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>> 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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