Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 06:33:12 +0000 (GMT) From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> Cc: Shannon Wheeler <swheeler@mce.ab.ca>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: suitable CAD system for scientific use? Message-ID: <20010822061515.I40582-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200108212123.f7LLNBq05906@fedde.littleton.co.us>
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Chris Fedde wrote: > Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 15:23:11 -0600 > From: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> > To: Shannon Wheeler <swheeler@mce.ab.ca> > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: suitable CAD system for scientific use? > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 10:52:06 -0600 "Shannon Wheeler" wrote: > +------------------ > | From: "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org> > | Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 7:50 AM > | > | > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:09:24AM +0200, Hartmann, O. wrote: > | > > > | > > As a geologist I need several kinds of software to take field researches > | > > into a reproduceable media. With Windooze based PCs most scientists > | > > around here use a combination of AutoCAD and ArcInfo/ArcView and I wish > | > > to offer a similar system for use at the institute and for personal use > | > > on our FreeBSD cluster. > | > > > | > I'm a former AutoCAD and ARC/INFO programmer (on both UNIX and NT). I'd > | > say you're most likely to succeed if... > | > > | > 1. Autodesk or ESRI release their products on Linux (don't hold your > | breath). > | > or > | > 2. Autodesk or ESRI release their products on OS/X. It won't be FreeBSD > | > but it may actually happen. > | > | What about MicroStation? Any Unix versions of it? It probably wouldn't be > | free but at least the OS could be. > | > | hmmm.... > | There's free internet, office & multimedia packages for FreeBSD. > | > | There's ray tracers and all sorts of 'scientific' calculation programs. > | > | But I haven't seen any drafting packages - at least not powerful (or modern) > | ones (for any OS). > | > +------------------ > > I'm surprised that no one has mentioned qcad yet. It's not nearly as > powerful as autocad or microstation by a long shot but it's a decent 2d > drafting package. Significantly more powerful than say xfig or tgif. > It's in the ports collection at /usr/ports/cad/qcad. Yes: if you are happy with 2d-drafting, you should give qcad a try. You can produce dxf-files and you can catch the postscript printer-output and convert it to most other formats with Image-Magick (also free). Or you can combine it with tex (free too). (Or: has anybody tried to run autocad with WINE or vmware?) Uli. *--------------------------------------* | www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de | | Wuppertal - Germany | *--------------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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