[TowerTalk] CAD anyone?

[Jim Lux]

Vic wrote:
> Any one out there have an idea of an EZ & simple to use (most important) CAD (computer assisted doodling) program so I can do some "what if's" of moving antennas or towers around in the backyard, setting guypoints, moving trees, etc ... I don't need something that I have to go back to school to learn .. KISS applies .. Perhaps I should stay with the sheet of "butcher paper", protractor & ruler... 
> 
> I went to CNET & found 848 different CAD applications .. overwhelming !! I've got VISIO 2003 in my Office Package, and find it a little to awkward to work in .. I just want to snap some lines, find some angles or set the angle & snap the line inside the "box" or the back lot as the case may be .. 
> 
> Cheers de Vic // 


Google SketchUp is pretty nifty for 3 D solids.  Free demo, and fairly 
cheap if you like it.