At 07:39 AM 5/24/2006 -0400, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 01:58 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Yes, I know that those in the CAM world use Pro-E. Those of use who are not, use AutoCad-LT. The difference is about $15000. Or so. If you are suggesting that AC/LT is now available for Linux, or will run on WINE, I will certainly check it out.
No. BricsCad does and is _formally_ supported: http://www.bricscad.com/
BricsCad isn't just another IntelliCAD base that is DWG compatible. It's actually _leading_ many DWG innovations that AutoDesk itself has licensed many of their innovations.
In return, BricsCad is getting full DWG specifications from AutoDesk.
-- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com -----------------------------------------------------------
/snip/ Thanx, Bryan. I have used AutoCad as a test for Linux maturity for some time, and I went to the URL that you suggested, and was very well impressed. Since I have now been retired for a couple of years, the CAD prog is used only sporadically, and A/C LT on the Windows platform, which I legitimately own, is fine. But if I were to actively need a CAD program on the Linux OS-- or even on Windows--I would certainly look further at bricscad. Its capability of running the A/C commands impels me towards it immediately. And the .dwg compatibility. I would be interested in reports from those who use it, especially those who started on AutoCad. --doug -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/346 - Release Date: 5/23/2006