I ran accross this marketing campaign of a CAD-vendor.
Maybe it is worth to give that a try.
http://www.x-cad.net/
Free 3D CAD
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Free 3D CAD
Hans-Peter
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Alibre is the company behind X-CAD and X-CAD is Alibre Design Xpress
But:
Free is relative!
Alibre is the company behind X-CAD and X-CAD is Alibre Design Xpress
But:
and:Alibre Design Xpress will include all the features listed on the new Alibre Design Xpress site, plus:
Advanced part modeling, which includes features like shelling, 3D sketch, reference surfaces, etc. View the Alibre Design brochure on our web site for the full part modeling feature set.
Create and edit assemblies with up to 25 unique parts. You can open an assembly with more parts in read-only mode.
Create 2D drawings with standard orthographic views. All drawings are fully associative: you change the model and the drawing updates.
3D import/export of all the standard formats Alibre Design supports, including STEP, SAT (ACIS), and IGES. DXF and DWG are supported in 2D, and STL is supported for export.
So if it is worth to use it with this restrictions will be on users decision!All free versions of Alibre Design Xpress require an Internet connection and will display a banner of Google ads through a built-in web page. No third-party adware is installed on your system. If your Internet connection is lost we have taken steps to ensure that you can save your work. The Internet connection requirement can be turned off for a small fee.
Free is relative!
Hans-Peter