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Re: Tools: CAD
By:Dean Trexel
Date: 11/5/2001, 5:28 pm
In Response To: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates? (Michael Harrison)

If worse comes to worse and you don't find something to work for you, give me a holler and I can make those forms up for you. I do CAD work for a living in automotive design using a professional software called CATIA. I have Nick's book and could scale the forms however you like and print them off on large sheets, complete with bow and stern forms. I have the Cunningham/Sea Kayaker stitch-and-glue kayak that I'm working on for myself, anyway, and need to come in on a Saturday one of these days anyway to finish that up...

Dean

: Anyone here know of a free (or demo-able) CAD program that I could use to
: print templates for the crosssections. I am trying to build a Great Auk
: for my wife and the boat is a tad large for her. I am using the tables in
: Nick's book and want to reduce it. I reallt don't want to use graph paper
: for this if I can help it.
: Actually the best thing would be if someone knows how to get Excel to print
: charts to the correct sizes since all the data is already in there.

: mic

Messages In This Thread

Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Michael Harrison -- 11/5/2001, 1:09 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
PaulC -- 11/6/2001, 12:52 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Richard Boyle -- 11/6/2001, 7:58 am
QCad is free on Linux....trial version for windows
Charlie Lesh -- 11/6/2001, 7:46 am
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
erez -- 11/6/2001, 4:37 am
Re: Tools: Will Excell Work??
don -- 11/5/2001, 8:16 pm
Re: Tools: Will Excell Work??
erez -- 11/6/2001, 4:34 am
Help???but I'm male *NM*
don -- 11/7/2001, 7:56 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Pete Rudie -- 11/5/2001, 6:07 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Chip Sandresky -- 11/5/2001, 5:54 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Dean Trexel -- 11/5/2001, 6:50 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Chip Sandresky -- 11/5/2001, 7:42 pm
Re: Tools: CAD
Dean Trexel -- 11/5/2001, 5:28 pm
Re: Cunnigham S+G plans
Will -- 11/5/2001, 8:18 pm
Re: Cunnigham S+G plans
Dean Trexel -- 11/5/2001, 8:52 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Derek Philip -- 11/5/2001, 3:34 pm
OOPs: CAD tools
Derek Philip -- 11/5/2001, 3:39 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Bret -- 11/5/2001, 1:31 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Michael Harrison -- 11/5/2001, 1:38 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Warwick Carter -- 11/6/2001, 6:03 am
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Bret -- 11/6/2001, 1:17 pm
Re: Tools: Free CAD for printing templates?
Bret -- 11/5/2001, 2:23 pm