Hi all,
Does anyone know of any Linux based cad software suitable for
woodturners? I've searched Google but can't find anything suitable.
Any help would be very much appreciated.

Paul.
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Stop wasting wood. Timber doesn't grow on trees you know!

Paul wrote:
Hi all,
Does anyone know of any Linux based cad software suitable for
woodturners? I've searched Google but can't find anything suitable. Any
help would be very much appreciated.

Paul.


I found this -- you probably know about it.
http://www.linuxcad.com/


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Occasional Techno-geek

Paul wrote:
Hi all,
Does anyone know of any Linux based cad software suitable for
woodturners? I've searched Google but can't find anything suitable. Any
help would be very much appreciated.

Paul.

Forgot VariCad -- it has a trial download
http://www.varicad.com/


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Hi,

I don't know exactly what you want, but I've made a 2d/3d flash file for
helping to visualize turnings. It's not finished yet, but if you like
you can view it he
http://www.glassgiant.com/misc_virtual_lathe.swf

The load and save options don't work yet and they probably won't anytime
soon, but print works. And there aren't any instructions yet - just
move your mouse around the bottom of the black square. When you have a
cutaway of the shape you want, click the 3d button.

Shawn

Paul wrote:

Hi all,
Does anyone know of any Linux based cad software suitable for
woodturners? I've searched Google but can't find anything suitable.
Any help would be very much appreciated.

Paul.
--
Stop wasting wood. Timber doesn't grow on trees you know!

Paul wrote:
Hi all,
Does anyone know of any Linux based cad software suitable for
woodturners? I've searched Google but can't find anything suitable. Any
help would be very much appreciated.

Paul.

One more issue. If you have tested software or already know what CAD
program or style of CAD is not suitable -- let us know. It saves time.

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Will
Occasional Techno-geek

Paul wrote:
Hi all,
Does anyone know of any Linux based cad software suitable for
woodturners? I've searched Google but can't find anything suitable. Any
help would be very much appreciated.

Paul.

SuSE includes qcad, http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad.html, and pythoncad,
http://www.pythoncad.org/. Can't comment on their functionality, but
may be worth a look.

Tried running Turbocad under wine?

HTH...

....Kevin
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Kevin Miller
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
Juneau, Alaska

Many thanks for all the replys. I was after opensource cad progs and
hoping that someone out there had tried some of them. Again, thanks.

Paul.

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WillR wrote:

Paul wrote:
Many thanks for all the replys. I was after opensource cad progs and
hoping that someone out there had tried some of them. Again, thanks.

Paul.



Too bad you had not mentioned that.

FWIW, none of the open source CAD I've tried has seemed very good.

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Paul wrote:
Many thanks for all the replys. I was after opensource cad progs and
hoping that someone out there had tried some of them. Again, thanks.

Paul.



Too bad you had not mentioned that.


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Occasional Techno-geek

Paul wrote:
Hi all,
Does anyone know of any Linux based cad software suitable for
woodturners? I've searched Google but can't find anything suitable. Any
help would be very much appreciated.

Not really a CAD program, but Art of Illusion is a 3D modeling software
written in Java--so it's multi-platform. It's got a "lathe" feature.

http://www.artofillusion.org/

Ken Grunke

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Ken Grunke wrote:
Paul wrote:

Hi all,
Does anyone know of any Linux based cad software suitable for
woodturners? I've searched Google but can't find anything suitable.
Any help would be very much appreciated.


Not really a CAD program, but Art of Illusion is a 3D modeling software
written in Java--so it's multi-platform. It's got a "lathe" feature.

http://www.artofillusion.org/

Ken Grunke

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Look at the "History" page and search for "lathe" It's there.

Thanks for the link -- it does look good I have downloaded it and may
try it.


Does it work on AMD64 Mandrake Linux 10? :-)

I may try it there.


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