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No way as far as I am aware. You can connect with customer support and see if you can come up with something. Also, you can take a loo at DraftSight. Not as complex as ACad, but manages to get most of the stuff done. Download link
I second Draftsight, been at least 4 years since I touched it but it's an extremely versatile and easy to understand tool. Daussalt also provides detailed tutorials either in the program itself or on their website.
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/
I've always used DraftSight for CAD and it does have a linux version. Used it while working as a toolmaker and it does everything you'd expect from 2D CAD. You can use it for "free" but it is not FLOSS.
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/
To me, this sounds like a good use for DraftSight, if you're talking about occasional use. It's free, it's very similar to older versions of AutoCAD, and for what I imagine you want to do, it would probably be exactly what you need. It's a little clunky at times, so if you're going to be doing this a lot it might be worth it to buy a better piece of software that you won't need to put as much time into learning/fiddling around with, but if you only need it every once in a while, DraftSight is perfect for that sort of application (in my opinion).
What's interesting is that I used all of the major MCADs back when they were on Unix. Not counting AutoCAD, which was and still is basically 2D. By coincidence, I have a never-used copy of AutoCAD R12 right here, but it's not for Windows, either.
But AutoCAD costs about $4k today, unless you're on student licensing, and NX and CATIA more than that. The last time I used any of these was on a Sun to open up a stray IGES file. I agree that the MCAD situation on Unix and Linux has changed since then, and not for the better.
For 2D .dwg and .dxf, you might be interested to know that Dassault Draftsight is free (gratis) on Linux and Mac, but the Windows version only has a 30-day trial. There's also BricsCAD, in the 2D AutoCAD-compatible market.
Haha, yeah. Download Draftsight for free. It's an almost direct port of AutoCad and is very user friendly assuming you know how to use it. Just import an External Reference / Image, change the Transparency for ease of tracing, then scale to OP's fit. Start tracing and when done in around 80 minutes, save as a suitable file type (OP - is PDF acceptable?!). If you don't have a PDF writer, I would suggest Cute PDF as a great option.
Draftsight should be your choice. Start with the free version, and if you need api's you can then upgrade.
Free download is here: https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/
Getting started guide here: http://www.solidworks.com/sw/products/draftsight-getting-started-guide.htm
The Linux and Mac versions of Draftsight are free (<code>.deb</code> and <code>.rpm</code>) but the Windows version appears no longer to be.
>DraftSight
DraftSight is not free any more. Details:
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https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/download-draftsight/
As a result - IMPORTANT:
- DraftSight 2019 for Windows® is offered in paid versions only.
- Once you download and install DraftSight 2019 (free 30-day trial or purchased version), you will no longer be able to redownload or access any previous free version of DraftSight (2018 or earlier).
- All free versions of DraftSight (2018 or earlier) will cease to run after 12/31/2019.
Dassault Draftsight is free on Linux and Mac and it's generally compatible with AutoCAD. There's also BricsCAD, which is about half the cost of AutoCAD. There's less variety in 3D MCAD on Linux, but look at Siemens NX.
Acho que entendi o que você quer. Um CAD, que é pra engenharia. Todos os que fazem 3D, CATIA (pago), Onshape (gratuito e online), OpenCAD (opensource), Solidworks (pago), Fusion360 (gratuito para uso pessoal, instala no seu pc mas os arquivos ficam na nuvem), por exemplo, também tem funcionalidades 2D.
Como você quer apenas 2D, te indico o (DraftSight)[https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/], que é gratuito, feito pela mesma galera que faz o CATIA. Se você não gostar tem as opções que eu citei acima que nas quais você pode usar só os modulos de desenho 2D, ou pode procurar CAD 2D no Google que tem coisa pra caralho. Te indiquei um que usei e acho que é bem completo.
Came here to say this.
Draftsight for Mac is in beta.
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/
There's also a bunch of learning materials available from the links off that page.
I used Draftsight for a while, and it worked pretty well. They have a beta version for Ubuntu. Can't attest to how well it may work, but it might be worth a shot. https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/
I've always used Draftsight. It uses the exact same shortcuts, and interface is very similar.
It seems the free version is ending 2019.
I like Draftsight. It's free nagware (you have to register annually), very similar to AutoCAD. There's a bit of a learning curve, but that'll be true of any decent CAD package, and this one is popular enough to have quite a bit of help online. A quick Youtube video should be enough to get you going.
If you are used to using command based CAD programs like AutoCAD and just need something free, I'd recommend Draftsight., they have a free trial at least. Not available on Android.
I've also heard of people using sketchup, but haven't used it myself.
I run Draftsight on Windows 10 without issue. I just checked the website. If you're running Windows 10, you most likely have a 64-bit system. 64 bits are required to use more than 3.5GB of RAM in Windows systems.
The open-source LibreCAD seems to prioritize DWG compatibility. I'm told the closed-source Dassault Draftsight also works very well with DWG and there's a gratis version you can download for Linux.
I don't think it would be easy because you want to change only part of the drawing. I would resize the whole thing and then just change slots back to intended size. I also suggest using Draftsight because it's free (as in free beer) and made by professionals.
DraftSight has a free version available. It's from the same company which makes SolidWorks.
So you're saying it turns point layers into polylines? Can you provide a screenshot. Honestly working with polygons and points in AutoCAD can be annoying sometimes, so I usually just make them into polylines.
Try Draftsight from Dassault. I think you can get a trial here, https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/
Draftsight, Freecad, Q-Cad, Librecad. The one that is the closest match to Autocad Lite is Draftsight. There's still a free beta for Mac user's, otherwise it's a 30 day trial for Windows. They don't offer a Linux version anymore because of their installer program which is run by SolidNetWork's licensing system. If you want to run it on Linux then you need a Windows VM with Virtualbox and you need to run a couple hacks to trick the VM into saying that it's a Windows machine with a real BIOS.
Sorry to burst the bubble though Dassault Systems is taking away the free Draftsight. All existing free versions will no longer work starting 12/31/2019.
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/download-draftsight/
It depends. Most often that means they make a .deb package for Debian/Ubuntu but don't make a .rpm package for RHEL/Fedora. So someone on those distros would have to package it, and maybe submit the package-built scripts upstream, so they could be included, even if the software maker still decided not to offer that kind of package.
It's probably most common for commercial software to offer a .deb and a .rpm, and then the more-specialized distros get to do their own packaging. This is the case with Dassault Draftsight, for example.
Or maybe it means they only do in-house testing with Ubuntu and SteamOS, and not with the others. That's fairly common with Steam Linux games. If they know a fix for another distribution they'd apply that fix, too.
Not for much longer. From: https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/download-draftsight/
>All free versions of DraftSight (2018 or earlier) will cease to run after 12/31/2019.
> Regardless, what if SDL doesn't suit my needs?
SFML would appear to offer equivalent functionality.
> since we're talking about DEs I'm talking about more than just games.
I have no opinions or data to offer.
> And then I should just statically link all my deps, right?
No, I'd bundle them with a script that sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH, or possible sets <code>DT_RUNPATH</code> in your launcher binary. That makes it easier in the long run to maintain the binary, whether it's the end-user doing it or the publisher shipping a new version without recompiling.
> If you want linux to increase its desktop marketshare then you're going to need commercial applications developers on board.
I go way, way back with Unix (also Linux), and I know what software vendors want and need. They're smart people, and while they like the handy guide here and there, they don't need me to tell them how to ship commercial software on Linux.
There used to be entire categories of commercial applications that only ran on Unix. They didn't disappear because programmers forgot how to write software.
I haven't used autocad in a long time, but from what I remember of it in College, it looks very similar. Just download it and plink around for a few minutes then look a a recent autocad tutorial to see if it looks similar.
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/download-draftsight/
looks like they are making it "not free" soon.
Ouch....this will be a big deal for our company which has dozen of the free version installed and in use. This site shows that the free versions will stop work at the end of this year.
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/download-draftsight//
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I'd advise DraftSight (link), it's a free CAD software which can then export to DWG so that your architect/interior designed look at the drawings you do, if you choose to do that. Obviously the actual functions of it are fairly limited, but would perfectly fit what you want to do!
Just wanting to learn it? Autodesk gives all their software away for free for educational purposes. Just sign up, don't even need an .edu addresses.
But if you want something like AutoCAD for free for commercial use check out draftsight.
If you are looking for a basic 2D drawing program, you can also try draftsight.
It is free and it pretty much the same as AutoCAD LT https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/
AutoCAD has highly-interoperable clones, like BricsCAD, maybe Dassault Draftsight (free download). It's industry's collective fault if nobody is willing to take an extra risk and switch some copies away from the name brand.
Draftsight has a free version (https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/). This is a pretty good free CAD program. There are also lots of very cheap (<$99) autocad knockoffs out there.
Apart from other people mentioning things like calculix for FEA, the original NASA Nastran code is not hard to find. It is old and clunky, but it is basically the same engine that most FEA programs use today.
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/
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~~They might have had tricks to reinstall it, or roll back the OS but it's not free.~~ That said, I think it's one of the best values for 2D drafting software and is the most similar to AutoCad LT. I also love that it's available for Linux.
Edit: I might be wrong about this. Digging around, it looks like they might offer a free version. Exciting!
> (Blaaah Solidworks and all other professional CAD programs being windows only)
At the high end you have Siemens NX (formerly Unigraphics); in the 2D/architectural space you have BricsCAD and you can download Dassault Draftsight for Linux (no registration, .deb or .rpm).
However, it's true that there's not really anything in the mid-range space where Solidworks is popular. Architectural non-AutoCAD isn't well supported, either. The CAD vendors were courted very heavily by Microsoft in the 1990s, I think, and outfits like Bentley used the platform change to break into the market. Dassault CATIA and SDRC I-DEAS used to be on Unix. Unigraphics used to run on NT only with an X11 server because it's home platform is/was Unix.
FreeCAD seems to be just getting to the point where it's somewhat usable. It's 3D/parametric but I don't know if it's aiming to be competitive with Solidworks one day or not.
The IntelliCAD Consortium provides AutoCAD-interoperable functionality. Check out BricsCAD (commercially licensed) and download Dassault Draftsight for Linux for free (.deb or .rpm; no registration).
Draftsight is a free CAD program from the solid works folks. I use it regularly at work. It's a little odd feeling at first IMO but it's really a pretty decent software program. It can do everything you're talking about, no problem.
> I can't find another vector graphics software that can import DXF files.
Inkscape will import DXF.
Even better, there are 2D CAD software available for free: Draftsight (https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/) and DoubleCAD (https://www.turbocad.com/content/doublecad-xt-v5) for example.
When using DXF's, try to use the oldest version DXF possible for the best compatibility between programs.
Download a free copy of Draftsight, learn CAD. Learn to program, and get a fundamental understanding of programming language.
At worst, you'll be able to tell the engineer what he's doing wrong. (We love that.) At best, you'll get paid more than engineers because you actually know how the process' work.
DraftSight is the successor to SolidWorks 2D editor. It is a standalone package that has a free version for all users (up to a limit) and a premium version. I've been using the free version since 2011 and it is compatible with all dwgs and dxfs I've encountered and has a good support forum. Easy to use if you are familiar with AutoCAD.
I'm a little surprised aerospace is using AutoCAD, considering that AutoCAD is predominantly a 2D package even today.
But if you're in aero, especially check out Dassault Draftsight. There's a (free) version for Linux and it seems to have excellent AutoCAD compatibility by all accounts. Dassault Catia along with Siemens NX (formerly Unigraphics) are the packages I see being used in aerospace.
Seems there might not be a paid version of Dassault Draftsight for Linux, though, to match the versions for Windows and Mac.
I took a couple of CAD classes in highschool and in the second class my school adopted a 1:1 program where everyone got a macbook. School decided to remove autodesk and my CAD teacher was not happy. We found this: https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/
It's free and it worked for what we needed, so it may be good enough to get you some experience if you want to work with it some more. There are very few differences between this and autodesk when it gets to the basic functionality. Only annoying part is you have to re-activate your account every month or so.
DraftSight is a free CAD software you can use to generate any type of 2D drawing, schematic, or diagram. It's not the best, but it's free and gets the job done.