GNU/Linux

Billets et articles concernant le système d'exploitation libre GNU/Linux.

Bricscad for Linux Alpha 10.3.6 now available

Posted Saturday 27 February 2010 à 11 h 21 by Normand

I intended to post a review of Bricscad for Linux Alpha 10.3.4, but Bricsys released Alpha 10.3.6 three days ago! Bummer, as I've already laboriously created a gallery that includes almost twenty screenshots of the 10.3.4 release!

After a quick review of the last release, there doesn't seem to be any major changes, so to avoid wasting what I've already made, I'll publish my post on 10.3.4 as planned... as soon as I find time to write it!

In the meanwhile, for anyone who wants to check it out for themselves, here's the Bricscad for Linux Alpha 10.3.6 download link (registration required).

AutoCAD on Linux? Nope, But Bricscad May Be The Next Best Thing

Posted Wednesday 17 February 2010 à 9 h 27 by Normand

When thinking about CAD, AutoCAD inevitably comes to mind. Even though more powerful products have existed for a long time (e.g. feature-driven parametric modelers like Pro|Engineer, CATIA, NX, SolidWorks, Solid Edge or Autodesk's own Inventor), many companies are still working in 2D - and AutoCAD has long been the most widely used 2D design & drafting app. In 2006, Autodesk estimated the number of active DWG files to be in excess of one billion. That is one heck of a lot of files in a proprietary format that no open source CAD program can so far open, because no working open source DWG library exists at the moment. There is the LibreDWG project in the works, but I gather it's in its infancy. And with Autodesk's custom to revise its DWG file format every 3-4 years, this will not be an easy task.

CAD on Linux

Posted Saturday 13 February 2010 à 17 h 45 by Normand

Welcome to my little corner of Courira.ca! This is an introduction to my blog, a mission statement of sorts.

My brother, Courira.ca's co-administrator and chief architect, introduced me to GNU/Linux a few years ago. I was quickly taken by the open source movement. For two years now, two operation systems have shared my PC's hard drives: the ubiquitous Windows XP, and Ubuntu.

CAD (Computer Aided Design) isn't just a tool I need to master in my field of work, it's also a personal interest of mine. Indeed, I sometimes describe myself as a "CAD enthusiast". So my quest for CAD software running on Linux was inevitable, said software to be preferably open source, with hope that it may replace, at least for my personal use, the tools I work with on Windows.

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