guitar workshop drawing

jmuller92 · Post by **jmuller92** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:56 pm

hey everyone,

might be an unlikely question, but does anyone do working drawings of their instruments on a computer? i need to do one for my folio, and im not sure if there are any great programs to do so (preferably free).

cheers

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:02 pm

No computer in my workshop. I work off hand drawings...... by the time youve found the right software, worked out how it works and then gone chasing after someone with a large format printer to plot out your plans you could have hand drawn a couple of drawings.

xray · Post by **xray** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:23 pm

hey pal, i know that LMI have plans in PDF format that you could play around in photoshop with to get you out of trouble. these plans are free and the beauty is that you can print them to any size up to A0 which is scale of 1:1. i would probably stick to what has been around for a while rather than creating different unknown plans. P.S LMI have about 3 different steel string plans dreadnought, OO and an Orchestra Model or OM as they are affectionatly referred to. what stage are you up to with your building i might be able to post you a heap of useful stuff. hope this helps

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:02 pm

You can check out Christophe Grellier's site. He offers plans that he's drawn under the Creative Commons License.

http://www.grellier.fr/plans.php?lang=en

jmuller92 · Post by **jmuller92** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:37 pm

i actually already have the dreadnought herringbone plan from stewmac, which im going to be working from, but i need to do dimensioned workshop drawings, preferably on the computer to scab extra marks. There is a big emphasis on design in my course, including the development.

On top of that, im not really good with free hand or drawings in any shape or form lol

cheers

John Maddison · Post by **John Maddison** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:01 pm

Google have a free 3D modelling software download called Google SketchUp. The site has links to training videos too.

Chiz - John

Lillian · Post by **Lillian** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:23 am

Josh, you can try AllyCAD. It looks like what you are looking for. I haven't given it a go. I have AutoCAD already.

http://www.allycad.co.za/downloadf.asp

And if that doesn't float your boat, check this site out. It lists all the freeware out there.

http://www.freecad.com/

Bob Connor · Post by **Bob Connor** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:05 pm

Try this. Takes about 5 seconds to figure out how to work it.

I don't think it runs on Windows Vista

http://www.connor.net.au/guitar_design_1.1.zip

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