Robatoy wrote:
Anybody here have any experience with CAD programs running under
Linux?

There sure are many. Any favourites?
I will need 3D capability and export in .dxf and/or .dwg
I won't need much of a rendering engine.

Any and all help will be much appreciated.

I don't have any favorities--CAD under Linux is a pretty dismal scene
with something "good" being that which sucks less than something else.
That said . . .

BricsCAD (note--you want the Linux-specific version) for 225 bucks is
probably your best bet in terms of utility per dollar--it doesn't do
anything the Windows version doesn't, and it runs under WINE but it's
reasonably stable and it does most of what AutoCAD does using pretty
mucht he same interface. It will export DXF and DWG nicely--importing
on the other hand isn't always very clean. It was designed originally
as an AutoCAD clone and you can learn it from an AutoCAD text.

The various GPL projects are all either still in early development or
very limited in capability. The other commercial products that have
free trials available don't seem to work any better and tend to be
pricey.

If you've got big bucks and want a full CAM solution, Catia V.4 runs
on Linux. If you don't know what Catia is you probably don't need it.

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