Illinois has an agreement for Google SketchUp Pro. I heard about it through my ROE. I'll be signing up, just haven't had a chance to fill out the spreadsheets/application yet.
The contact for it is Phil Morris. Phil Morris Director of Technology Kane County ROE Area 1 LTC - Kane (P) 630-208-3143 (F) 630-208-5100 pmor...@kaneroe.org Skype: morris_phil Near as I can tell, SketchUp Pro offers dimensions and other CAD-like features that the standard version of SketchUp does not. Mike On Sep 27, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Steele, Thomas C wrote: > We dumped AutoCAD this year after they refused to offer us an upgrade price > (they wanted $11,000 to allow us to use the 2011 version in one lab that was > already using AutoCAD LT 2005). We replaced it with CADSTD - > http://www.cadstd.com/. We opted for the Pro version (which was still very > inexpensive) but the free version is decent. > > -TS > > Thomas C. Steele > Technology Director > Manteno CUSD #5 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Dana Fellows > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 1:04 PM > To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Open Source / Free CAD Software > > I saw that. Problem is the system requirements for AutoCad and you can't > download older versions, at least I can't find them. AutoCad 2011 takes 2 > gigs of RAM and 128 MB. We need something that takes less resources. > > Dana Fellows > Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator > Whiteside Area Career Center > 1608 Fifth Avenue > Sterling, IL 61081 > Email, dfell...@wacc.cc > Website, www.wacc.cc > Phone: 815-626-5810 ext. 206 > Available via phone between 2:30 and 3:30 PM Central Time > > MCP, MCSA, MCSE, A+, Network+, CIW > AAS - Network Administration > BA - Information Systems > MS - Instructional Technology > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Southard, Randy W > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 12:55 PM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Open Source / Free CAD Software > > Dana, > > I had seen this link just last week on Tech-Geeks: > > http://students.autodesk.com/?nd=register&und=624 > > > Randy Southard > Helpdesk Technician > Information and Telecommunication Systems > Lincoln Land Community College > 217-786-2750 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Dana Fellows > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 12:50 PM > To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' > Subject: [tech-geeks] Open Source / Free CAD Software > > I know this has probably been asked before but I was wondering if there is > any Open Source or Free CAD software out there that is good. Any associated > tutorials would be good to know about also. Thanks > > Dana Fellows > Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator Whiteside Area Career > Center > 1608 Fifth Avenue > Sterling, IL 61081 > Email, dfell...@wacc.cc > Website, www.wacc.cc > Phone: 815-626-5810 ext. 206 > Available via phone between 2:30 and 3:30 PM Central Time > > MCP, MCSA, MCSE, A+, Network+, CIW > AAS - Network Administration > BA - Information Systems > MS - Instructional Technology > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
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