Paul...

You already mentioned that you are not well versed in CAD, and that is why they were done via hand. My thought here, is that sugestions so far as to converting hand drawn plans in CAD are useless unless you know how to continue on afterwards. For the scanning and vectorization mentioned does not make a plan. More plans have been completed without the noted conversions happening.

A plan is more than three views with lines. It contains notes as to part numbers, sizes of stock wood, and other important features related to construction. CAD plans today that are used for production are not just a bunch of lines and notes on one big sheet of paper. They show how those parts fit into one another, and then the same part becomes integrated into the files made up for the laser cutting process. Just one of the projects that I hand over to a kit distributor may contain 150 drawing files that are all integrated to connect into one another. I have done vectorized plans, and they most often are only used for a few weeks, and then get destroyed. They are not of the quality that can be used for reproduction of parts or assemblies.

My thought is not to worry about CAD at this point, but instead send off the plan and parts or whole plane to the interested party and let them worry about it. They will loose interest in the project before you are able to learn CAD otherwise.


Wm.