AutoCad

[Bud Wiser]

Can anyone point me in the right direction here. I need a basic version of AutoCad to do drawings I am doing a project for. I had a version before and I loaned my computer and the program on it to a supposed friend and never seen him or the computer since, it was about three years ago.  Now Im stuck and when I look on-line I see different versions for prices up to 3,000 dollars which I aint got.  I am seeing cheaper versions that sez, 2010, 2007 etc but if I buy one of these will the person I send the DWG drawing to be able to view it or whats the craic.  Best place to buy and any help appreciated.

[mylestheslasher]

The cheaper ones are fine and people will be able to read the files no bother. You should look st piratebay and save yourself a few euro.

[DuffleKing]

Do you need it longterm? You can download Acad Release on a month's trial

[Bud Wiser]

Thanks very much.  The months trial wouldnt do Duffle.  I will try becoming a pirate for the day and report back.

[LeoMc]

if I buy one of these will the person I send the DWG drawing to be able to view it or whats the craic. 

Whichever package or version you go for it should have the option of saving as a DXF (Drawing eXchange File) which would be compatible with all other CAD packages. You save as a DXF from CAD Package 1 and your mate could then import your DXF into his CAD Package 2.

[thejuice]

http://www.bricsys.com/en_INTL/

BricsCAD is pretty good and much cheaper than AutoCAD and is fully compatible with AutoCAD files.

You can probably get a free trial too.