[TheForge] Auto-Cad

[Andrew Vida]

Phil Rosche wrote:
> 
> IMHO, for ornamental ironwork, the typical 3D CAD system doesn't really fit the bill.  Any scroll work has to be drawn in the system, and it's quicker to do it by hand. 

	Not if you create macros.  You can build an entire library of
	macros oriented to blacksmithing.  You can hack the macros to
	accept arguments such that you can tailor the various parameters
	of, say, a scroll.  If you do it all by hand all the time, then
	I fully agree with you that it's far easier to do it by hand.