# Sources For CAD Drawings

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sources-for-cad-drawings/107361>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 5, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sources-for-cad-drawings/107361 "2002-05-05T04:01:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sources-for-cad-drawings/107361/1 "2002-05-05T04:01:58Z")

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A buddy of mine and I have been playing around with the Bryce imaging program and I’d like to do a picture of the World Trade Center buildings, but I haven’t been able to find any CAD drawings of the buildings or any drawings in a format that Bryce can import. Anybody know where I might be able to find some? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sources-for-cad-drawings/107361/2 "2002-05-05T08:21:39Z")

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Try Osama BL: c/o somewhere in pakistan

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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sources-for-cad-drawings/107361/3 "2002-05-05T16:32:38Z")

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You can get a free 3D model of the WTC from [Great Buildings Online](http://www.greatbuildings.com/models/World_Trade_Center_mod.html). The standard viewer application for it is Design Workshop Lite, which is also free from the same site. I don’t know if the file can be exported into any format the Bryce can read, however.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sources-for-cad-drawings/107361/4 "2002-05-07T20:56:22Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Earthling \*  
> \*\*You can get a free 3D model of the WTC from [Great Buildings Online](http://www.greatbuildings.com/models/World_Trade_Center_mod.html). The standard viewer application for it is Design Workshop Lite, which is also free from the same site. I don’t know if the file can be exported into any format the Bryce can read, however. \*\*

Apparently, they can’t as I’ve been trying all morning to get them into a format that either Bryce or Autocad (Bryce can import .dxf files) can recognize, but no dice.