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Michael Gray28/08/2009 05:14:55
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One open source 2D CAD I use when needed is Qcad at:
 
   here   free for linux,  quite intuitive. there is a package for some of the linux flavours, Ubuntu has it in the repository for sure.
 
another which looks great, but needs a "letterbox" screen monitor to use properly is:
 
    here    Medusa 4 Personal available for Windoze or Linux, free license
 and has 2D/3D capabilities 
 
and one I just d/led today and which looks as tho' it has great promise is:
 
      here    gCAD3D again  open source for Windoze or Linux 3D CADCAM

hope this helps, Mike

Edited By Michael Gray on 28/08/2009 05:19:21

Ian Abbott28/08/2009 20:41:25
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How come there are so many Linux users over there on the West Coast?  
 
BTW, I'm still trying to get Salt Spring mildew off my keyboard...
 
Ian 
Michael Gray29/08/2009 23:34:32
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Posted by Ian Abbott on 28/08/2009 20:41:25:
 " How come there are so many Linux users over there on the West Coast? "
 
   'Cos we can't find double glazed Windoze?
 
"BTW, I'm still trying to get Salt Spring mildew off my keyboard..."
 
   Just think of it as a small reminder of what Heaven was like, Ian.
 
Oh, and Ian, I live roughly half way between Prince George and Prince Rupert,  so my problem right now is trying to breathe without inhaling too much smoke.  Wish they'd put up some of those fan-thingies like they have on the coast of Cumbria that blow the smells out to sea.  
 
regards and sorry you have to live in the East,
Mike

 

Ian Abbott30/08/2009 09:56:38
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We moved a long way east, all the way to Devon.  Now I've got Dartmouth (the original Dartmouth, not N.S.Dartmouth) mildew on my monitor.
 
Friends say that the Gulf Islands have been in a drought situation since Christmas.   Bet they've still got mildew though.
 
 I've been meaning to load Linux onto an old Windoze laptop that's kicking around here, so I'll download the CAD stuff to try.
 
Sorry about the smoke, you can have some of the downpours that we have here. 
 
Ian 
wilco24303/11/2009 12:31:42
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Hi Mike,
 
Thanks for the CAD links, I couldn't find the issue of Model Engineer's Workshop that had references to CAD software!
 
Dave

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