CAD programs?
 

well my whole family wants some kind of cad, we can pend money on it, and was looking at a new frys electronics today and saw good deals and all that and we didnt buy anything because we dont know which to get.... what can i use for all rc stuff? under a 100 bucks probably, i want to do all the cool stuff, idk if rendering will be in there or not, but something 3d, idk any recomendations? whole family wants it, 5 ppl, so we dont need a cheap learing kinda thing or sumthing if there is because one of us will keep on doing it lol

sorry for the babling, im done now:018:

Your best bet is a freeware site. For under 100 bucks, I don't think there are any that are really worth it imo.

there has to be!

whats the best, cheapest program?

student edition of SolidWorks?

is it good tho? i wouldnt know what to really look for, sounds good, and looks like what i want to do, but idk, i want to like screw with it and make rc chassis and that kinda stuff, renderings, gears etc... but if thats cant be had for under a 100 bucks then idk

Solidworks is an awesome program to use. I can't recommend doing this, but I downloaded my copy of Solidworks, since there's no way I could spend as much money on it as it costs.

mm u got pm =)

The only thing under 100 bucks would be Alibre Design - they have a free version that is very feature rich.

It's been said before; student version of SW..

but is it worth it? i know under 100 bucks, but we dont want it if it isnt worth it..

I wouldn't advise it if it wasn't worth it.

Perhaps you know another source to get SW.

yeh... lol anyone wanta copy one for me? =) lol like mm did?

Do you think you can post the link for the free version? I was also looking for a CAD program just to design things for fun.

eMachines Shop is a pretty good program thats free...

But it's only 2d except for VERY basic 3d stuff.

Turbocad can be had for just a tick over $100.

Aren't there limitations on the student version of Solidworks?

well then what should i get? they all have a lil dis count.... i told them we need to pay to ge a worth while one.... so turbo cad? they had that

just boot up limewire or go on any freeware site and search for a well known program you want.

Or instead of Limewire, Frostwire. Unless you illegally download limewire, you will have ads. With Frostwire you have no ads. And you shouldn't pirate software *wink*wink*, so go with Frostwire or pay $30.

^Yea, I went with the illegal part of limewire, but not really for all you government agents on here, :rolleyes: lol.

Alibre Design Express (free):

http://www.alibre.com/xpress/softwar...ign-xpress.asp

Thanks for the link Aragon. It'll probably be downloading all day, lol.