So i know there is quite a few engineers out here. And most likely some who use CAD. I rent a space for my office from a General Contractor. He does remodels and what not. Today i stopped in his office and saw that he was drawing (pretty good too) a plan for a room addition in Ms Paint. I asked him why he didn't use CAD, said it cost too much(2-3k) and what he really wanted was an old version since his needs were pretty basic ( building plans to what ever scale the permit people want at the time). He tried that one you can get at the computer store for like $30, but said it was to cumbersome and hard to use effectively. So basically the problem he said is he doesnt know where to find an inexpensive old version that he could learn on and then use for his plans.
So, Does anyone have, or know where i can point my buddy to get ahold of an older CAD program to run on a P4 w 2gig ram? He is an older GC which is surprising he does as much on a PC as he does, which is cool.
Thanks for the help, tips and or advice.