Aug 5, 2009 #1 DDP Structural Apr 23, 2002 38 0 0 US What do you guys use to make sketches such as free body diagrams, etc.? Other than Autocad or crummy MS Paint...preferably something that has drawing symbols such as c.g. and stuff like that Thanks
What do you guys use to make sketches such as free body diagrams, etc.? Other than Autocad or crummy MS Paint...preferably something that has drawing symbols such as c.g. and stuff like that Thanks
Aug 5, 2009 #2 IRstuff Aerospace Jun 3, 2002 44,345 4 38 US Really depends on what you want the drawing to do; some other choices: Visio, Smartsketch TTFN FAQ731-376 Upvote 0 Downvote
Really depends on what you want the drawing to do; some other choices: Visio, Smartsketch TTFN FAQ731-376
Aug 6, 2009 Thread starter #3 DDP Structural Apr 23, 2002 38 0 0 US I'm mostly looking for something that you can make simple 2D sketches for structural engineering such as free bodies, beam cross sections, etc. Don't necessarily need an interactive drawing that is slaved to Mathcad numbers.. I'll look at Visio Upvote 0 Downvote
I'm mostly looking for something that you can make simple 2D sketches for structural engineering such as free bodies, beam cross sections, etc. Don't necessarily need an interactive drawing that is slaved to Mathcad numbers.. I'll look at Visio
Aug 6, 2009 #4 IRstuff Aerospace Jun 3, 2002 44,345 4 38 US Alibre Express is free, so that's another choice, and it provides a full 3-D capability, when needed. There are, of course, a plethora of drawing and CAD programs at Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=drawing TTFN FAQ731-376 Upvote 0 Downvote
Alibre Express is free, so that's another choice, and it provides a full 3-D capability, when needed. There are, of course, a plethora of drawing and CAD programs at Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=drawing TTFN FAQ731-376
Aug 6, 2009 Thread starter #5 DDP Structural Apr 23, 2002 38 0 0 US thanks for the info Upvote 0 Downvote