[ale] 3D CAD in Linux?

[Jim Kinney]

Heh, heh. :-).
In grad school I saw a velocity expressed in furlongs per fortnight so a
buddy and I adopted that as a standard unit of planetary motion just to
cause mayhem with the astronomers.
It worked.
On Aug 23, 2011 12:09 PM, "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 06:49 -0400, Richard Faulkner wrote:
>> The only thing I've used *personally* like this is Blender3D but that is
>> for 3D rendering and animation (a bit different than what you want to
>> do). Here are some suggestions though:
>>
>> - QCad (2D CAD System)
>
> QCad absolutely ROCKS for 2D and it's brutally simple to learn. I
> picked it up and in one weekend designed our new 1000 ft^2 deck which we
> now enjoy and whipped out my tape measure and started running around the
> house taking measurements and now have the entire floor plan of the
> entire house from basement to attic in there in layers and reconciled to
> within 1". Total time from when I first cracked a look at QCad to the
> completion of the X-Ray vertical through the house (each floor has its
> own set of layers) was less than 5 days and I wasn't even working at it
> continuously. Still have to add wiring, plumbing, network, and my fiber
> optic audio bus into it but, still...
>
> Any package whose authors have the sense of humor to have their "units
> of scale" go from angstroms to parsecs gets a big thumbs up from
> me. :-)
>
> Too bad it's only 2D.
>
>> - FreeCAD (Feature based parametric modeler)
>> - PyCAD (PythonCAD - doesn't support dwg/dxf formats)
>> - SagCAD (2D CAD modelling)
>
>> Happy Hunting you CAD!
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Robert L. Harris <robert.l.harris at gmail.com>
>> Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>> To: ale at ale.org
>> Subject: [ale] 3D CAD in Linux?
>> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:21:14 -0600
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>> I need to design a couple things for a friend. I would like to do it
>> in a linux based auto-cad type solution. Anyone have any good ideas
>> for something simple I can start with? I'm looking to model some wood
>> boxes, simple but not just 90degree angles.
>>
>> Anyone done anything like this? Any examples would also be greatly
>> welcome.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
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