Am Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:43:05 -0700 schrieb "A.S." :

Can anyone recommend a Linux CAD program for someone with a little AutoCAD experience?

Thank you,

Adam

What's about QCad Community Edition from RibbonSoft? http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad_downloads.html or FreeCAD http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Main_Page FreeCAD is a general purpose Open Source 3D CAD/MCAD/CAx/CAE/PLM modeler, aimed directly at mechanical engineering and product design but also fits in a wider range of uses around engineering, such as architecture or other engineering specialties. It is a feature-based parametric modeler with a modular software architecture which makes it easy to provide additional functionality without modifying the core system. FreeCAD is based on OpenCasCade, a powerful geometry kernel, features an Open Inventor-compliant 3D scene representation model provided by the Coin 3D library, and a broad python API. The interface is built with Qt. FreeCAD runs exactly the same way on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux platforms. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Peter Ragosch -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 09:43 -0700, A.S. wrote:

Can anyone recommend a Linux CAD program for someone with a little AutoCAD experience?

Thank you,

Adam

I've had good luck with VariCad in the past. It's not free - but there is a free viewer. http://www.varicad.com/en/home/ Good luck, Regis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 07/06/2010 11:43 AM, A.S. wrote:

Can anyone recommend a Linux CAD program for someone with a little AutoCAD experience?

Thank you,

Adam

As others have mentioned qcad is the closest thing to AutoDesk AutoCAD there is. It isn't a exact match of course, but qcad is one of the only ones I have found that allows drawing at full scale (from microns to miles). It will be a bit awkward at first, but it has a similar command line drawing interface available and most of the same 2-D drawing elements. It's actually quite capable if you take the time to get familiar with it. Xara Xtreme showed promise, but it hasn't really been developed in a couple of years. There is a rumored next release, but that rumor has been around for a while. Illustration packages like inkscape are good for that purpose (illustration), but inkscape's Achilles' heel is lack of dimensioning capability. That is about the short list of OSS CAD that is out there. I've spent time searching for the latest and greatest, but aside from qcad and Xara, there are not really many true CAD choices. There are a number of vector illustration packages like inkscape, but none that are much more than illustration packages. They fall short of what Micrografx Designer was 15 years ago in the windows world. There are probably a few more and if you find one, make sure you post it here as well. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org