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?? CAD for Unix
Posted by jimcox on January 18, 2020 at 3:57 amRather than being forced to win10, I’m thinking about running Ubuntu.
There is software available for most of my personal requirements.
But I have yet to find a suitable CAD package.
Any one have any suggestions?
advTHANKXance
J
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No experience with Ubuntu. However, a search with “Ubuntu CAD” produced a number of options.
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Jim,
PM Peter Ehlert he is the resident Linux Genius on this site. ????
Are you guy’s (mates) getting any smoke pollution? SWMBO sent a sizeable donation (me: cough, cough, sputter) to the Australian Red Cross. I wonder if the Northern Hemisphere is going to experience the same catastrophic conditions as you did. I think Mother Nature is giving us our final warning.
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@flga
> Are you guy’s (mates) getting any smoke pollution?
Sometimes – depends on the wind – I’m pretty far south, and our usual winds bring air from below Tasmania.
But we have a few Nor Westerlies that have dragged smoke across the Tasman. Weird dark mornings with a strange yellow tinge. I hear it has been seen as far away as Chile.
Glad I dont live on the West Island (Kiwi speak for Australia)
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@flga-2
wow, old post! I don’t come here much, sorry, never saw it.
thanks for the complement but I am far from a genius, just an old guy that hates to mess with Windows and am concerned with it’s inherent insecurity.
Linux is Simple and Secure (depending on the spin and the user).I have tried the various Cad apps for Linux, and tried using the Windows apps in Linux.
Futile effort. You can’t match the huge $ and time investments of AutoCad.
I am active in the Linux developer community and keep my eyes and ears open, but there is little motivation to reinvent the wheel for such a small user base.summary: I do 99.9999% of my work in Linux (Debian, with the Mate desktop)… but I don’t do any cad work in Linux, not since Acad 14.
none of the Linux solutions suit me or my clients.I still use LDD 2007, but in Widows… and will never consider investing the money for an “upgrade”.
I use a separate dedicated computer.
HP z620 workstation with 64GB of RAM and dual Xenon CPUs and dual Nvidia GPUs
it is fast and does not frustrate me.I share files on my LAN and transfer deliverable files in encrypted files/folders direct to the client and/or print shop.
Best of luck!
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