Re: Anyone using the CAD packages?

[John Foster <jfoster@augustmail.com>]

Aryan Ameri wrote:

> On Tuesday 20 May 2003 18:25, Wathen, Metherion wrote:
>  
>
> > Hi all,
> > I am wondering if there is anyone on the list here
> > using QCAD or CYCAS for architectural drafitng
> > purposes.
> > If so could you reply with your preferences, pointers
> > etc. please.
> >    
>
> Now that we are here, let me ask this question. All of my friends in the 
> faculty of mechanical engineering, only work with Autodesk AutoCAD 
> 2000. I have been told that more sophisticated CAD packages also exist, 
> which may also run on non Wintel platforms, like Sun workstations. But 
> I haven't found any. I would really love to know "Is AutoCAD the 
> optimum CAD software, or are there more advanced ones available?"
>
>  
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This takes a little work to get it operational but is well worth it as 
it combines cad and solid modeling.

http://www.brlcad.com/

It is NOT gnu/linux license however it is free after completion of the 
requird government forms. Best of all the folks that develop it are very 
helpful and have been at it for a long time.

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John Foster
AdVance-Computing Systems