DrChrisMD Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 What programs do you guys use to design your guitars? I notice that most of them seem to be drawn on the computer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackZ Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 actually i use Microsoft Pencil "HB" version 3 and Microsoft Paper 1.0 - it works quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailman Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 i use autocad 2004 its super expensive so you gotta get a 'hot' copy of it i learned to use it in highschool so it was the most practical for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croaticum Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 (edited) Good one BlackZ Im just wandering what ereser version it is? I use autocad and corel draw 12, and for mokup i use corel or photoshop or even fireworks Edited January 15, 2006 by croaticum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 I use my wife's copy of Autocad 2002...took me about two evenings to learn pretty much everything I need to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 HB pencil (not too keen on the Microsoft version; it keeps crashing, they keep trying to get me to get upgrades, and it's full of security holes..), ruler, full-sized paper. Honestly, I cannot fathom working on designs on the PC, for the simple reason that I have to work full size to get a proper 'feel' for how the isntrument's going to look, the size, the proportions, whether it all feels 'right'. Working in reduced size just don't cut it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 For copy of Autocad use program MIRC.exe and www.packetnews.com. Not completely legal, but highly effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 I use a combonation of things, ill do my regular plans and section and elevations and what not in autocad, I generally use 2004 or 2005, 2006 sucks horribly. Then Ill plot out my drawing. If it is a custom design like the one im working on now I generally hang it on the wall and draw all over it with a pencil to make sure all the lines and curves are the way I want them, next step after that will be foam models to get a 3d feel then Ill go back scan my drawing in and finalize my cad drawing and plot it again. THis is one of the great advantages to being in Architecture school is I have all of these special tools, problem is I never have any time to use them. MzI Ps. We also have a huge CNC that ill be using this semester wooohhhoooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 I do it full size in photoshop than print it out on four pages or so and stitch them all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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