[Nottingham] CAD and Linux

[SkArcher]

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 18:40:32 +0000 (GMT), <peter.chang at nottingham.ac.uk> 
wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, SkArcher wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:29:10 +0000 (GMT), Duncan John Fyfe
>
> [snipped]
>
>> > Does anybody else have experience in this realm ?
>> >
>>
>> Ah thank you, I remember asking about that at some point during the 
>> night,
>> I'll check these out and see how it goes
>
> I've used QCad versions 1 and 2 (http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad.html) for
> designing technical bits and pieces for an experiment and it's very easy
> to use for anyone without CAD experience. It's strictly 2D though.

And thus no use for Architectural work, regretably. As was pointed out (i 
think by Duncan) last night, it will probably come down to AutoCAD under 
WINE due to file/data compatability, but i have the spare time to 
investigate the others first.

Thanks for the suggestion tho


Al