Originally Posted by
sierratango
Duncan....
Can you name a few of the CAD programs that are user friendly. I tried to use Compufoil to generate fuselage bulkheads along the entire length of the my fuselage project and is was not exactly what I wanted.
None are "user friendly" as your not going to be able to just open the program and start designing airplanes. These programs will require HOURS of learning before you'll have the knowledge base of designing an airplane from a set of 3-views.
I have been using solidworks for 6-7 years now and routinely put on average 20 hours a week on it doing RC stuff. A few years ago, it was more like 40-60hrs a week for 2 years. I have just now gotten to the point where i feel confident enough to design an airplane completely from scratch.
That said, none of them are overly hard to use either, they just have a very steep learning curve that takes a lot of dedication to get to the pount of levelling off.