<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It's not cheap, but Trimble Layout (which comes with Sketchup Pro) is fantastic. Easy to use, templates, scrapbooks for common elements, and an inferencing engine that makes lining things up a breeze. You can import pictures, CAD drawings, PDFs and other formats to annotate. I know you don't need the 3D capabilities of Sketchup, but I feel Layout alone is worth the money even if you never use Sketchup. Unfortunately, you can't buy Layout alone. On a good note, they now have both purchase and subscription options.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">They also recently added tables and linked data to Excel. It is becoming a real challenger to full CAD packages and does a lot of things AutoCAD can't, especially when linked to Sketchup. They are unquestionably committed to continuing development (improvements and bug fixes) with annual major updates and maintenance updates as well.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Jason Szumlanski</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 6:29 PM Dana Orzel <<a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com">dana@solarwork.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-5925637514012159435WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Hey all you wise guys!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">I looked back in the archives & found a few recommendations on drawing programs. I had Design CAD-3D for 15 years and it was simple [2D & 3D] & worked fine. I had to upgrade recently as this program is now out of date and am currently overwhelmed with too many overly complex drawing programs.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">I need to draw boxes, lines, text, arrows, a few curves you know the tasks. I don\u2019t need to do 3D rendering of parts etc. I also need a program that has decent tutorials.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">What are you all using that is pretty basic for 2D drawings on a very up-to-date PC?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Suffering with too many options\u2026 Thanks in advance.<u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1.5pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 0in 1pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">C - 208.721.7003 <a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com" target="_blank">dana@solarwork.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">NABCEP # 051112-136 <a href="https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/c53c320a41def2356a9de409a5132f3fefb9bdef?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.solarwork.com%2F&userId=1613865&signature=fa0140e3f3127532" target="_blank">www.solarwork.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">"Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" </span></u><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green">P</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:navy"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:green">Please consider the environment before printing this email.</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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