LinuxCAD for Windows 5.0

LinuxCAD for Windows 5.0 is created as a simple and easy to use drafting/CAD program for Microsoft Windows XP or Vista.

Getting familiar with LinuxCAD is a wise investment for every computer user. Linux users who are new to CAD will find Users Manual an easy way to learn the CAD trade. There is so much similarity between LinuxCAD and AutoCAD, that while learning LinuxCAD, you will simultaneously learn AutoCAD. With remarkable ease you will find yourself creating all kinds of technical illustrations, diagrams, sketches and industrial quality drawings.

Suggested Uses: flowcharting, land surveying, mechanical engineering drafting, architectural drafting, residential and interior design work, entity relationship diagramming, software engineering diagramming.

Major Features:

1. All commonly used commands of Acad for 2D and 3D drafting, editing and displaying are implemented in LinuxCAD exactly as they are in Acad ( including but not limited to: Line, polyline, circle, arc, rectangle, solid, point, trace, donut, text, ellipse, trim, break, extend, offset, copy, move, rotate, scale, mirror, insert, change, chprop, array, block, attdef, explode, wblock, purge, zoom, pan, break, chamfer, fillet, hatch, stretch, ... and many others) they are all there in LinuxCAD. And they work exactly the same way; even the overwhelming majority of messages are the same or almost the same. You may keep using all of the Acad-skills you have. There is no need to relearn !!!
2. Extensive symbol libraries.
3. LinuxCAD supports DXF, DWG(version 10 only), DXS, SLD, SHX graphics format of Acad.
4. sophisticated entity selection mechanism (Select objects: with all the standard modes of selection set creation like: Add, Remove, Window, Crossing)
5. object oriented entity and object attachment mechanism ( includes Nearest, Midpoint, Center, Intersection, Tangent, Perpendicular and others)
6. support for fonts in SHX and True Typeformats, all text creation modes of Acad supported, including true fit text creation mode
7. DVIEW command for 3D can change the location of the camera and target in interactive mode. It works very simply: you select the objects and then adjust the observer position. The 3D view in the current viewport will change accordingly.
8. allows drawing with virtually any color as a combination of RGB values
9. user programmable menus
10. Export of the drawings to postscript either as Black and White or Color and the postscript output can be easily customized using command dialogs and OS environment variables
11. Printing of the drawings to MS-Windows Printserver
12. variety of drawing entities: lines, circles, traces, solids, arcs, ellipses and polylines
13. easy to use GUI command line interface and command scripts
14. Axis, Grid and Snap modes
15. Ortho mode
16. predefined and user programmable line types
17. You can load Acad line types from acad.lin straight into LinuxCAD drawing
18. LinuxCAD supports cut and paste of graphics CAD models through X-clipboard from one instance of LinuxCAD to another
19. allows adjustement of the drafting window size to make the most of your display LinuxCAD can give you whatever big drawing area you want up, to maximum that the X-Window provides in the specified graphics mode
20. or you may work on light background instead of black
21. you can export drawings you create in LinuxCAD to other CAD systems
22. UCS or User Coordinate System implemented and works, just like in AutoCAD
23. Blocks and attributes fully supported now
24. Linear and circular polylines with line types
25. Up to four viewports to look at 3D model space; you can select different observer locations for every viewport
26. Hidden Lines Removal on 3D objects
27. LinuxCAD now supports Bezier Curves and B-splines which allow for esthetic design of smooth nonrectangular shapes
28. user programmable toolbar-like menus and toolbars remember their position on the screen and are extremely convenient when you work with LinuxCAD
29. the CAD package allows to work with vector CAD models and with raster scanned pictures
30. print preview and autosave (saving of the drawing every minute or other specified time interval)
31. highly developed dimensioning subsystem, automatic creation of horizontal, vertical, aligned linear dimensions, radii, diameters, angular dimensions. The LinuxCAD dimensioning subsystem can be fully configured via Linux environment variables and can be easily customized to individual requirements
32. integration with databases is possible by means of using Advance LinuxCAD application Development system for C/C++. ADS included in base version !!!
33. LinuxCAD is not just a product, it is a product line. Ask about mechanical libraries for LinuxCAD
34. Architectural Library for LinuxCAD now is available instantly, see the order form product selection list for details.
35. 2D drafting /design/schematics, 3D wireframe, 3D shading.
36. Quickest way to add schematics, diagrams and drawings to your MS-Word documents.

Requirements:

• Windows XP and Vista.