This unfortunately has turned into something similar to, do we teacher word processing or Microsoft Word? There’s a lot of keboards and special commands taught in our CAD class specific to AUTOCad. I’m not saying whether I agree with that or not, but something to keep in mind when talking about switching this kind of software.
Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School District 201 cmc...@bths201.org<mailto:cmc...@bths201.org> From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Scott Siri Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:27 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] CAD software http://www.cadstd.com/samples/index.html maybe it is better than I thought. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Scott Siri <ss...@mendotahs.org<mailto:ss...@mendotahs.org>> wrote: oh yeah...there is a free one called CADSTD lite, but again I know little about CAD and expect that this has far too few features, but perhaps it would be appropriate for what the kids really need or use. Scott On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Scott Siri <ss...@mendotahs.org<mailto:ss...@mendotahs.org>> wrote: I downloaded a free version of Alibre which is a mechanical design and CAD program. I don't know much about this stuff, but it was all several years ago when I had time to play with stuff like that. I just called them about educational pricing. $150 per seat for their professional version. You would want to check up on whether it really did the same thing as CAD. The contact number the sales guy gave me was 214-389-9056. He did confirm that the new stuff runs on windows 7! Scott On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Mike Oliveri <mike.oliv...@student.rb60.com<mailto:mike.oliv...@student.rb60.com>> wrote: Our vocational center recommended Pro/ENGINEER instead. It's much more reasonably priced at $200ish a seat if I recall correctly. Never did find a good open alternative for our teacher. He looked at SketchUp, but it doesn't have all the measurements and such of CAD. Mike On Jul 22, 2010, at 4:50 AM, Steele, Thomas C wrote: > For those that offer drafting or CAD classes, what software are you > using? > > We have been using AutoCAD LT but our version doesn't work with Win7 > and the software is quite expensive considering the number of students > that use it. I would be very interested in an open source solution. > I have found several free or open source options but not being very > well versed in CAD I would like some first hand feedback. > > Thanks > > -ts > > Sent from my iPod > _______________________________________________ > Tech-geeks mailing list > Tech-geeks@tech-geeks.org<mailto:Tech-geeks@tech-geeks.org> > http://lists.illinicloud.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech-geeks _______________________________________________ Tech-geeks mailing list Tech-geeks@tech-geeks.org<mailto:Tech-geeks@tech-geeks.org> http://lists.illinicloud.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech-geeks *** This Email was sent by an educator at Mendota IL.
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