well im in a highschool drafting class... here in louisiana.... id have used auto desk's autocad 2000 and 2002, how ever unless you have some good budies in the buisness the cd is 1500$ for a full version... but........ lol there is ways around that ...lol in fact im might be able to get a grab of a autocad 2000 cd, but i wouldnt be able to do 3d modeling like in 2002 or there newer release 2005