The Drawing Board
General
The Drawing Board is a freeware software developed by Blackstone Interactive, Masterful Creations and Cord Awtry that allows the creation of BattleMechs both Inner Sphere and Clan.
Features
- New Technology - The Drawing Board supports the vast majority of the level 3 equipment found in Maximum Tech, as well as older level 1 and 2 equipment.
- Users can create their own equipment so the program supports it.
- Multiple Print Options - You can choose between graphical and linear print methods, depending on your personal preferences.
- Damage Analysis - Maximum and average damage by hex analysis screens allow for easy range bracket determinations.
- BV and Cost Calculations - Full Battle Value and C-Bill Cost support, as well as a summary breakdown screen.
- BattleMech History - The Drawing Board support the input and printing of Technical Readout-style "fluff" text, and comes with a database of BattleMech and Equipment manufacturers.
Notes
The Drawing Board is no longer being developed. Recent progress on the program has been simple weapons updates and bug fixes.
External links
In this link you can find the tool and also several examples made by fans: