I'm not a mechanical engineer, so I have no way of knowing if this will fit your needs, but as a curious hobbyist I ran across this web site a bit ago and am very interested in playing with this software myself.
http://www.varicad.com/ VariCAD *looks* polished and complete. It has a native Linux version (Mandrake, Debian, SuSE, and RedHat) and supports both 2D and 3D drawings. It also imports and exports DWB, DWG, DXF and IGES files. The price tag is extremely reasonable, IMHO, with a standard version at $400 and and educational-use version at $100 USD. If you try it out, please, please, please let me know how it treats you. I don't have the technical expertise to formulate an educated opinion of it and would be extremely interested in commentary from one who does. Thanks, --Kyle > I'm working on a project to convert my work from MS Windows based > workstations over to LTSP terminals -- about 50 stations. > > I desperately need a great CAD program to compete with the AutoCAD LT > some of my users need for their job. > > I've searched High and Low and found very little. Cycas, VariCad, QCad, > and others just don't have what it takes to do 2D drawings like > AutoCAD. > > I especially need elliptical trim and extend functions. > > Here are some proposed solutions: > > 1. Run VNC on one or two Windows machines and let them VNC to these > stations for AutoCAD. This seems to be cheapest. > > 2. Try to force Wine to run AutoCAD (Uber Scary!) > > 3. Pray that someone introduces a proper Linux architectural CAD > program. > > > I'd rather move entirely away from Windows. > > Is it possible to export a terminal session from Mac OS X? Could I > therefore run a Mac CAD program on terminals? > > Anyone try tackling this problem before? > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We > supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
