CAD and CAM for linux ?

Friends,

Do you know CAD and CAM for linux ?
And for PCB ?
Any suggestions will be very appreciated

Thanks

For much of your CAD I suggest you try Draftsight. Free download available for Linux & Windows.

Just to be sure, have you looked in the software center?

Also, there is gCAD3D for cad.

For 3D CAM I use PyCAM which opens .stl files. Be aware that it may require a specific python version. For me that means running it in a virtual machine of ubuntu 10.10 which I also need to run emc in simulator mode.

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Originally Posted by CaptainVee

Just to be sure, have you looked in the software center?

Also, there is gCAD3D for cad.

For 3D CAM I use PyCAM which opens .stl files. Be aware that it may require a specific python version. For me that means running it in a virtual machine of ubuntu 10.10 which I also need to run emc in simulator mode.

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any ideas on how to engrave a character ?
it seems not easy to make a simple character in those software ?

I have created PCB on Eagle and now it's in G-simple, (CAM) but have no idea yet on converting them to G-code,

Anyone has experience ?
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...77/pcbtest.jpg

My home made CNC :
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...92208526-1.jpg