On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 06:01:21PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:

> If you want to change a file generated in AutoCAD, the only good way
> to do it is with AutoCAD.

Actually, I have taken files home to QCad from AutoCAD. I save them
in .dxf. And a quick web search I just did turned up a few dwg to dxf
converters, but I don't know if they are worthwhile. I think dxf is a
better interchange format than dwg.

> If you're an engineer taking your work home, you might very well want
> AutoCAD on your home system.

For the high price of AutoCAD, though, I'll take the slight
inconvenience of using .dxf.

Out of curiousity, how much did AutoCAD cost you?

Here are a couple alternatives I've heard about (but not tried), which
aren't necessarily free but are at least cheaper than AutoCAD:

http://www.cycas.de/  (geared toward architecture, with some 3D ability)
http://www.varkon.com/ (free for Linux, some 3D ability)

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