For Sale - Autocad

98-1096815613 · Post: # 2963Post **98-1096815613** Tue Dec 02, 2003 5:34 pm

cad drawing package including seperate tutorial. would cost over Â£2000 new. will sell Â£150.

Post: # 2969Post **TonyMcC** Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:23 pm

Which version?

98-1096815613 · Post: # 2972Post **98-1096815613** Wed Dec 03, 2003 4:40 pm

autocad 2000 with a seperate tutorial

Post: # 2975Post **TonyMcC** Wed Dec 03, 2003 5:39 pm

Someone was asking me for ACad 2k the other day - let me give them a call and see if they're still interested.

Don't you use CAD yerself? I prefer TurboCAD for driveway designs. It's miles (kilometres) faster than AutoCad and much more user-friendly.

98-1096815613 · Post: # 2983Post **98-1096815613** Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:43 pm

i used to have a large engineering company and alot of work we did were from auto cad drawings so i purchased it but if the truth was known i cant be axxsed to teach myself it. ive been meaning to get hold of turbo cad but im yet to find someone who can copy it for me oops i mean sell me a genuine copy.

Post: # 2991Post **TonyMcC** Sun Dec 07, 2003 1:24 pm

Learning AutioCAD is a major undertaking. The problem I have with it is that it is far too powerful for 'everyday' jobs. If I'm designing a road'n'sewers scheme for a housing estate, or working on the design of a multi-storey building, thennit really is superb, and there's nothing to match it, but for simple, single plane, driveway, patio or garden designs, I can have the drawing done in TurboCAD while I'm still effing around with the Layers set-up in AutoCAD.

I've sent off an email to the guy that was asking, but I've not heard owt from him yet. As soon as I do, I'll contact you by email.

98-1096815613 · Post: # 2993Post **98-1096815613** Sun Dec 07, 2003 7:09 pm

thought you were gonna say that you were gonna send me a copy of turbo cad. How my twisted mind works huh

Post: # 3004Post **TonyMcC** Mon Dec 08, 2003 2:13 pm

Now Bob! You know that would be illegal and a breach of copyright. It's a good job I know you were only joking! ;)

ChrisB · Post: # 3161Post **ChrisB** Mon Jan 26, 2004 9:41 pm

If you go to this link

http://nct.digitalriver.com/fulfill/0002.16

you can download a FREE version of TurboCAD LE. This is their 'cut down' Learning Edition but it still looks comprehensive in terms of features. Only negative is that you have to register, presumably so they can target you for the full version, but I've not been hassled so far

cjw1 · Post: # 3199Post **cjw1** Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:21 pm

Turbo cad 7 was free with a computer mag a while ago.
PC format i think

davemckay · Post: # 3486Post **davemckay** Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:37 pm

Sorry, but I wouldn't part with my AutoCad, it may be expensive but for the field that I am in, everybody uses it and I find it a boon. It took me a City and Guild exam to work out how it worked. But thats transort for you.

Post: # 3497Post **TonyMcC** Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:33 pm

That's the problem with it, Dave - it takes so much effort to learn how to use it, and so most jobbing builders and groundworkers will give up after a couple of hair-tearing hours, and therefore miss out on the potential that CADD offers them.

I'm regularly asked what softwware I use to create m,y designs, and I always tell them the same thing - start with a 'no-frills' basic CAD package that you get from a magazine CD or a download, and work your way up the learning curve. When you find your 'package' can't do what you want, that's the time to look at more advanced software. Jumping straight into the very-deep-and-shark-infested end with AutoCad is more or less bound to end in tears.