On Fri, 01 May 2009 00:52:21 -0500, Tim Wescott
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On Fri, 01 May 2009 12:21:33 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok wrote:

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:04:20 -0700, Tim Wescott
wrote:

Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:03:48 -0700, Tim Wescott
wrote:

Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:15:00 -0700, Tim Wescott
wrote:

Ages ago I was on here asking about CAD programs.

I just finished CAD-ifying a set of drawings for a 1/10th scale
Laird Solution.

I used QCAD, because it's the only CAD program that Ubuntu lists as
being 'native'. I couldn't get my head wrapped around using it (I
suspect it was a problem with CAD in general, not QCAD). I found a
tutorial on the web on how to do one specific thing which opened
the window, now I'm charging along with it.

It's only 2-D, but it's free, it makes DXF files, and it's
available for both Windows and Linux.

Can you give me a URL for the free version as the only free versions
I have located is the demo version that only works for 10 minutes at
a time.

I thought I was wrong about QCAD being available for windows, but I
wasn't as wrong as I thought.

Ribbonsoft doesn't support the free QCAD versions, so all you get
from their web site is for-pay, demo, or a big steaming
pile-o-source. But there's a QCAD binary for Windows (can I call it
Windoze if I'm on a Linux machine?) on Sourceforge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qcadbin-win/.

If you try it, please let me know how it works on Windows -- it's
reasonable OK on Linux, although it does occasionally mysteriously
crash or otherwise start misbehavin', so I have to make sure to save
often.


Nope, won't work. I was asking because I'm running Fedora, using Agent
with wine to read Usenet but the rest is Linux and so far I haven't
found a usable CAD program.

_Someone_ is building it for Linux or it wouldn't be available on
Ubuntu; some spelunking may reveal who.

Did you google on QCAD, Linux and Binary, by any chance?

You could always see if the source on their web site builds! It'd be
interesting to see how far you got.

I downloaded a source copy of qcad - community version. First try at
compiling it popped an error message ( need strlen()). Now I'll have to
locate the header files and see what they contain - probably something
like "gnustrlen()" :-)

That's an ANSI-standard function, and it should come 'stock' in the Gnu C
compiler. Did it pop the error at compile time or link time?


Link I assume - ./configure worked but Make didn't - error listed at
nearly the end of the process.

Cheers,

Bruce in Bangkok
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)