There are a lot of snap options.įor 3D the best offer at the moment is probably FreeCAD. Googling Linux 3D cad will probably bring that up, same for 2d packages. Thanks for that John, I've just looked and found I have LibreCAD already installed, I just hadn't looked hard enough, I'll have a go at it. I've been using Draftsight on Linux for several years now and can confirm that it is totally free. There is a "Pro" version which is paid for but I haven't trie it. I think it is put in the Graphics (non free) section of the package manager as it is not open source. If you are familiar with Autocad you will find the user interface to be very familiar. It looks and feels just like an earlier version of Autocad and it can read and write Autocad. I tried LibreCAD some time ago but found the user interface to be rather poor in comparison. Perhaps because I had been used to using Autocad at work since the 1980s. Having used AutoCAD for the last 20 years, I have been trying DraftSight Free on W10, and as Russell says it feels very familiar. I am not sure I would agree with John though about it being "crippled" as the only professional feature I would really miss for modelling projects is attaching PDF underlays. It is totally free and has a much more friendly user interface than DraftSight.Īnd don't forget Autodesk's Fusion 360. It's a fully parametric 3D CAD system with animation, rendering, and built-in CAM processor (the same one that Solidworks charges an arm and a leg for). Best of all, remarkably, for hobbyists, students, and small businesses (<100k/yr), its absolutely free. Both Solid Edge and Autocad Fusion 360 are Windoze only. Thank you all for your replies, it looks like I'll be with LibreCAD to start with, I eventually managed to download DraftSight after a few attempts, however although it appears as an 457MB installed program in the 'Package Manager' and is listed in the 'Applications' window it won't launch so I can't do anything with it.Īs an old duffer close to 70 I am intrigued by those that have the nouse to produce cad drawings in 2D/3D I am looking at getting into this just for my own interest, not for CNC machining etc. ![]() Not interest in that depth of hobbying, just really want to produce simple stuff that can rotate & look inside of. #DRAFTSIGHT 2016 SCREEN SETTINGS INSTALL#. ![]()
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