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Hi,
I bought an experimental airplane but the drawings and updates have been and remain paper based . . . from 1980-1996! Fortunately, I have two sets of the drawing, all of the newsletters, and a flight-worthy airframe, N19WT. But I want to upgrade this 33 year old design and want to "do the job right."
What I want to do is digitize the paper blueprints and photos (N19WT has some smart mods) and use these to do:
Well it has been a while since MacDraw was available and sad to say, I got snookered by "TurboCad". I've seen suggestions for:
Thanks,
Bob Wilson
I bought an experimental airplane but the drawings and updates have been and remain paper based . . . from 1980-1996! Fortunately, I have two sets of the drawing, all of the newsletters, and a flight-worthy airframe, N19WT. But I want to upgrade this 33 year old design and want to "do the job right."
What I want to do is digitize the paper blueprints and photos (N19WT has some smart mods) and use these to do:
- proper stress analysis
- evaluate modifications
Well it has been a while since MacDraw was available and sad to say, I got snookered by "TurboCad". I've seen suggestions for:
- Draftsight
- Solidworks
- CADintosh
- Sketchup --- Google???
- exportable tables - for parts lists, materials, and stress/strain tables
- machine readable, robot 'Gerber' or equivalent CAM inputs (the ability to 3d mill a mould)
Thanks,
Bob Wilson