What CAD (only) program do you prefer?
AutoCAD
Solidworks
Rhino
Alibre
Other??
What CAD (only) program do you prefer?
think3 design expressions... it comes with hyperMILL and it rocks. i'm a long time solidworks user and the change over was fairly painless. their support is really good too.
Unigraphics
Solidworks is by far the easiest to use Cad only program I can think of!
thanks
Michael T.
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I used qcad, which is quite limited, but not much else is available in linux. I use blender to create 3d graphics for when I do 3d cutting.
Ross
I have qcad also but I use VectorWorks on the Mac for most things.
Alan
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CAD only? Well of course AutoCad.
Odd poll...(nuts)
Are you really trying to compare a 2D drafting/design tool with a parametric 3D solid modeler...
Ross,
Here is a page that has quite a few Linux CAD programs, http://www.tech-edv.co.at/lunix/CADlinks.html I have been trying to learn CAD myself and figure out which of these would be the best. Some of the links are dead, but there are several that are quite interesting.
Greg
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Greg,
I agree there are many many linux options, but how many of them do you find to be useful? I've tested out probably 10-15 programs on that list and i've only found qcad and blender to be useful. Blender is very cool, but is more for artistic stuff rather then true cad, but it can definitly be used as both (to a degree). Qcad is nice, it works, it's simple.
Which ones do you actively use? that's the question.
Ross
Ross,
So far I have tried Medusa4 and FreeCAD8. As I am still learning how to use a CAD program I am not sure how well these to work as compared to other programs. I am going to try QCad next to see if it is any easier to use and input the drawings I am trying to make.
Greg
I've been using Ashlar products for many years, currently Graphite.
www.ashlar-vellum.com
I can't imagine CAD drafting being any more intuitive.
Thayer
AutoCAD is quite capable of 3D work. Here's something I'm working on, all AutoCAD.
Gerry
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