when i first started with linux someone had pointed out siscadp to me. i tried it and really like it. only problem was that the company not only had stopped supporting it, no one seemed to even know what source code was. it's a shame. you can still get the demo, but it is limited. > > > > If 2D is going to be a starting point then please let it be parametric... > > I agree fully. > > Years ago people tried to create a parametric drafting package, alled > siscad, > but I fear it's dead now!? You may take a look at: > > ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/cad/ > > The last version seems to be 1995! > > As far as I remember, there was quite interresting concept in it. > > Bye, > Gerhard Reithofer - Techn. EDV Reithofer - Technical software solutions > mailto:gerhard.reithofer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.tech-edv.co.at > Peierlhang 31b, A-8042 Graz, Austria Phone/Fax number +43-316/405707 > ===== phrostie Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/ //www.freelists.org/webpage/cad-linux __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com