I am a beginner for all practicall pruposes, but did a lot of building in the fifties and some flying. I am more of builder than a flyer. I am looking for a good CAD Ststem for designing and using available plans. Scaleing, tiling, ability of import airfoils etc are important. Also there may be some things that I have not thought of.

Please make your recomendations and if you happen to have a web site that would even be better.

Thank you in advance.

JakeInHarsel

I like DeltaCad. It's easy and cheap.

www.dcad.com

Free demo

I like working with solid works 3D is the only way to go after you worke with it

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Inventor!! the best 3d modeling software!! (Actually, mech desktop is.. buyt we've switched over to Inventor and I miss Mech desktop soooooo much!)

No, there are a few out there, that are 'model specific'..

You can't go wrong with Autocad, as they are one of teh most recognized out there.. And trainig can be gfound at just about any college.

But all that involves a cost..

I wouldn't go for one of the 'industry CAD' programs if it's just a hobby thing....

Try AUTOCAD ,r13, r14, or 2000.
There's plenty of book's out there too help you
with a world wide help on-line
Contact me for more info.

Every one seems to have a different idea. I bought a copy of TurboCAD and it seems to work fine. I may start monitoring Ebay to see if i can find a copy of AutoCAD at a reasonableprice as it has some features that I would like to have.

Jake