If you’re a student, or faculty/staff at an educational institution, and have need for CAD software you might check to see if you’re eligible for a free copy of Nemetschek Vectorworks.
I don’t know much about it yet, but I’m hoping to use it for some of the lighting designs I do. Seems pretty powerful, in the 20 minutes I’ve been using it, and I know a number of people who use it for a lot of things.
