new and hopeful

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They still do a free version but avoid it as it is too old. You can play with the main one for a while for free.

Although I am very conversant with autocad style progs I have found the Punch Viacad is very simple to use and cheap. Infact at the moment its on offer in the states but you have to buy it from the uk, may be on offer here as well. There are utubes on it so check them out. Your not to far away if you wanted a day's lesson here in peebles.

There are cad cam packages for around the £100 mark such as artcam express that are very simple to use and there is a free trial available to download. Have a look at the vetrics site as all the software is available for free trial. cut 2d would be worth a look.

Do not be put off. All of this software can look daunting but once you start it really dose not have to be to hard. Google sketch up is the easiest once you get your head around 3d. Very good for designing your m/c and a few novices have written about their attempts on this forum.

http://www.mycncuk.com/forums/showth...ips-discussion

Bruce