I use TotalCad 1, about the dumbest CAD program going. I use it, not because it's really great, but because it is a dead ringer for the old DesignCad from American Small Business Systems that I used for the sign shop back in the eighties. Back then, it was a DOS-based program, and it worked just dandy, if slowly. Very slowly, but it was running on a 286 IBM with 640k RAM. It's quicker now. It will just barely communicate with high-end CAD programs like AutoCad and TurboCad, the two big names. It does work for me, though I don't have to share my drawings with any architects, fortunately.
All CAD programs have a long and steep learning curve, period. There's no getting around that. Expect it to take several intense months before you're even beginning to become comfortable with a high-end program, and a few years before you're proficient, at least from what I've been told. It took me a couple years to get fairly competent with my lameoid CAD program, so I'm not even thinking about getting anything sophisticated. I'm just not young enough to have the time to learn it before I cash in. (grin)
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Matt, I use TotalCad 1,
Matt,
I use TotalCad 1, about the dumbest CAD program going. I use it, not because it's really great, but because it is a dead ringer for the old DesignCad from American Small Business Systems that I used for the sign shop back in the eighties. Back then, it was a DOS-based program, and it worked just dandy, if slowly. Very slowly, but it was running on a 286 IBM with 640k RAM. It's quicker now. It will just barely communicate with high-end CAD programs like AutoCad and TurboCad, the two big names. It does work for me, though I don't have to share my drawings with any architects, fortunately.
All CAD programs have a long and steep learning curve, period. There's no getting around that. Expect it to take several intense months before you're even beginning to become comfortable with a high-end program, and a few years before you're proficient, at least from what I've been told. It took me a couple years to get fairly competent with my lameoid CAD program, so I'm not even thinking about getting anything sophisticated. I'm just not young enough to have the time to learn it before I cash in. (grin)