AutoCAD alternatives

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*** on Thursday 15 July 2004 16:33, Artur Sampaio wrote:

> I've seen QCAD some time ago, but what i wish is really a "copy" of
> AutoCAD, as Ooo for M$ Office.

If you're looking for a "free as beer" (no money) application, i think
you're in the wrong way, Qcad is a very small CAD.
Varicad (www.varicad.com) is a good clone of Acad, but is commercial
(about 400$).

> I work with Architectural / Engineering, so 3D drawings isn't really
> necessary. But the DWG file format is...

Take a look to varkon, is a very powerful cad and it's for free
download, but it has a very different approach to your "well known"
apps: http://www.tech.oru.se/cad/varkon/
Also, there is a good list of technical applications:
http://www.linux-cae.net/CAD/
But remember that dwg is a commercial format..

> In addiction: i wish to do the same question about 3DSMAX. It runs
> under Linux? Have any alternatives?

Blender is the answer!! www.blender.org
You can download tarballs to compile, or a static compiled binary
Blender also has a cad module, but i didn't try it, yet.
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