FastCAD for Linux

There is all kinds of CAD for Linux, and they can be hard to find. But some established CAD vendors are now coming out with Linux versions of their software. Some will be announced next year.

This is possible due to new ways of coding. Today, it does not take much to recompile for any of the three desktop operating systems. As one programmer told me, "Once I get a [programming] project that builds it, it's just a matter of compiling the latest source files [to generate the Windows, Mac, and Linux versions]."

FastCAD v8 for Linux

Yesterday, I learned of FastCAD for Linux. It's from Mike Riddle (Evolution Computing). Here's some info on it:

Current status: Currently no support for for line styles, line width, pen thickness, dimension and text styles. Many editing commands are not yet implemented, but most forms of entity creation are supported. Desktop drag and drop, the clipboard, and launching programs or URLs from object actions are not yet implemented. 

Download FastCAD v8 Install for Linux

Comments

[Norm C.]

Download link asks for a username and password. Same for Windows and OS X versions.

I run Ubuntu in dual-boot with WinXP Pro at home. I sure would like to find a good CAD program on Linux. For now I know of QCad which is not bad, really cheap. It supports DXF, but is 2D only. It would be great if one of the Intellicad flavors got ported. Bricsys' Bricscad Linux version is stuck at V6, and actually runs with wine I've read, so it's not trully ported.

[Jerry Sarfati]

Ralph,

If you're looking for CAD on Linux, don't forget that NX from Siemens PLM has been shipping on Linux since 2006.

http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/newsroom/press/press_release.cfm?Component=25399&ComponentTemplate=822

Jerry Sarfati, Siemens PLM Software