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In the commercial realm, there's Bricscad also for Linux. It is quite compatible with Autocad.

here

That's BricsysCAD, not AutoCAD. And dont even bother with the cherry-picked "comparison" page, not to mention the obvious lack of support for the various structural analysis, structural engineering, cfd, mechanical, building takeoffs, etc.. addin packages. It's nice to have a list of features and cross-reference them but things like Chapoo? Really? Does it support Vault, A360 Mobile, PLM360? Probably not.

A basic CAD package is one thing but very few people use just that, it needs to integrate with all their other workflow tools and allow for integration of other 3rd party tools.

As soon as there is an AutoCAD for for Linux available we are switching the whole company to Red Hat.

here

http://www.bricsys.com/en_INTL/bricscad/features.jsp

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/

http://www.touchcad.com/tc3features.html

http://www.touchcad.com/tc3news351.html

See 3/4 of the way down on this for OpenGL rendering
http://www.touchcad.com/tc3news35.html

Possibly dated review:

http://software.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=599221

This one:

ProgeCAD, is kinda interesting. It has a layer management system that is different from but kinda similar to ACAD. I tried it last year, but then it timed out on me. It's free for academic use, otherwise, starts about $250 depending on the version, IIRC. It's one of those that seems to be an ACAD knock-off, but kinda updated or less crufted than ACAD 2007/2008 maybe due to a cleaner, newer codebase (as opposed to, say, accumulating decades of in-fighting over code functions, (my ACAD course instructor in 07 said ACAD))

http://www.progecad.co.uk/Downloads/

Also, consider ViaCAD

http://www.punchcad.com/products/viacad2d3d.htm

Their prices are pretty good, and if you're not needing the overkill of ACAD and not working with clients who DEMAND ACAD, and who live with DXF/ACIS formats that contain the info, then why get addicted to a product that costs a fortune to use legitimately. You have rake in some serious dough to justify paying $4k+ on software which can take years to get proficient with. ViaCAD is GREAT for me for lofting/surfacing & solids-making.

Right now, the ship design industry (maybe, based on the economy now, compared to last year) is short on designers/drafters who are GOOD at CAD. If you're designing real or model boats for sale as kits (or ships & boats to be built) check out the combination of delftship and Punch ViaCAD...

Also, see boatdesign.net

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/design-software/

and...

http://www.polycad.co.uk/links.htm

GOOD LUCK!

Fuck AutoCAD Buy IntelliCAD
.dwg file specifications: http://opendesign.com/
AutoCAD compatible software consortium: http://www.intellicad.org/
AutoCAD compatible CAD for MS Windows and Linux: http://www.bricsys.com/download/downloadForm.jsp?product=BCAD

Try this IntelliCad version: http://www.bricsys.com/download/downloadForm.jsp?p roduct=BCAD/ for an AutoCAD replacement on Linux. Not FOSS, but not expensive, either. And you'd be supporting a consortium that's working to make the .dwg format open. (You'd still probably want to keep an Windows box around for quirky files, or 2007 AutoCAD file versions.)