A good 2D CAD program is QCad. I have a suspiction that it could be first used and taught before moving onto the 3D Pro Desktop software. Seems very intuitive and easy to use for first time users with some good training resources, and like all good FLOSS, runs on just about any operating system including Ubuntu Linux, Mac and Windoze. Free to take home, share or modify etc.
<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://www.qcad.org/qcad.html">http://www.qcad.org/qcad.html</a><br></div><br>It is great that there are some good and free CAD solutions out there. We bought a huge Roland digital milling machine for the technology area and with money left over from not buying a commercial software package. A student is planning to use it to make perspex name plates. They drooled when it was discovered that the same model was used to make Darth Vader's helmet in Star Wars.
<br><br>Anybody else interested in exploring QCad?<br>
<br>Regards Roland<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 18/04/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">WEIR Andrew</b> <<a href="mailto:WEIR@thomascarr.vic.edu.au">WEIR@thomascarr.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Lisa</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Our wood tech teachers use Pro Desktop to do cad work
on.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">it's quite good and licensing allows you to give it to
students for home use.</font></span></div>
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<div><font color="#000080" face="Tahoma" size="2">Does anyone use any kind of autocad
programs?</font></div>
<div><font color="#000080" face="Tahoma" size="2">We're looking at something feasible
for a Year 10 curriculum enhancement program.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000080" face="Tahoma" size="2">Any suggestions would be
appreciated.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000080" face="Tahoma" size="2">Thank-you</font></div>
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