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QCAD is 2D, I may need 3D for visualizing the drawing now. But in the future I will definetely need 3D. thnaks

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Well, you ask for free or cheap CAD solutions. My last experience with IntelliCAD was a very long time ago, and I am not sure if they, have a free version. At the end of the day use the software you feel more comfortable with. I have no experience with cad software specialized for CNC machines, in the past, I had to prepare drawings for them, but I never had to work with them directly.

I will only recommend free software. For paid solutions, I will have to start to ask for a fee to the company you buy the software ;) Sometimes people has the presumption that because it is free software it cannot be good, when many times, for most people, is good enough. Take, for example, Microsoft Office, people is obsessed with it, when you have LibreOffice, how many times did I hear "but is compatible with doc? yes, with doc, docx, and odt, the document format that you should be using, in the first place, instead of doc. I am not talking about software solutions for big buck companies, that is a whole different story.

But as I said you do not need to draw a single line, correct me if I am wrong, but I supposed, most of the time, if not always, you start with a set of predefined designs that you can easily build them programatically: the drawing plans, the paths for CNC machines, even 3d models.

Good 3D CAD/CAM/CAE software is expensive, but if you require 3d software for visualization purposes use Blender, nothing beats it, it is an amazing piece of software that is free and open source. Check its archimesh plugin,... it will show you how to parametrically build 3d models focused on architectural stuff, it has kitchen cabinets.

Daniel

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