BricsCAD for Linux

strider2003 · Apprentice Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 151 Location: Spain

Maybe you know that Bricscad (www.bricscad.com) is developing a CAD application for Linux. Currently, beta versions run on wine.
The latest beta version can be downloaded in http://www.bricscad.com/about/download/downloadForm.jsp, and it's a rpm file.
I'm running Bricscad in my Gentoo box with wine-20040615 (fake windows and default options).
To setup Bricscad in gentoo, download the rpm package, and convert it to tar.gz

hunky · l33t Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 911 Location: Alaska

So I've downloaded the latest Bricscad to give a try. I dl'd the tarbal, rather than the rpm. Unpacked it, mv'd it to /opt, and tried the command that strider gives. I get an error saying that it couldn't load the application's module icad.dll(126). I suppose it may have something to do with not having a icad.exe file.. the above happens when I type wine /opt/icad.exe.so (showing my ignorance? be kind.) I do get this inspite of that dialog, but am just put back to the prompt when I click ok to the error dialog (there's an ok button on it.):

linuxtuxhellsinki · l33t Joined: 15 Nov 2004 Posts: 700 Location: Hellsinki

So U've checked those links on http://www.tech-edv.co.at/lunix/CADlinks.html & http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Graphics/CAD/index.shtml ?

I'd like to ask from you that is there any other good GPL/Free licence CAD program than Qcad, or is it the best 'free' one :?:

There was also mentioned some BlenderCAD project, but when I searched Blender's homepage there was nothing about it. Maybe they've buried that project.
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hunky · l33t Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 911 Location: Alaska

I'm no help for your question - I'm searching as well. I put my hard drive in a caddy so I can switch hard drives easily - I have a hard drive with Win2k on it that I keep an older copy of autocad on and switch to that when I need it. Kinda a hassel and then I don't have my linux apps or tools I'm used to. I would love to have a good cad program. I've used intellicad way back when it was free (windows) and tried Progesoft's linux version not too long ago but now it freezes if I try it again on my system. Won't start. If I could code, I would definitely help out on some cad for linux product.

Some have suggested looking at Brlcad as well. I searched their webpage to see if that program could read autocad drawings but didn't find it. Also read about some problems installing it. Was thinking of throwing Fedora Core or Suse on another hard drive and trying it. I've spent a few hours searching on those links you provided.

Blendercad: I saw on their forum a message from August '04 I think that the project may have turned into Blendertools. But when I searched that I didn't find anything.

good luck in your search. /jd

joey_knisch · n00b Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Posts: 58

BRL-CAD can import autocad stuff. For more info, look at it's wikipedia entry.

If you are still interested in using BRL-CAD, here is the bug entry where ebuilds are being built. The one I made in September seems to work for people but it sounds like a nice ebuild for the newer version of BRL-CAD will be up shortly.
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77197

If you use that ebuild don't use those instructions use the ones I posted here: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-389330-highlight-.html

dol-sen · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:16 am Post subject:

I have not used it, but see release announcements on the pygtk mail list.

http://www.pythoncad.org/

The latest release is 27th. It aims to surpass all currently available CAD programs.
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Jedi Master · n00b Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 35

Python CAD? Sound -- hey, just stupid... Probably good enough to draw a dog house or maybe printout a drawing for a bolt and nut. Of course it is my personal opinion - but the real CAD software is a heavy resource consuming application, eating a lot of CPU and GPU power and memory - and making such an app using extremely slow interpreter language like python seems to be a joke.

hunky · l33t Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 911 Location: Alaska

joey,

have you used BRL-CAD? Or anyone else? Just wondering how it stacks up - I don't want to waste any time trying to download a program that isn't really ready for prime time. Just curious what people are thinking of it.

cheers, Jim

joey_knisch · n00b Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Posts: 58

I got it to install and then realized that it didn't meet my needs. Apparently, from what I have read, BRL-Cad is wonderful if you are doing balistics, aerodynamics, electromagnetic, etc analysis on a design. I was looking for cad software for designing a home.

Anyway... draw what you will from that. If you need its features you will love it. I just couldn't get used to the GUI.