Larry wrote:

cavelamb himself wrote in
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Find me a decent CAD to replace my beloved Design CAD and I'll convert
to Linux. Or a way to run without it (Wine still needs Win).



http://www.tech-edv.co.at/lunix/CADlinks.html

Will these do? Sorry the list is so deep....(c;

I'm sure you'll find one of them, maybe the one you're using now, ported to
Linux, directly. You don't need WINE.....



It will take a while to examine everything on that list!

ARCAD 3D ( http://www.arcad.de/ ) looks like it may have the features
(at 165 pounds sterling id better!?)

But most seem to be optimized for some particular type of service.

The true test is how a package handles curves in 3D.
I'm terribly spoiled on cubic splines.

I started out on AutoCAD version 10 (for over $8000!!!)
I didn't like it then - and still don't.
I've seen a few ACAD systems brought up to near the same level
via macros, but those generally don't come with the system.
And none of them have the gravity point select feature from DCad.

Design CAD has been around since the DOS days.
When I found it, I was floored at how much easier it was to use, and
how fast it ran.

But I've not seen anything that indicates any desire on the publisher's
part to port to Unix.

Which is (to my mind) rather short sighted!

http://www.imsidesign.com/Products/O...6/Default.aspx

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Richard

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