Yes it is possible
And I'd have a massive frying pan for spanging and bacon cooking
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:43, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

That'd make driving more interesting

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:46, Reply)

I could spang you everytime you called a stobart

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:47, Reply)

thanks for that Captain Useful

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:47, Reply)

Well the only way I can think would be to use Autocad which is like lotsocash
I was thinking if the free vector programme I used to use would work for it
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:48, Reply)

Hmm, maybe Google Sketchup?
I think that might work as a free option.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:49, Reply)

Unfortunately not
As I just tried doing it in it. It doesn't let you easily adjust dimensions after they've been initially drawn, and doesn't let you export 2D drawings in the free version.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:52, Reply)

Gash
I only used it once to plan my living room, and it mostly worked fine.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:52, Reply)

It is actually quite good
But the free version's limited in many ways.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:55, Reply)

would you like to try inkscape for us researcher penguin :p

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:57, Reply)

Might as well
I think I might have it on my netbook already.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:59, Reply)

Ok, so Inkscape looks pretty good in general
I like how easily it lets you change the position of certain points on a vector, and adjusts the shape of curves to match it. You can easily add and subtract points from the path, and mess about with them and smooth things. It appears to have lots of preset shapes too, but I don't really care about those. Let's you save as lots of different file types too.

All in all, fair powerful, and free, so definitely worth using.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 11:11, Reply)

ok that sounds really good
the smoothing thing is important as all the pieces need to flow in a curve when sewn together so It would be good if it adjusted the curve as you moved the width.

Thanks a lot for this, it's really helpful and if it works it could cut an hour out of my 6 hour creation time.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 11:15, Reply)

I'll have more of a play with it and see what happens if I put two parts together then mess with dimensions

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 11:19, Reply)

fantastic, thanks

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 11:20, Reply)

I've never heard of lotsocash
but I do have a student version of Autocad, so I might have a play with that, thanks.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:56, Reply)

I think it's like "lolcats" but done with banknotes

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:57, Reply)

Unless you mean it as a joke
lotsocash = she means it's very expensive.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:57, Reply)

I was kidding

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:58, Reply)

ambiguity of text means I wasn't sure

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:59, Reply)

it's ok
I usually am pretty thick
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 11:07, Reply)

Please tell me you realise she meant AutoCAD costs 'lots of cash'

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 10:57, Reply)