Vellum lets me draw in 3/4 view the way I imagine something and when I have it the way I want I can add surfaces, which is now an archaic way to simulate 3D. Like you Matthew, I just want to draw my idea and then adjust it. I still use a ten year old version of Ashlar Vellum 3D because it works the way I think. I'd really like to be able to use a CAD application that everyone has access to but SketchUp is too different from what I'm used to.
I was frustrated with SketchUp too which is why I'm suggesting ViaCad.
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I forgot to mention that like SketchUp, this software is for both PCs and Macs (PowerPC and Intel). That's a lot more than SketchUp but a couple of years ago this would have cost at least a couple grand and as far as I can tell is also a lot more capable than SketchUp. I just learned Punch! has released a somewhat stripped down version of the higher end CI product for only $99. The core software engineering team left Ashlar after a disagreement and started their own company and developed a compeeting product which was bought by a more successful company Punch! Software that specialized in low cost design software. Ashlar grew Vellum 3D into a high end Industrial Design application Ashlar Cobalt that was/is beyond my needs.
Maybe I'm spoiled by the way my CAD software works (Ashlar-Vellum 3D) or maybe I'm just stuck in my old ways. Some pretty nice models have been made with it. It's great of Google to make a free version of SketchUp so that everyone has access to the same software.
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