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.
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.
Do you need it longterm? You can download Acad Release on a month's trial
Thanks very much. The months trial wouldnt do Duffle. I will try becoming a pirate for the day and report back.
Quote from: Bud Wiser on March 04, 2012, 11:29:17 AM
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.
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.