[cad-linux] Re: 2D CADs

Do any of them have the equivalent of AutoCad's paper space and model space
(how about floating viewports)?

How about individual layer control in each viewport?

External references (like a block insertion but maintains a link to the
other drawing so that updates are automatically transfered) are a necessity
for us

Speed - something similar to AutoCad is my starting point (and no
significant slow down when dealing with 1MB to 2MB files)

I don't think that reading/writing .dwg files is too much of a request so
that we can maximize our existing collection of drawings

Text and dimensioning features equivalent to AutoCad (associative is nice
but not a necessity)

Everything we do is 2d



> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cad-linux-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of keith frost
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 11:32 AM
> To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cad-linux] 2D CADs
>
>
>
> although i'm currently a Catia driver, I also started
> out on a board.  it seems that many people on the list
> want a Good 2d drafting page first and 3D next.  i
> like to have the attitude that i will get the job done
> with what ever tools they give me(i ate those words
> once when a boss asked me to do some sketches in MS
> word.  death could not have been more painful).
>
> anyway, i'd asked the author of DESI-iii what he
> decided about a linux port and he said that he was not
> at this time because only two people seemed
> interested.  so i ask, what was wrong with it?  what
> features do the existing 2D packages not have?
>
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