It seems that there are alot in development. QCad looks good but too small, like you point out. Varicad is real close. I looked at Arcad http://www.arcad.de/index.htm which seems promising. I downloaded the trial version and will keep you posted on my impressions. It is expensive for the full version, which I will pay if I have too. (If I were the type who would pirate software I would stick with windows/autocad.) Thanks for the help. Doug On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 09:11, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: > Varicad seems to be the closest thing to Autocad on Linux. It isn't > free, but the cost is reasonable. It handles DWF files natively. > > QCad is GPL software, but it is more lightweight, and reads DXF instead > of DWG. It's more of a hobbyist tool. > > Let me know if you find something else... > > > - Mike > > > Doug Lane wrote: > > Does anyone know of a Linux based CAD package, preferably open source, > > good for architectural drawings and that can open .dwg Autocad native > > drawings? Maybe something operable with Wine? > > > > I checked out LinuxCad and it isn't quite there. I also looked at > > Varicad, which is more suitable for mechanical engineers. > > > > This is the ONLY thing keeping my firm from a total switch to open > > source, GNU/Linux. > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
