# CAD Program similar to Emachineshop
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cad-program-similar-to-emachineshop/50077
**Category:** Unrelated Discussion
**Created:** [February 26, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cad-program-similar-to-emachineshop/50077 "2013-02-26T18:13:05Z")
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### Author:  [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cad-program-similar-to-emachineshop/50077/1 "2013-02-26T18:13:05Z")
So within the last couple months I’ve been messing around with some CAD design using Emachineshop. I’m a broke college student buying an expensive software isn’t really in my mind. I know Emachineshop is basic and isn’t the best out there but I think its pretty good. The question I’m wondering is, Is there any other free or extremely cheap CAD software that is similar to Emachineshop’s simplicity? I’m not a computer guru so many of these CAD programs are super advanced for me.
Also If you guys have any tips on how to design a better design that would be appreciated too. (ex. Wall thicknesses)
Thanks for any help guys 🙂
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### Author:  [@rizki\_yoist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rizki_yoist)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cad-program-similar-to-emachineshop/50077/2 "2013-02-26T18:42:13Z")
I used cadstd to do the job, it’s the easiest cad that is free so far, at least for me. Try that one, the basic program is free but it’s enough to design a yoyo (I did this before to confirm), or you can upgrade to pro with additional features, pretty cheap I think.
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### Author:  [@xxjohnsonxx](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xxjohnsonxx)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cad-program-similar-to-emachineshop/50077/3 "2013-02-26T20:42:31Z")
Autodesk has a free student version of their software
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### Author:  [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cad-program-similar-to-emachineshop/50077/4 "2013-02-26T21:20:58Z")
Is it free or is it just a trial?
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### Author:  [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cad-program-similar-to-emachineshop/50077/5 "2013-03-06T14:23:12Z")
bump
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### Author:  [@Yummy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yummy)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cad-program-similar-to-emachineshop/50077/6 "2013-03-06T14:45:05Z")
> [@CAD program](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/cad-program/28803/2):
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> You may be somewhat limited to lighter versions by your free or thereabout price range, but there still plenty of options out there.
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> A little bit of scanning around reveals [Just Cad](http://www.justcad.com/downloads.html), [Cad X11](http://www.graytechsoftware.com/products/cadx11/index.asp), [SketchUp](http://sketchup.google.com/), [PowerShape-e](http://www.powershape-e.com/), [Cadvance](http://www.cadvance.com/65form.htm), [APM](http://www.apm.ru/eng/free), and [Vector Engineer](http://www.vectorengineer.com/).