Free Drawing Software

Started by z60611 on 5 November 2004. 3 replies.

Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 2605.

Hello: I remember someone using drawing software, sort of visio like, except free. It might have been 'demo' free, with it sticking the name of the software on any image it created. Does anyone know what I'm talking about ? Regards Z
Maybe you are thinking of smartdraw - you can run a trial copy and it puts some trial text in the image. Most of the images here are done with smartdraw Also - check out Sketchup - that program is the bomb
Thanks. SmartDraw is probably what I was thinking of. Visio ($499 professional) AutoCAD Turbo-CAD 3D Home Architect ver 5.1 ($10 at WalMart) Punch's HOME DESIGN Architectural Series 18 ($30 to $100 depending on version) Blender 2.31a is free and open source Better Homes & Gardens Home Designer 6.0 ($78 for home edition, $495 for pro) Chief Architect Cinema 4D IntelliCAD http://www.sketchup.com/ ($500US) Smartdraw 6 ( http://www.smartdraw.com/ $198) Note: Visio and Better Homes 6.0 are not Mac compatible, however http://www.virtus.com used to be free for the Mac.
Just make sure if you get one of these that it has the capability to draw detailed construction diagrams. I bought Sierra Home Architect and you can't draw different types of wall contruction like we discuss here. One of those "drawing" programs is probably better for that.