Draftsight is free, also a9cad. victor ---- Harrison Cooper wrote:=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > So my options are:=20 >=20 > 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. =20 >=20 > --=20 > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .