LinuxCAD rings the bell for me. Their home page tag line: "(Replaces
AutoCAD,Visio and CorelDraw all in one package!!!)". And the command set
emulates/implements AutoCad's set.
I haven't used / needed AutoCAD for several years, the gang I hang with
use Visio for almost everything (UML, website/software flows, server
farms, network diagrams, database schema).
At $89 USB, if LinuxCAD really does the job, it beats Visio standard at
$179.99 (though everybody 'needs' Visio Pro at $424.99 ... don't ask why!)
And: AutoCAD LT 2002, $624.99
One exception, the latest gig I'm into, we're using Data Architect from
The Kompany for all of the db design. Nice product, almost ready for
prime time, next version looks very promising. At $39.95 for the
downloadable version, you can't beat the price. (a lot less expensive
than it's more fully featured competition: $3,209.99). And 'DA' works
equally well on Linux or Windoze.
- tom e.
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On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, KevinO wrote:
Check out LinuxCAD ($89):
http://www.linuxcad.com/
(Supports dwg files)
also QCad (GPL):
http://www.qcad.org/index.php3
I'm going to download qcad tonight ;-)
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