RudiGreyling
Well Known Member
Hi Guys,
I want to try my hand and doing my own panel in CAD, and then get a commercial laser cutter to cut it. This would be the perfect thing to do on the side at work, during lunch etc, for people like me that earn a living using computers.
I know a lot of you have done this, and I don?t want to re-invent the wheel or fall into the same pit falls that first timer do.
The problem is that the last time I worked a little bit with a CAD program was at university 12 years ago.
Here are my Questions:
1) What is the best, easy to learn Freeware CAD program to do 2-Dimensional panel drawings? (Or where can I get a Good commercial CAD software version for cheap that will suite 2D panel design)
2) Instead of redrawing all the instrument cut-outs from scratch I am sure one can re-use other people?s instrument cut-outs and ?copy and paste? it into your panel. I would really appreciate it if you have done one, and willing to share, that you email me your CAD files so that I can Re-use the instrument cut-outs. (click on my username to see my email address)
3) What lessons have you learned about designing and getting your panel cut that you can pass on?
Thank you very much in advance.
Kind Regards
Rudi
I want to try my hand and doing my own panel in CAD, and then get a commercial laser cutter to cut it. This would be the perfect thing to do on the side at work, during lunch etc, for people like me that earn a living using computers.
I know a lot of you have done this, and I don?t want to re-invent the wheel or fall into the same pit falls that first timer do.
The problem is that the last time I worked a little bit with a CAD program was at university 12 years ago.
Here are my Questions:
1) What is the best, easy to learn Freeware CAD program to do 2-Dimensional panel drawings? (Or where can I get a Good commercial CAD software version for cheap that will suite 2D panel design)
2) Instead of redrawing all the instrument cut-outs from scratch I am sure one can re-use other people?s instrument cut-outs and ?copy and paste? it into your panel. I would really appreciate it if you have done one, and willing to share, that you email me your CAD files so that I can Re-use the instrument cut-outs. (click on my username to see my email address)
3) What lessons have you learned about designing and getting your panel cut that you can pass on?
Thank you very much in advance.
Kind Regards
Rudi