# Looking for this CAD Program **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 27, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-this-cad-program/435199 "2008-01-27T16:39:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-this-cad-program/435199/1 "2008-01-27T16:39:54Z")
It was shareware back in 2002 era but may be commercial now or extinct. It did all flavors of AutoCad including newer versions that the Army / Air Force map folks didn’t have yet. The distinguishing thing was that English was a menu option but may of the sub-menus were partially in Italian (wasn’t a problem since I’d lived in Italy for 5 years). I was using AutoCad maps generated from the Air Force program Falcon View. I developed explosive safety site plans based on distance arcs from possible explosive sites. My bosses wouldn’t spring for AutoCad so I adapted. I just can’t remember the name anymore - if still in existence for a reasonable price I would get as it worked well for my purposes. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-this-cad-program/435199/2 "2008-01-27T18:55:48Z")
check out [www.intellicad.org](http://www.intellicad.org), and especially this page on their site: [4M - 4MCAD](http://www.4msa.com/intelliCADENG.html) It does most of what Autocad does. I see that now they charge money, but for several years, intellicad was a totally free program, and I suppose you could probably find someplace to download the older version. Searching for “autocad clone” gives lots of hits