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PolarBear
04-20-2009, 12:13 PM
AutoCAD or Solid Works? I dont wanna pay a lot to have something dedsigned and then have it made. I would like to try to make the design up myself if possible but I dont want to buy an expensive program when I am only going to make one thing.
WildBillyT
04-20-2009, 12:14 PM
Do you know how to use SolidWorks?
LTb1ow
04-20-2009, 12:15 PM
What do you need?

a 3D work or a ortho type drawing?
PolarBear
04-20-2009, 12:15 PM
No but I am willing to eff with it until I figure it out or give up :) why?
LTb1ow
04-20-2009, 12:16 PM
Ahh. I have it on my comp.
PolarBear
04-20-2009, 12:18 PM
They need/want a DFX file
PolarBear
04-20-2009, 12:21 PM
Ahh. I have it on my comp.

You mean you may be usefulf for something other than ruining threads? :p J/K
madness410
04-20-2009, 12:21 PM
No but I am willing to eff with it until I figure it out or give up :) why?

haha its kind of a hard program to learn though, easy for architectual drawings..harder for ortho type drawings i took it for 3 years in high school and got straight a's...i should have been an architect
PolarBear
04-20-2009, 12:31 PM
I really just need to make the drawing flat, or I am assuming. I want to have a design cut out of verneir so it is pretty simple. It is basically going to be an emblem, if the program wasn't too hard to use I would consider desiging an aluminm or stainless emblem that the verneir piece could be set into to make it look factory but my custom piece
CHRIS67
04-20-2009, 12:45 PM
Your Best bet is probably AutoCAD LT. I just threw out a 2000 disc about a month ago. D'oh! I just have full blow CAD Arch here at work.
CHRIS67
04-20-2009, 12:57 PM
But wait...... there is a copy of LT2000i that I can give you. Send me a PM if your interested.
PolarBear
04-20-2009, 01:31 PM
Look Visio will let me save as a DXF file or DWG but not DFX.... Maybe the company I am looking at using made a mistake? Can someone verify itis DFX and not DXF?
WildBillyT
04-20-2009, 01:39 PM
Look Visio will let me save as a DXF file or DWG but not DFX.... Maybe the company I am looking at using made a mistake? Can someone verify itis DFX and not DXF?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD_DXF

Microsoft Visio supports this format.
bobb1589
04-20-2009, 10:58 PM
i know we have both at rowan on the engineering computers,(pain in the balls to install on the old pieces of crap), i wonder if google sketchup would work for what you need?
TaKid455
04-21-2009, 07:50 AM
I use both ACAD and Solidworks. for 2-D use ACAD. any variant will work. 2004-up versions are not bad. I am not a fan of R12 or 2000. Solidworks is geared toward 3-D. I use 2007. takes a little to get used to compared to ACAD but the tutorials are very good. SW can also to FEA.