Hi all,

I posted this query some time back.

A major stumbling block to conversion to Linux at Office is the lack of
AUTOCAD equivalent in Linux.

Usually when we prepare technical reports, we keep open word processor,
presentation software and AUTOCAD also. Our colleagues send us Autocad
Drawings in .dwg format. We flit seamlessly between the three apps to
make a report, a presentation and for distribution, we open it in
Openoffice and make pdf also.

We are forced to do all this in Windows. There are youngsters who are
willing to experiment, but the above is the stumbling block.

Is there any app which can read .dwg format drawings and work with it?
We cannot force others to send us drawings in other formats. But if we
are able to do it ourselves with any other app, it will help.

Any pointers please?

NS Srikanth

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cheeka wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I posted this query some time back.
>
> A major stumbling block to conversion to Linux at Office is the lack of
> AUTOCAD equivalent in Linux.
>
> Usually when we prepare technical reports, we keep open word processor,
> presentation software and AUTOCAD also. Our colleagues send us Autocad
> Drawings in .dwg format. We flit seamlessly between the three apps to
> make a report, a presentation and for distribution, we open it in
> Openoffice and make pdf also.
>
> We are forced to do all this in Windows. There are youngsters who are
> willing to experiment, but the above is the stumbling block.
>
> Is there any app which can read .dwg format drawings and work with it?
> We cannot force others to send us drawings in other formats. But if we
> are able to do it ourselves with any other app, it will help.
>
> Any pointers please?
>
> NS Srikanth

Try QCad (http://www.ribbonsoft.com)

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"cheeka" <srikanth.ns@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1122121769.548815.124580@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com

> Is there any app which can read .dwg format drawings and work with it?

A simple search for CAD at sourceforge.net yields
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lx-viewer/

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Its been a while since I used autocad, R14 I think, but some people
have succesfully been running everything up to autocad 2005 on Linux
via  wine/crossover. Try here for a start:

http://www.codeweavers.com/compatib...r />
d%5B3%5D=
15&date_end%5B4%5D=04&search=appossover:


hth,
iksrazal

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