>> I'd almost consider trying to track down some software like this - if 
>> it wasn't for the fact that I keep hearing that it costs a fortune and 
>> crashes routinely...
> 
> There used to be a really good free version of Pro/Engineer called 
> Pro/Desktop, but unfortunately they stopped supporting it and I think 
> you needed to get some registration key before it would work on your 
> machine. Shame, because it was really nice and there really is no other 
> decent free CAD software out there,

Mmm. Pitty.

I suppose notionally if I knew how it works, I could write something 
myself. OTOH, I have yet to write a working Tic-Tac-Toe program, so... 
maybe not. :-/

> and as you pointed out the 
> commerical software is really expensive so not really suitable for home 
> tinkering.

I guess they figure that if you're going to spent 7 figures *per tool* 
to make your multi-part item, a few extra digits for a CAD package is 
nothing... ;-)

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