Drawing software programmes

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IT query here......In lab/office, I have Xara Xtreme on my computer as do others. But it seems XX is not compatible with our newer PCs (OS Windows 7). (Because it's a research group we got the software free). Anyway, I might be interested in another drawing programme software with free download. And, that does not take too much time for familiarity with the software - I don't read manuals.

Have you tried Corel Drawing? Is this relatively easy to use? Zoner? Are there opinions? Do you have experience with drawing programmes?

I like Paint Shop Pro, which is now owned by Corel, but I haven't used the newer Corel versions, still have the Jasc verion 7 (I think it's 7.) I love it, even though I have to use a slightly broken one under Wine on Linux. I don't think I've ever actually used a Corel product, but have heard good things about them. Do they have a demo version you can try?

I've used Rhino3D in the past. It's now at Rhino4 incarnations. Here's the site.
Rhino 4

You should probably pay the price and order Adobe Illustrator.

Why doesn't Xara work on Windows 7? Have you tried XP compatibility mode? In a worst case, you could download Xara for Linux (free) and run it in a VMWare session. But you'd still have to have VMWare The current commercial version of Xara Xtreme for Windows is now called Photo & Graphic Designer.

Could this be your issue? http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread. ... ro-5-Laggy

I used this on a Mac at the office, years ago, and I loved it. The version I used included vector drawing and was so versatile - and that was back in the late 1980s! It's still probably the most sophisticated and user friendly graphics software I've ever used.

Thanks for this - Our Xara does work but some features were not & Xara always prompted for a registration number, which I enter each time. I'll try out XP compatibility mode.

Thanks SpiritBlooms - Adobe Illustrator might be an option. I use a lot of overlays with templates. And, I checked out Rhino4 too.