if anyone is interested. according to a post in comp.cad.solidworks, there is a petition to have mac and linux versions. http://www.petitiononline.com/SWonMac/petition.html spread the word http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=MPG.16f837fc7b79393f9897d1%40news.speakeasy.org&rnum=3&prev=/groups%3Fq%3DLINUX%2BCAD%26hl%3Den%26as_drrb%3Db%26as_mind%3D12%26as_minm%3D3%26as_miny%3D2002%26as_maxd%3D13%26as_maxm%3D3%26as_maxy%3D2002%26selm%3DMPG.16f837fc7b79393f9897d1%2540news.speakeasy.org%26rnum%3D3 ===== phrostie Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/ http://www.freelists.org/webpage/cad-linux __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/