Design Software

[George Wootton]

Does anyone have a suggestion for an inexpensive basic design software for a home woodworker?

[Charlie Schultz]

A lot of people use Google SketchUp (free).

[George Wootton]

I just took a quick look at that software. This seems like a it will serve my needs well. Thanks
George

[Richard Ganske]

I keep trying to install SU, but it keeps giving me an error in the installation process. I have Vista, does the installation require any compatability changes?

Many thanks for your help in advance!

Rich

EDIT: I tried adjusting the compatability to XP, running the installation as administrator, and still got the error message. So, it may not be Vista.

Here's what the error message said:
Error Code: -5009 : 0x8002802b
Error Information:
>Ctor\ObjectWrapper.cpp (163)
>Ctor\ObjectWrapper.cpp (402)
>Kernel\Component.cpp (1163)
>Kernel\CABFile.cpp (389)
>SetupDLL\SetupDLL.cpp (1541)
PAPP:Google SketchUp 6
PVENDOR:Google (http://www.Google.com)
PGUID:B3D8B2F8-3C2C-45BC-933E-8B60E78F6684
$11.50.0.42618PAK
@Windows XP Service Pack 2 (2600) IE 7.0.6000.16681

[Mike SoRelle]

Are you running the install as administrator?

[Richard Ganske]

No, I'm not... (sigh) Vista = "progress."

I did do some more research though, and found that SU requires a graphics card. My laptop, while it exceeds the motherboard, disk space, and RAM requirements for SU does not have a graphics card. It's a "work" computer that only uses RAM to generate graphics... I guess I never realized how much I had cheated myself.

Thanks for your help,
Rich

[Jim Becker]

Richard, many graphics programs use techniques and "standards" that are not supported by graphics solutions that utilize on-board memory. SU is not unique in that respect. Some notebooks do have the option to update/upgrade to a higher level of graphics support, but most do not. In fact, it's unlikely that you can fully utilize the graphics capability of Visa on that machine, too.