I finally seem to have come across a viable alternative to autocad for linux. Its called bricscad and seems to be much much faster in linux/ubuntu. I have given it to some other people for evaluation purposes but it looks to finally help engg companies and technically minded people to now switch over more easily to linux. Its not free but still much affordable.--they say its one 15th the cost of autocad.
Only Tally remains a barrier for the switchover from windows to linux for the general user at the small business office now--hopefully some alternative software for linux will soon come out so as to make the transition painless.
Kussh
On Saturday 05 March 2011 08:26 PM, Kussh Singh wrote:
I finally seem to have come across a viable alternative to autocad for linux. Its called bricscad and seems to be much much faster in linux/ubuntu. I have given it to some other people for evaluation purposes but it looks to finally help engg companies and technically minded people to now switch over more easily to linux. Its not free but still much affordable.--they say its one 15th the cost of autocad.
It costs about 400 USD on its website. That is Rs. 18,000/- @ Rs. 45 per $. You can get AutoCad LT for doze for the same price or less for multi-user versions. That is enough for architects.
Bricscad looks like a mechanical parts design CAD software. It did not have any architecture features in it. The day there is an Architecture CAD alternative available in Linux that will bring the real change. I wouldn't mind if AutoCAD & Co. itself is available for Linux. Even if Tally were to seriously support Linux it would signal an end to doze dominance.
On Saturday 05 March 2011 20:26:53 Kussh Singh wrote:
http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/free-cad-software/features/
Not freesoftware at all, but runs on linux and reads/writes dwg files.
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