On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Harrison Cooper <
harrison.cooper@listentech.com> wrote:

> Finally moved up to win7, but my CAD package that ran under DOS (its
> that old) will not run under Win7 or the virtualXP window (it does run
> under winXP.  I like it (designCAD) because I've used it for so long
> that it takes me only minutes to draw something up.  I have the windows
> version but its not as easy to use.
>
> So I attempted to install XP on the new laptop (HP G7-1260) after
> resizing the volume to give a 100G partition for it, and then running
> the XP install it crashes before it gets to the actual installation
> part.
>
> So my options are:
>
> 1. wipe the drive and install XP...then install Win7
> 2. Keep my old machine for the CAD program
> 3. Find a new free and easy to use CAD program.  I need to be able to
> import/export DXF from it.
>
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If all you need is 2D and DXF support, there's several very inexpensive
options. One I'm liking is
http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/velocity/solidedge/fre=
e2d/

-Denny
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