4build.com/
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You see free versions are really crap usually..so u cant expect much out of it.. try this http://www.sketchup.com/?utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-ww-google&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=sketchup\nFirst try Google Sketch up, if you dont like it try the Pro version. ;) good luck
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I am studing electrical. i f i were u i will do Civil. A friend of mine did architecture and is finding it difficul to get a job. The reason is there is so much CAD/ drawing program available and easy to learn. A company could buy Auto cad and train someone to use it.\nCivil has a lot of money if your are in the right location, like Florida for eg.\ngood luck.