[ILUG] Linux CAD software

[Lisa Muir]

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:40 AM, Shane Tuohy <stuohy1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 15 September 2010 01:21, Marcus Furlong <furlongm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:22 AM, Shane Tuohy <stuohy1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Keep an eye on Draftsight (
>> >
>> http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/dbkxi/free_autocad_clone_draftsight_coming_to_linux/
>> > )
>> >
>> > It's closed source, but it seems like that has something to do with the
>> DWG
>> > file format.
>>
>> Another closed source one that recently got released for linux:
>>
>>
>> http://linuxmadeasy.blogspot.com/2010/09/linux-dwg-official-release-bricscad-v10.html
>>
>> €315 O_O
>
> Draftsight will only be 2D, but at least it'll be free!

That is of course a matter of opinion ... lol.... sometimes 315 euro
is a small price to pay for a double click clean install and don't
pretend you haven't been there !!!!! The freedom to fork going forward
though is always an issue to consider though, obviously wouldn't like
to have to dump a whole bunch of work because of a proprietary format
being dumped by the author.

Ok... so far we have in no particular order....

qcad
sweet home 3D
draftsight
OpenOffice.org draw (?)
Bricscad

There goes my free time.... thanks for all the input, will give all
these a whirl and give you some feedback including whether or not a
cad ignorant novice can easily throw down a floorplan in them!!!

Thanks guys,

Lisa.