I use Sheetcam and they have a linux version that works pretty well.

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Brian May <bri...@diezorlich.com> wrote:

> Hi chris
>
> Have you tried draftsight from the same company that makes solidworks. It
> is supposed to be similiar to autocad it is free and has a linux version. I
> tried it for a short amount of time and it seemed nice
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Oct 20, 2011, at 11:44 AM, Chris Reynolds <c_reynolds2...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I've been looking at making a complete switch to linux and I wanted to
> get some input from the group. I've been using EMC to run my milling machine
> for a couple of years now and I'd like to also start doing all of my cad
> design as well as generating my machine code. Currently on my windows
> machine I use Rhino3d for my 3d design work and AutoCAD and Rhino3d for my
> 2d, then for 2d code creation and manipulation I've been using NCPlot, for
> 3d code creation I'm using MeshCAM. I'm curious what packages would be
> recommended for these different applications. I've downloaded and installed
> QCad and FreeCAD to try out for the design side of things, but it's a
> program for creating the machine code that I'm needing. Could really use
> some suggestions from other users.
> >
> > Chris
> >
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