Easy Design Program

I am a weekend construction superintendent who enjoys building things like dollhouses for my grandchildren and shelves for my wife. Until I purchased my new Mac Mini, I happily used Claris CAD for all my design work. Now I am forced to use Appleworks 6 which displays sizes in a dialog box, but I have to type the dimensions on the drawing before I can print. Now, it appears that Apple is sending Appleworks to the grave as well.
All I really need is an easy to use object oriented drawing program with the ability to produce sizes without my having to retype them.
Thank you,
Mike Brewer

You might try EazyDraw. They offer a free demo and a low cost 9 month full licence for tryout purposes.
Regards.
Barry

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