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Can Someone Convert .Zip Files (CAD Content) to Something I Can View?
scootz - 4/8/09 at 07:41 PM

Evening

I'm trying to download a couple of .Zip files that contain CAD content, but can't open them.

I have a Mac which I'm guessing is confusing the issue further!

Does anyone have the capability to open them if I was to send them through and convert to something I can view... pdf, etc.?

Cheers!

Guinness - 4/8/09 at 07:45 PM

Yup

email them over.

Mike

scootz - 4/8/09 at 07:56 PM

Cheeeeers!

Guinness - 4/8/09 at 08:29 PM

Finished and emailed back.

Cheers!

scootz - 4/8/09 at 08:56 PM

I love this website... doesn't matter what the issue is - someone will help you.

Thanks again to Mike and Liam!

liam.mccaffrey - 4/8/09 at 09:29 PM

Damn you Guiness!!

Too quick

BenB - 4/8/09 at 09:38 PM

Too quick too
Got my CADstd and cutepdf all fired up and everything!

scootz - 5/8/09 at 01:24 AM

Lol!

Stars... each and every one of you!

mcerd1 - 5/8/09 at 08:11 AM

missed this one last night (too busy building my new i7 PC )

I've got some spare 'real' computers if you want

[Edited on 5/8/09 by mcerd1]

bmseven - 5/8/09 at 08:16 AM

Missed the opportunity, didnt realise there were so many caddies here

scootz - 5/8/09 at 08:32 AM

I'm guessing there must be CAD programmes out there for Macs... I'm also guessing they wont be cheap!

scootz - 5/8/09 at 08:37 AM

PS - It was a shower enclosure drawing.

I broke a small curved bit of glass (the smallest part of the enclosure), but guess what??? Ideal Standard wont sell you an individual piece of glass. Noooo... you have to buy the entire enclosure at £2500!

The CAD drawings will let a local glass maker manufacture a piece to suit at a fraction of the cost.

Just out of interest - the other shower in our house is a Matki... their customer service is fantastic. I've also managed to break bits of that shower over the years and they send me out replacement parts FOC!

Shame on you Ideal Standards!

Thanks again to those that helped out and for all the other offers of assistance!

iank - 5/8/09 at 08:56 AM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
I'm guessing there must be CAD programmes out there for Macs... I'm also guessing they wont be cheap!


For simple 2D CAD I use QCAD from Ribbonsoft on Linux. They also do windows and MacOS versions.
http://www.qcad.org/qcad_downloads.html

Try out the trial version to see if you like it. Full version is only 24 euro or 39 euro with a book about how to use it.

Like most CAD packages there is a learning curve, but I've found it pretty easy. At worse you can use it for free as a dxf viewer.

Google sketchup have a MacOS version for 3D stuff.
http://sketchup.google.com/index.html

scootz - 5/8/09 at 11:37 AM

Cheers Ian.