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You guys are often good for random questions... so here goes...
I occasionally need to provide a technical sketch to illustrate a particular point. I can use full CAD if I need to (but I'm not an engineer so slow and it is overkill). I can draw by hand and scan but its a faff - and I don't get vectors which are easy to edit. So I often revert to using powerpoint. Its not intended for the purpose but it kind of works.
Does anyone have a better solution (typically 2D diagrams perhaps to highlight how something is made or dimensions we are discussing, or quite often to accompany a proposal so that the project scope doesn't creep to a completely different idea). I'd quite like it to have the "feel" of hand sketched so its clear it is not intended to be a full technical drawing - so 'the techy drawing equivalent of comic sans'!
This is the sort of level of complexity I am talking about [img] https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSF7_t9rsiDRxlywvabhxFcJviGFt_rqD-sPhvSDYneNUFqcSXA [/img] but I'd like it to look a bit more professional without looking like it is the finished article?
Any suggestions? Obviously I'd like free or very cheap. I use a mac. Happy with cloud based stuff.
Tried [url= http://www.sketchup.com/ ]Sketch Up[/url]? Free, runs on Mac, 2D/3D & it'll do that wobbly hand drawn thing if you want (in Styles).
Google sketchup is what I`d be using in that instance
EDIT, too slow 🙂
I've been using the drawing thing that's part of Google Drive a fair bit. Free and works fairly well for simple sketches.
May have a look at SketchUp.
google drawing is nice and simple - available as a webapp through chrome browser or direct from google drive.
Sketchup is a downloaded application IIRC, not a webapp...for now at least.
Thanks - google drawing is essentially a direct alternative to "powerpoint" for this as far as I've seen and not "that" great at it.
I have used sketchup but only for 3D stuff. I didn't realise it could go "wobbly drawing mode"... I will investigate.
+n for Sketch Up. Loads of You Tube help available too.
Thanks Sketchup appears to do exactly what I need.
Autocad WS is pretty good especially if already know cad