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GPL-Licensed QCAD Ported to Mac OS X

Posted by timothy on from the slickness-and-light dept.

AlwaysTimeForCoffee writes "QCad, a free open-source 2D CAD system for Linux, various Unices and Windows, from RibbonSoft, has been ported to a native OS X version by Gilbert Duivesteijn. A screenshot of the OS X version can be found here. Qcad is a light, GPL'd version of the commercial available CAM Expert. It truely is an outstanding program and has earned 5 out of 5 Penguins on Tucow's Linuxberg and IceWalker review. With this native OS X release, a commercial quality CAD system has been made available to the Apple community."

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  1. Re:NonNative by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    He's not wrong. Just because this application statically links in QT doesn't mean it doesn't use QT. This is not a Mac OS X application. It doesn't use standard open and save panels. It doesn't use services. It doesn't comply with any of the Aqua Human Interface Guidelines. (They use an Installer package for a single application file, for crissakes!) It doesn't use standard buttons, or windows, or toolbars, or even menus. It's an abortion.

    Oh, also: slower. Than. Ass. I've got a top-of-the-line dual-proc G4, and this program sucks donkey balls.

    In about fifteen minutes, this sucker is going to be up on Perversion Tracker.