I want to draw plans for domestic buildings and be able to estimate materials and costings. Is there relatively simple CAD software available. I've searched extensively with no success.
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DraftSight
DraftSight by Dassault is a free, but not opensource, 2D CAD drafting program. It is nearly identical in operation to Autodesk AutoCAD and uses native DWG format. There should be no learning curve for a regular AutoCAD user.
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/
DraftSight does have many 3D capabilities such as 3D Orbit, 3D Polyline and 3D Mesh. However it can nor create or modify 3D ACIS solids.
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