AutoCADderFriday, January 08, 2010
AutoCAD Cooper
The lightweight drafting version of AutoCAD - Project Cooper - is now available for all users worldwide from the Autodesk Labs web.
Cooper may be compared to AutoSketch or to Autodesk Project Draw. It understands DWG files (saves to DWG, reads its own DWGs). I had limited success reading in some DWG files from full AutoCAD. 3D drawings and drawings from vertical versions of AutoCAD are currently not supported, normal AutoCAD drawings work fine.
Cooper (currently free) is an interesting CAD tool for beginners and occassional users. You can draw precise drawings and diagrams, work with layers, publish to DWF and PDF.
Cooper may be compared to AutoSketch or to Autodesk Project Draw. It understands DWG files (saves to DWG, reads its own DWGs). I had limited success reading in some DWG files from full AutoCAD. 3D drawings and drawings from vertical versions of AutoCAD are currently not supported, normal AutoCAD drawings work fine.
Cooper (currently free) is an interesting CAD tool for beginners and occassional users. You can draw precise drawings and diagrams, work with layers, publish to DWF and PDF.
Labels: AutoCAD, Project Cooper
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Project Cooper - Autodesk CAD for free
Project Cooper is a new Windows 2D CAD (or rather CADD - drafting) application by Autodesk. What is special about this application is that it is free.
Cooper is a simple sketching application which can be also controlled through Windows 7 touchscreen. It works with the DWG file format so you can use it as a sketching tool for your AutoCAD, Revit or Inventor projects.
Project Cooper is time bombed (30.4.2010) and is available only in some countries. Project Cooper extends the herd of free CAD tools by Autodesk (Dragonfly, Project Draw).
See Project Cooper
Labels: CAD, DWG, Freewheel, Project Cooper
