Draftsight is a free (but not open source) clone of Autocad (by the maker of Solidworks) that works pretty well on Linux (64 bit). You have to renew it every year, but I've found it to be pretty good. I like the UI for it better than LibreCAD.
FreeCAD is nice for 3d work, but Draftsight is my go-to for 2d. -- Ralph ________________________________________ From: Lester Caine [les...@lsces.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 12:59 PM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Whats a good visual displayer for a dxf? On 23/02/17 19:42, Gene Heskett wrote: >> LibreCAD. >> > Not exactly a barn burner. Greenhorn here couldn't figure how to rotate > it on the y axis for a pseudo 3d effect. So it gives me no clue as to > the expected thickness of the materiel. Is there a gcode export module > I need to add to its export offerings? Alternative - FreeCAD Developing nicely ...http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Path_Workbench but DXF licences are a pain! http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=FreeCAD_and_DXF_Import -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
