darita Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I'm a woodworker and I'm looking for an app that would allow me to do my dimensional drawings on my Mac. I'm familiar with AD and AP, as I've been using them to restore clock dials. Is there an app that is similar to AD and AP that would do what I need? I tried Sketchup, but had a hard time using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Hi Darita, I use SketchUp to design some of my projects and found that you need to watch the videos to get to grips with it. It is a weird app, a bit of a hybrid. Many of the Cad apps are very expensive, There is a Cad app called FreeCad that might want to look at. There is also an app called LibreCad Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Hi, Darita, I used Sketch-up extensively for years as part of my job. For what it did, it was remarkably easy to use. Not long ago, I d-loaded the free personal version so I could open some of my own files. I was surprised at how much I had forgotten. I suppose you need to get a handle on the camera views, and perspective settings. It is basically a 3D app, and so the perspective needs to be off. Otherwise there will be a depth projection instead of plan/view/elevation. To date, I haven’t come across anything easier to use, tho’ w. bloat, its more complex now than a few years ago. Does Sketch-up support .svg now? You could bring it AD files for dimensioning. don’t have access to my desktop just now, House is being re-wired, and I running off iPad Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Sketchup supports these non 3D file types I think you can export to SVG from an Extension. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfoCentral Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Sketch-Up is pretty expensive. How about a FREE alternative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 22 minutes ago, InfoCentral said: Sketch-Up is pretty expensive. How about a FREE alternative? Perhaps SketchUp Free (web-based) or FreeCAD (which has a drafting module for 2D work). I don't have personal experience with either, though. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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