cad software similar to autodesk inventor?

[pk_volt]

Anyone know of any?
I'm having a lot of trouble finding one.

Most are for architecture, but i want it for mechanical design stuff.

[shreko]

There is an IntelliCAD from bricscad.com, which is fully compatible AutoCAD software recently ported or maybe run under wine to linux. I was not able to get it running. I think they focus on redhat and suse compatibility.

I also know of varicad from varicad.com, 2d/3d mechanical design software. I think they even have .deb as download which I tried to install, but failed. I think there was dependency on some Qt libraries in my case.

[Peter76]

I don't know inventor, but for my cad needs I use qcad. Install it through synaptic or
sudo apt-get install qcad.
Good luck

[pk_volt]

sorry for the double post.

But yea, all of the mentioned cad softwares are 2d. I want a 3d cad software that can simulate motion and assemble parts.

thanks!

[Kjell]

Hej,

I did install KDE and tried installing both varicad & bricscad.

bricscad appears not to work on a debian based system.

Varicad still are missing the libqt3c102-mt

I've been googlin for libqt3c102-mt and apparently it is not compatible with KDE 3.4
There is a simular package, libqt3-mt, but this does not work with Varicad

Any other ideas how to get Varicad working ?

//Kjell

[Peter76]

did you try linking libqtr-mt to libqt3c102-mt? This is often a problem..
good luck

[Kjell]

Hej,

How do I link libqtr-mt to libqt3c102-mt ?

//Kjell

[Peter76]

Hej,

How do I link libqtr-mt to libqt3c102-mt ?

//Kjell

From the directory where is your libqt:

sudo ln -s libqt3-mt libqt3c102-mt

The name is probably libqt3-mt.so, so you have to add the .so in the above command to bovth libs

[Jammy_Stuff]

I don't know inventor, but for my cad needs I use qcad. Install it through synaptic or
sudo apt-get install qcad.
Good luck

Is it in the Universe?

[Peter76]

Is it in the Universe?

Yes, or maybe multiverse

[Hatchetfish]

No idea about your budget, but Pro Engineer (http://www.ptc.com/appserver/mkt/products/home.jsp?k=403) blows Inventor away. Then there's CATIA (http://www.3ds.com/products-solutions/plm-solutions/catia/overview/) if you're Boeing.

[robertrej]

I downloaded varicad debian version to ubuntu gnome and it works very well ,I tried
to install on ubuntu KDE and varicad would not work at all.I have tried to install Bricscad
linux on many different linux Distros and had no success well actually last time I created
a debian format from RPM using alien but after install was complete I could not start
the program so I will continue to search for a way ! keep ya posted.


Good day
Bob











Hej,

I did install KDE and tried installing both varicad & bricscad.

bricscad appears not to work on a debian based system.

Varicad still are missing the libqt3c102-mt

I've been googlin for libqt3c102-mt and apparently it is not compatible with KDE 3.4
There is a simular package, libqt3-mt, but this does not work with Varicad

Any other ideas how to get Varicad working ?

//Kjell

[francisco.colaco]

Pleas install libqt3-mt.

Varicad works well here. It is just a pity is has no python scripting, or I would reactivate my subscription at the moment.

[Gimikk]

I want to ask, is VariCAD free (as beer) on Ubuntu Linux?