Convert pdf files to .doc or formats that Open Office opens
http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/2009/03/05/convert-pdf-files-to-word-documents-and-other-formats/ How to Geek has a Ubunto advice also on their web pages. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
DWG Drawings
Hi, I am trying to open DWG drawings on my Ubuntu, but the online solutions are problematic to say the least, either to run it under Wine which doesn't work for me - the drawings don't show up (they do show up on Windows) Anyone knows a native solution to open DWG? I can't find any beside the OpenDWG project that doesn't appear to offer any programs for Linux. -- Noam Rathaus CTO no...@beyondsecurity.com http://www.beyondsecurity.com Know that you are safe. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: DWG Drawings
I am trying to open DWG drawings on my Ubuntu, but the online solutions are problematic to say the least, either to run it under Wine which doesn't work for me - the drawings don't show up (they do show up on Windows) Anyone knows a native solution to open DWG? I can't find any beside the OpenDWG project that doesn't appear to offer any programs for Linux. First things first, Noam. Writeto Autodesk and let them know that there is demand for AutoCAD under Linux. If we don't start letting these compaines know that we are here and want their product, then we will forever be chasing somebody else's tail. Here is their contact page: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112id=1073074 -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: DWG Drawings
I'd add that while AutoCAD's DWG format is proprietary, and very closely protected, AutoDESK has shown some move towards FOSS in releasing their web map server, Mapguide Open Source as a fully open source project. Furthermore, AutoDesk is a major contributor to the foundation known as OSGeo (www.osgeo.org) which promotes open source GIS software, maintains an incubation process for new FOSS GIS projects, and certifies mature projects. Having said that, I'm aware of one (proprietary) software for Linux that handles dwg files: Varicad. AFAIK it's similar in features to AutoCAD Lite and costs much less. QCAD, the FOSS CAD software reads and writes only dxf (as you probably already found). OpenDWG is pretty far behind - it supports only DWG 2000 and older formats, and it's a library that needs to be used by some other software. Exactly, the CAD market on Linux is reaching critical mass and _now_ is the time to speak up! Please update us with their response, Noam. You might want to contact an Israeli AutoCAD distributor as well: http://www.omnitech.co.il/autodesk/contactUs.aspx?catid=7 -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: DWG Drawings
Dotan Cohen wrote: I am trying to open DWG drawings on my Ubuntu, but the online solutions are problematic to say the least, either to run it under Wine which doesn't work for me - the drawings don't show up (they do show up on Windows) Anyone knows a native solution to open DWG? I can't find any beside the OpenDWG project that doesn't appear to offer any programs for Linux. First things first, Noam. Writeto Autodesk and let them know that there is demand for AutoCAD under Linux. If we don't start letting these compaines know that we are here and want their product, then we will forever be chasing somebody else's tail. Here is their contact page: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112id=1073074 I'd add that while AutoCAD's DWG format is proprietary, and very closely protected, AutoDESK has shown some move towards FOSS in releasing their web map server, Mapguide Open Source as a fully open source project. Furthermore, AutoDesk is a major contributor to the foundation known as OSGeo (www.osgeo.org) which promotes open source GIS software, maintains an "incubation" process for new FOSS GIS projects, and certifies mature projects. Having said that, I'm aware of one (proprietary) software for Linux that handles dwg files: Varicad. AFAIK it's similar in features to "AutoCAD Lite" and costs much less. QCAD, the FOSS CAD software reads and writes only dxf (as you probably already found). OpenDWG is pretty far behind - it supports only DWG 2000 and older formats, and it's a library that needs to be used by some other software. Regards, Micha ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Convert pdf files to .doc or formats that Open Office opens
Quoting Moshe Brace using Yahoo mbrace...@yahoo.co.uk: http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/2009/03/05/convert-pdf-files-to-word-documents-and-other-formats/ How to Geek has a Ubunto advice also on their web pages. As far as I know, Hebrew doesn't work well with such solutions. It's kept in Visual order inside the PDF, because PDF is considered an end-product. So reconstructing it requires knowing where the lines end and converting each line from visual to logical. I think none of the existing solutions is written with an awareness of this, so Hebrew would be botched. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: DWG Drawings
ציטוט Noam Rathaus: Hi, I am trying to open DWG drawings on my Ubuntu, but the online solutions are problematic to say the least, either to run it under Wine which doesn't work for me - the drawings don't show up (they do show up on Windows) Anyone knows a native solution to open DWG? I can't find any beside the OpenDWG project that doesn't appear to offer any programs for Linux. I'm pretty sure VariCAD supports DWG, and they have a native Linux version (even 64bit). You can get a trial version from their site: www.varicad.com It's not free software, but what else have we? ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: DWG Drawings
Varicard software (viewer) appears to be free of charge and not a trial version and works natively on Debian (Linux). Thanks for the tip. On Sunday 08 March 2009 21:23:13 Yosef Meller wrote: ציטוט Noam Rathaus: Hi, I am trying to open DWG drawings on my Ubuntu, but the online solutions are problematic to say the least, either to run it under Wine which doesn't work for me - the drawings don't show up (they do show up on Windows) Anyone knows a native solution to open DWG? I can't find any beside the OpenDWG project that doesn't appear to offer any programs for Linux. I'm pretty sure VariCAD supports DWG, and they have a native Linux version (even 64bit). You can get a trial version from their site: www.varicad.com It's not free software, but what else have we? -- Noam Rathaus CTO no...@beyondsecurity.com http://www.beyondsecurity.com Know that you are safe. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
