In my latest blog article I describe how I use CorelDRAW and Corel DESIGNER for planning various construction projects around our house. Not your typical use, I suppose, but it works very well and saves me a lot of time. :) I hope you'll find it interesting: http://forum.oberonplace.com/blog.php?b=3 

 I find it useful at home also. It works well for designing and documenting. For modifying or designing I often take a straight-on photo of the object I'm designing around or modifying and load it into a Draw page. Knowing just one dimension of the object, I scale the Draw page to a size to fit the project then scale the photo so that the known dimension matches the page scale. From there, many other dimensions in the photo and added design objects can be determined using Draw tools.

Recently I tried to find out why a 4 wheeler won't start; there's no ignition spark. Because of all the safety considerations, the wiring is complicated and I was easily confused. I needed a wiring diagram and turned to Draw.

Still haven't figured it out!

I would like to use Designer but it's pretty pricey isn't it? About a grand?

- Scotty

Hey AlexV, your photos look like you do a good job, want to come and do some home renovation projects for me (it is only a 7 hour drive)?

I work very slowly. That basement took us about 4 months to finish... If you want me to camp at your place for 4 months, I guess I can pay a visit... And go visit some wineries while I'm up there :)

scottyjr:

I would like to use Designer but it's pretty pricey isn't it? About a grand?

If you own CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 or X4, you are eligible to the upgrade of Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4.

Gérard