On Monday 12 September 2005 06:29 am, Kovács Levente wrote: > On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 00:11:50 -0400 > > Dan McMahill <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm not able to suggest alternatives, but I'm curious, what is the > > problem with qcad? > > It segfaults when you turn on the grid... at least for me on Debian > stable. And the UI is a little bit awkward... > > However, this is the only tool for free... :-( > > Levente QCAD does not segfault for us when we turn on the grid (We are using SuSE 9.2 and 9.3). In fact, it performs as advertised and is a good 2D CAD package. We use QCAD in our design flow and further, like it. It is easy to use and the UI is not as bad as a lot of 2D CAD packages that I've seen that cost $. The output is excellent and to scale if you use a printer that is designed to print with a high degree of accuracy (In other words, the output is as good as the printer that is used to produce the output). Our problem with CAD on Linux is that there are no viable 3D CAD applications available except those that cost $. Our interest in 3D CAD is for the purpose of modeling complex designs - Some of the devices that we build are rather complex and the ability to see what we have in 3D makes a real difference throughout the entire design process. Currently, we are looking at purchasing Varicad which appears, at least on the surface, to do a decent job at 3D. Most likely, we will be purchasing a couples of Varicad seats before the end of the month. Regards Marvin
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