# Mechanic rescources

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mechanic-rescources/25155>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [January 19, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mechanic-rescources/25155 "2009-01-19T02:31:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![metalmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@metalmonkey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/metalmonkey)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mechanic-rescources/25155/1 "2009-01-19T02:31:49Z")

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hey i got a guy come in and ask me to do this whole tech thing to show him how his car might turn out. so i stole my buddy’s pc for a lil bit and messed on his CAD to make a car tht would look like his. it gave a basic idea but was real crappy. so i figure ill get into tht. well im chaep so does anyone knw some free program tht i could practice buildin cars on?

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mechanic-rescources/25155/2 "2009-01-19T03:31:30Z")

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Not free forever but there are 60 day downloads of Adobe CS3 Design (Illustrator ,InDesign,Photoshop and QuarkXpress) the programs are more for desktop publishing but have a lot of creative applications,you can see if you like this kind of thing,hard to teach yourself unless you are gifted in computer aided design.

I don’t know of a free or even pay for program directed espically towards auto design.

Have you ever watched OCC ? I always wondered what software the young computer based design guy was using,that is what you want.