Autocad alternatives?

[Rossatron]

Hey, I need a 2D CAD app for various sketches. I had access to autocad via my university, but I don't anymore. I was looking at the autocad website, and the license is $1000, which is something I cannot afford. Are there any other good alternatives? I don't mind buying a license, but $1000 is just over the top for me.

Thanks.

 

[Donson]

DraftSight is a very good free CAD program from Dassault Systems. I have been using it for several years since my AutoCad would no longer run on Windows 7. Now I have it installed and use it on both my Windows 7 and iMac computers. It is very much like my old AutoCad program with some minor changes.

Try it - it's free.

Don

 

[Rossatron]

DraftSight is a very good free CAD program from Dassault Systems. I have been using it for several years since my AutoCad would no longer run on Windows 7. Now I have it installed and use it on both my Windows 7 and iMac computers. It is very much like my old AutoCad program with some minor changes.

Try it - it's free.

Don

thanks!

 

[jdechko]

DraftSight is a very good free CAD program from Dassault Systems. I have been using it for several years since my AutoCad would no longer run on Windows 7. Now I have it installed and use it on both my Windows 7 and iMac computers. It is very much like my old AutoCad program with some minor changes.

Try it - it's free.

Don

Thanks for the link. I'm going to try it out as needed, but this beats having VirtualBox installed solely for AutoCAD. Just have to try to configure it to look/ work more like AutoCAD.