QCad
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| QCad | |
 Screenshot of QCad |
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| Developer: | RibbonSoft |
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| Latest release: | 2.1 / March 19, 2006 |
| OS: | Unix-like/Windows/Linux/Mac OS X |
| Use: | CAD software |
| License: | GPL for community edition, non-free with limited-time free trial for professional edition |
| Website: | QCad Homepage |
QCad is a computer-aided design (CAD) software package for 2D design and drafting. It is available for Linux, Mac OS X, Unix and Microsoft Windows. The Qcad community edition is released under the GPL license. Precompiled packages are available for some Linux platforms, such as Debian, via the distribution's package manager.
QCad is developed by RibbonSoft. Development on QCad began in October 1999, starting with code from CAM Expert. QCad 2, designed to "make QCad more productive, more user friendly, more flexible and increase its compatibility with other products" began development in May 2002.
Much of the interface and concepts behind use are the same of those of AutoCAD, though perhaps easier to understand in QCad. QCad is one of very few OpenSource CAD packages available for Linux, and certainly the most fully functional.
QCad uses the AutoCAD DXF file format internally and to save and import files. DXF, being a pure text file format, makes QCad become slow and difficult to use if the drawing has more than a few elements.[citation needed] Files can be exported in a number of formats, but noticeably missing are both VRML and SVG.
[edit] External links
- QCad Homepage
- http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad_about.html
- A good tutorial for QCad: http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/January2002/article132.shtml
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