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Posted on October 18, 2021 at 02:43 CDT by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

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By Deanna McElveen

For those of us who had drafting in high school, we thought our T-squares were expensive. Those new-fangled home computers were going to make things so much easier for designing palaces, office towers, and rockets — but to do so, they needed software. Very expensive software called CAD.

CAD stands for computer-aided design. What it should stand for is cash-aided design, because the top CAD programs can cost as much as a used Camaro. A very, very nice used Camaro. Seriously, I just want to design a patio and a birdhouse for said patio. I want software that is much closer to free … or exactly free!

Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.40.0 (2021-10-18).

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