![]() ![]() The first layer will always be a 3-view (or more) of the subject. ![]() There's a lot of packages can accomplish this (some of them not even sold as drawing programs), but I would say the most important aspect of any of these is if they use layers. As an 'old school' engineer very familiar with creating hand drawn 2D 3-view drawings it was an easier transition to CAD for me to use a 2D (flat surface) drawing program. I think you can sum it up my experience in one phrase 3D is cool, but 2D is the business! And if 2D is the route, there's probably loads of programs out there that can accomplish this task. Have RamartinJR, having just made a big jump forward in drawing-up my planes, it's great to see other solutions/suggestions for the software on offer. Give DeltaCad a try, if you don’t like it you’ve lost nothing, if you do like it send me a copy of your next design. ![]() I have also heard of some copy shops that can do this. They can plot them on paper or directly on foam board. I save my designs on a jump drive and take them to a local blue print shop. If you have a plotter you are all set, if not you can do what I do. You can use a program like Scan2Cad to convert PDF’s to DXF or DWG file formats so you can import them into DeltaCad. It uses a DC file format, but easily imports and exports DXF, DWG and other files. The program does have a major drawback it is not compatible with PDF’s. The best part is the simplicity allows you to draw and edit a design in less than half the time it would take with any of the newer AutoCAD programs. For those that are not familiar with AutoCAD, DeltaCad is a 2D design program that is simple enough to teach yourself to use. This is a great deal, especially when real AutoCAD can cost over $1000.įor those of you that are familiar with AutoCAD this program works like the older 2D AutoCAD 10. The program I use most is called DeltaCad and you can download a 45 day free trial from their website at and if you find it is for you it only cost $40 for the full version. I am cheap and I like simple easy to use programs. I wanted to let you know about a 2D Cad program I use and before you ask no I do not work for them or have any connection to the company. However, you need 2D prints to cut and build from not 3D. I see a lot of people trying to learn how to design an airplane in 3D and God bless you, I love RC Desk Pilot. My last balsa/ply model cost me over $250 while my last foam board plane cost me under $50. I really love foam board, it has reduced the cost of building a new plane. dwg file formats are supported.I am a retired/disabled electronic engineer with a limited income, but I don’t let that stop me from designing and building RC. Several more macro examples have been added. Drawing forms for metric drawings have been added (A0, A1, A2, A3, A4_P, A4_L, A5, A6). There is an option for an isometric grid. You can now change the color, size and shape of the snap mode indicator. If you set a Selected objects base point, it is now visible on the drawing. Added an option for a leading zero on dimensions, so. If the drawing units (inches, millimeters, etc.) are changed, dimension text will automatically be re-calculated. A "Find Drawing" button has been added to the View toolbar tab to help find the drawing if you have accidentally zoomed out too far, and you can't find the drawing. Move selected objects to bottom of Z-order. Move selected objects from the select base point to the origin. A misc button has been added to the Select toolbar tab with the following new functions: This makes it easy to have a light colored background image. You can now adjust the brightness and color saturation of imported images, or make them Black and White. You can change the units of a drawing, without having to re-draw anything. Units have been added to drawing scale to make it very easy to draw in any units (inches, feet, yards, miles, millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers, etc.). Unicode text is now supported, so you can enter virtually any character in any language. The internal precision for x/y drawing coordinates has been increased to an almost unlimited size. You can use macros to automatically create objects, or to read in data, which you have drawn. DeltaCad allows you to zoom in to draw fine details or zoom out to see the whole drawing.ĭeltaCad can be extended, by writing your own custom macros in the AppleScript programming language. individual objects, not just paint pixels. DeltaCad is more than just a paint program, because you can edit, scale, move, rotate, copy, etc. It can produce accurately scaled architectural or mechanical drawings, or just pretty pictures to paste into your favorite word processor. DeltaCad is a powerful, easy to learn CAD (Computer Aided Design) program designed to meet all of your CAD needs. ![]()
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