Having had several strokes and being an old man has me set in my ways. I was never "schooled" in AutoCAD, learned it a bit at a time on my own. Over the years, I (guess) have developed an instinctive response to certain functions. I have tried several of the newer versions for drawing 2D (electrical) prints. But always seem to come back to AutoCAD. I guess the learning curve is a little too much for me these days.
What I did was an extended search on auction sites until I found a CD of ACAD, what I think is the last (2007?) copy that is complete without getting on line. I think it was found on eBay, and took several months to find. I had an earlier version but had to drop WinDoze XP. uSoft stopped supporting it, and my system crashed. The end result is I went to WinDoze 10 and the older version wouldn't run on it. There was a short learning curve, I'm retired and don't do near as much electrical work now. The newer version cost almost as much as the newer rental versions for a "used" CD. But when I have a problem, I can reload from a CD, I don't need to get on line. I've tried Linux to replace XP, but like ACAD I have better instincts than memory and Linux is too far off the track for me to relearn.
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