<div dir="auto">Draftsight is pretty good if you're familiar with AutoCad. The basic version is an autocad Lt clone.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Eric Smiley, P.Eng.<br>Project Manager, North Island<br><br>E: <a href="mailto:eric@vecoop.ca">eric@vecoop.ca</a><br>T: 1-888-386-0116 ext 702 (toll free)<br>C: 250-703-6004<br>W: <a href="http://viridianenergy.ca">viridianenergy.ca</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu., Jun. 18, 2020, 4:14 p.m. Jamie Rennie, <<a href="mailto:jamie.greenwired@gmail.com">jamie.greenwired@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">LibreCAD is free open source software. Downside is you cannot import dwg files.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 18, 2020, 3:29 PM Dana Orzel <<a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">dana@solarwork.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Hey all you wise guys!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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 I had to upgrade recently as this program is now out of date and am currently overwhelmed with too many overly complex drawing programs.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:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Suffering with too many options\u2026 Thanks in advance.<u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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:#002060"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">C - 208.721.7003 <a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">dana@solarwork.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">NABCEP # 051112-136 <a href="http://www.solarwork.com/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">www.solarwork.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">"Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" </span></u><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green">P</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:navy"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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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