Dear all,
Dassault have done a cracking job on this.
Most of the command aliases are the same as AutoCAD. e.g. l[space] for
line, m[space] for move.
DWG and DXF compatibility back to release 12 (which is more than you can
say for AutoCAD 2010).
No Express tools (although it does have "Express" layer tools which
where what you wanted from the Express tools anyway).
No Autolisp, ARX, etc. But LT didn't have this anyway.
http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/download-draftsight/
Cheers
Chris Yates
Hi!
Sorry for cross-posting, but this, being a reply to a message on the
building-simulation list, may be of interest for subscribers of the
general cad-linux-list, too.
Draftsight works nicely, the only pitfall right now I have experienced
is that the Linux beta is currently available only as a 32bit binary.
Users may not be aware that they can use 32bit software on 64bit Linux
installations, as most package managers will cancel the installation
with a warning. I forced installation on my Ubuntu amd64 as such:
sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i DraftSight.deb
At the first try, this gave me warnings about missing dependencies,
which could be solved by the standard package installation tools in
Ubuntu. Than, the above command installed the DraftSight (32bit-)package
from the Website, which is perfectly useful for people working on 2d
drawings. Export of SVG makes it easy to transfer drawings into e.g.
layout tools, and a PDF export options allows quick generation of
documents for review by non-CAD folks.
Cheers, Lars.