Can anyone recommend a good, basic, one-dimensional drawing program? I am looking for something cheap to draw roof diagrams, liability scene layouts, etc. I use XM8 sketch for the estimate, but I need something similar to PowerClaims drawing program (without paying a yearly fee) that has their type features. I don't need (or want) to draw a 3-D buildings. Any ideas?

FYI,  I use and recommend PDF factory and MyFax.

Paige

I use XM8's sketch for property estimating. I need something different for say a liability scene investigation, to draw an intersection and two vehicles.  Or if I need to add a simple perimeter sketch of a house exterior for a replacement cost valuation, when the XM8 sketch only involves two rooms.

Off topic

Speaking of accident scenes have you heard of streetdelivery.com? http://streetdelivery.com/new/pages/index.php 

You can create the "whole house" diagram as a separate level, prints on a separate page.

Due to the fact that Sketch used to freeze up and crash in the older versions - I am very used to creating and estimate then "save as" ver 01, 02, 03, 04 as I create the estimate. So I just enter the claim info, save it, then save it as a Valuation (not estimate) and I can plug that SF into the questions to get the RC on the structure.

Good tip on the "total" area - I know the section you are talking about (Grand total Areas).  I just tried that with a small bathroom claim, and see that the floor area is 47.33 Sf but the "total area" is 57.67 Sf.   You are right, it is looking a the footprint of the sketch, including the wall thickness.  I have been using Sketch since it was introduced and never saw that - and that is useful for getting the SF of a building by drawing the footprint as one "room".

As everyone knows, the Xactimate diagrams tend to be small on the page when printed. I set them to include inner and outer measurements, save it as PDF. Then within Adobe I "capture" just the diagram part of the page (like cropping). The tool for that has a "camera" icon. Then I paste that into a word document that has the claim # and heading, it goes faster than it sounds, and fills the page with the diagram.