newfiebackflip Report post Posted November 25, 2010 Does anyone know of a decently priced software program (preferably for MAC) that I can get to help make and design my own patterns? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CitizenKate Report post Posted November 25, 2010 Hi newf, I use Adobe Illustrator which is available for Macs, but it's not cheap. You can sometimes pick up a slightly older version of it relatively cheaply on Ebay, which is where/how I got mine. There are also lots of free design programs that are surprisingly good - my favorite free one is Inkscape, but sadly, there is not a Mac version of it. But here's one place that lists a bunch of other free design/drawing programs that run on Macs: http://www.snap2objects.com/2008/06/17/24-free-mac-design-programs/ Kate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CitizenKate Report post Posted November 25, 2010 Oops, I stand corrected... there IS a Mac OSX version of Inkscape! Highly recommended! http://inkscape.org/ Kate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newfiebackflip Report post Posted December 5, 2010 Thanks, I will give it a go. Thanks again!!! Oops, I stand corrected... there IS a Mac OSX version of Inkscape! Highly recommended! http://inkscape.org/ Kate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KnotHead Report post Posted December 25, 2010 Tandy Leather puts one out for the iPhone if you have an iPhone. It's very basic though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawdzilla Report post Posted January 3, 2011 Try googling "CAD software". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newfiebackflip Report post Posted January 11, 2011 Thanks, I will look at everything I can to find one that suits me fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawdzilla Report post Posted January 12, 2011 You know, this would be an excellent project for a CAD student looking to do a project for his school work. And it could be translated into a salable product with some work. Input a picture of a item to the program and have it develop the component parts, complete with 2D draws for templates with the holes already marked and matched. It's certainly no more complex than some of the stuff I've seen CAD programs do at Boeing (well, they have significantly more computing power available but they're doing bigger items as well.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
utspanishmustang Report post Posted January 12, 2011 You know, this would be an excellent project for a CAD student looking to do a project for his school work. And it could be translated into a salable product with some work. Input a picture of a item to the program and have it develop the component parts, complete with 2D draws for templates with the holes already marked and matched. It's certainly no more complex than some of the stuff I've seen CAD programs do at Boeing (well, they have significantly more computing power available but they're doing bigger items as well.) Yes, I graduated with a degree in drafting/engineering technology. I had to do a senior project in order to graduate and this would have been perfect! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawdzilla Report post Posted January 12, 2011 Yes, I graduated with a degree in drafting/engineering technology. I had to do a senior project in order to graduate and this would have been perfect! I, for one, would love to be able to feed a "stubborn" program to that kind of software and have it fix what ever T*ndy did to it back in the '60s. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawdzilla Report post Posted January 28, 2011 Further thought on the CAD thing. Someone should develop a program that takes a picture of a hide and pictures of the items to be cut from that hide, and finds the best layout for cutting. Oh, and send me a copy free, please. I'm a pensioner so I would never be able to afford it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spinner Report post Posted January 28, 2011 Oops, I stand corrected... there IS a Mac OSX version of Inkscape! Highly recommended! http://inkscape.org/ Kate Nice find Kate. From their website: "An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format." I use Xara X for my patterns and layouts and if this is a free version that is actually up to snuff with Xara that's a darn nice deal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
radar67 Report post Posted January 28, 2011 Try google sketchup. It is a very easy 3D CAD software to learn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
