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  3D CAD
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  Google Sketchup Very eazy to use CAD software. Ideal for buildings, though can be used for furniture design. Easy to Use.  
  3D Plus Free 3D CAD software from Serif.    
  3D Canvas 3D Canvas is a freeware real-time 3D modeling and animation tool Looks Excellent  
  Minos Free Solid modelling 3D CAD    
  DesignWorkshop Lite Free Architectual / Room layout software. You can walk through rooms you design -apparently    
  FreeCAD Basic 3D modelling that allows you to simulate the motion of cams / levers etc.    
  MLCAD Free programs that lets you construct lego models in 3D. Windows interface is similar to professional CAD packages Small program, only a couple of MB's. You'll need to read the instructions to install it.  
   
 
  Image editing
   
  Photoplus 6.0 Free photoediting software from freeserifsoftware.com    
  DrawPlus 4.0 Vector drawing software from freeserifsoftware.com    
  The GIMP The Graphic Image Manipulation Package. Freeware and very popular.    
  Image Forge ImageForge is a freeware image editor with painting and editing tools. Allows you to import images from scanners and digital cameras, apply special effects filters, and create photo albums and slideshows. Other features include zoom, crop, enlarge canvas, resize, resample, rotate, replace colors, smudge, scatter, clone, natural tools, gradients and patterns, automatic palette optimization, and more.  
  Project DogWaffle A new piece of freeware. Don't know much about it but the images on the home page are impressive.    
   
 
  Desktop Publishing      
  PagePlus SE Free DTP software from Serif.    
         
  Textiles
   
  X-Stitch Cross stitch software. Turn photos into patterns OFFLINE  
         
  Electronics
   
  PicAxe Program PIC chips with this free software.    
  Simulate PicAxe A program that simulate your chip so you can test programs before downloading them. Submitted by Mr Collier
 
  PCB Designer Eagle Lite edition PCB software    
  ExpressPCB Suggested by Ben Dickson. This takes a bit of time to download. Apparently if you have the money the company will even make your design for you.    
       
  Systems and Control    
  RoboProg Free control program. Draw flowcharts of instructions to move a robot.  
   
 
  Other Educational
   
  Bridge Builder An EXCELLENT program where you have to design a bridge to support different vehicles driving over it Only 122Kb ! But needs quite a powerful PC to run it  
  Bridge Builder Two

The sequel to the above program. Build more complex structures and actually ride the train accross the bridge!!! EXCELLENT

Visit the Bridge Builder website for more info and new maps. Click Here

The Demo is free and only 942Kb  
         
  Bridge Contest (ADVANCED!) More advanced and indepth than bridge builder above.    
         
  Graph Paper Printer This will print lots of different types of graph paper including axonometric and sheet music. You can also alter the sizes of grid, line thickness etc... Only 350Kb and totally FREE...  
         
  Website Authoring
   
  WebPlus 6.0

Free web authoring software from serif.

   
  Hot Potatoes EXCELLENT program that allows you to create interactive quiz webpages at a click of a button.    
  First Page 2000 Free HTML, webpage editing software. (Looks Good) About 5Mb  
  3D Impact Creates 3D animated text for webpages    
         
  Nothing to do with DT
   
  Read Please 2003 Download this and never have to read again! This program converts any text on your PC to speech. It will read you email to you or even your latest English essay About 11MB, but worth downloading  
         
         
 
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