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I want to create some 2D and 3D drawings of simple trusses and frames. and I was wondering, what is the software used to create the graphics seen in structural analysis textbooks (example: R.C Hibbeler Structural Analysis and Ferdinand P. Beer Mechanics of Materials), such as these:

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some graphics examples in this Imgur album

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  • Best to ask this on Academia SE – DKNguyen Dec 12 '21 at 20:18
  • For many books it was a human, called a draughtsman. For the PC, draughtsperson. – Solar Mike Dec 12 '21 at 20:35
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    Any graphic process software can do that - Paint, Paint Brush... as well as many 3D graphic generating software. – r13 Dec 12 '21 at 20:39
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    I agree, these are most likely drawn "by hand" - either literally or using a vector graphics package such as Adobe Illustrator. – Jonathan R Swift Dec 12 '21 at 20:58
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    Tip: add at least one image into your question. Not many readers are going to follow links just to understand your question. – Transistor Dec 12 '21 at 21:35
  • Most like there was a technical illustrator that drew the images for the book. To this day they generally draw by hand. Similar example but for optics https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/11926/periscope-camera-with-a-mobile-phone-how-to-make-walls-not-visible-on-the-camer/11941#11941 images drawn by hand in illustrator. – joojaa Dec 13 '21 at 05:59

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