Architecural Design Software for Unix?

Posted by Cliff on Saturday December 1, 2001 @10:33PM from the yet-another-niche-to-break-into dept.

josquint asks: "I'm on a building/remodel committee for a local non-profit organization. I've been playing with a few CAD programs for Linux (QCad, etc.) and, like their Windows counterparts, they are geared for the professional. I have no serious problems useing this software, but would much rather use something geared toward the amateur. I've used Windows programs from Punch Software, which are quite good, and have utilites for landscaping, framing, wireing, and so forth, and was wondering if there are any Linux counterparts. Punch's software is good, but it won't run on my box, and I don't want to shell out US$89 for a one-time project. Any suggestions?"

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Hmm... by itwerx · 2001-12-02 11:37 · Score: 2, Informative

...let's see here...
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In less than ten minutes of Google/Freshmeat and Sourceforge searching we have the following:

Links to commercial software, some of which has functional demos:
http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Graphics/CAD/in dex.shtml

Some FreshMeat projects which fit the bill:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/varicad/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/cycas/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/brl-cad/

And some SourceForge stuff to pick through:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/k3studio/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/k3dcad/

And ya know what? There's a ton more!!!!! (The only reason I spent even this amount of time was to satisfy my own curiosity). So, why don't you, my dear Ask-Slashdotter, go forth and use the resources available to you!!