For line drawings and other 2D illustrations, Libre CAD reads and writes DXF files. There are versions for Windows, Apple OSX, and Linux.
It's also F-R-E-E. Simply download and install. http://librecad.org/cms/home.html Dan -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 3/12/14, Bill Hoffer <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Autocad To: "RE-wrenches" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 7:43 PM William I second using Sketchup and Layout for $500 . I have seen the add on Roof Pro Plug in and Skelion ( $199) demo that lays out the array and links to PVwatts for power analysis. Plus Combined with google earth , does great shading analysis I. I think you can do a quick design in an hour and Autocad would be days! Stay away from Autocad unless you really need it for large commercial jobs and like Jason said it is required to interact with other trades! Plus Solar Energy Engineering is starting a web based training for using it for solar projects. It really is pretty cool and a lot more flexible than overpriced and overly complicated Autocad. Autocad light woudl be my first choice, no way you need the full blown version. Bill _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Change email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
