I was originally going to compile this for students, but then I realised that it would be useful for anyone who lacks an unlimited budget.
I have been using all these programs for a while now, and they are all quite good.
They can be downloaded for free from the sites listed below:
Open Office - replacement for MS office
http://www.openoffice.org/
PDF Creator - Acts as a printer to create PDF documents.
http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm
Classic Ladder PLC simulator, also looks like it may one day develop into a viable soft PLC.
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/classicladder
Or
http://www.multimania.com/mavati/classicladder
QCad - Good cad software, almost to the AutoCAD LT standard.
Free Ware
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/qcad/
Pay Ware
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad.html
Dia - Another drawing program, good for flow charts and simple electric circuits.
http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/
The Open CD - contains a compilation of some of the above software, plus other useful programs and a few games.
http://www.theopencd.org/
Hope you find this useful,
Doug
I have been using all these programs for a while now, and they are all quite good.
They can be downloaded for free from the sites listed below:
Open Office - replacement for MS office
http://www.openoffice.org/
PDF Creator - Acts as a printer to create PDF documents.
http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm
Classic Ladder PLC simulator, also looks like it may one day develop into a viable soft PLC.
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/classicladder
Or
http://www.multimania.com/mavati/classicladder
QCad - Good cad software, almost to the AutoCAD LT standard.
Free Ware
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/qcad/
Pay Ware
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad.html
Dia - Another drawing program, good for flow charts and simple electric circuits.
http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/
The Open CD - contains a compilation of some of the above software, plus other useful programs and a few games.
http://www.theopencd.org/
Hope you find this useful,
Doug