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I have upgraded from Windows to Linux Mint. Wanted to get off the Microsoft pay-as-you-go upgrade tread-mill.
Three reason I finally made the switch:
1) I am no longer working and on a very small fixed income
2) Happend to run Libreoffice and decided it was adequate for my needs plus I really like Libre Draw.
3) Found Gambas and decided I could finally abandon Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (after all Microsoft did as well).

I am running two machines:
1) There is a small Lenovo desk-top stuck in a closet as a backend with all my old files, software cache. It is also destined to run a PVR (personal Video recorder) when I get the software sorted out. This machine basically replaces a netgear ready-nas, laptop used for Microsoft PDC and another laptop used as a PVR.
2) An HP8640 laptop that was originally purchased to run Windows 7 and vmware workstation. This is a fairly highend laptop with lots of RAM. Linux Mint Mate runs excellent and recognized all the hardware from the word go. Of course I installed it about six time before I was happy with how I had it configured.

For the "must have" Windows applications I am using vmware player and a Windows 7 image. It has Microsoft Outlook 2010 (for all those old PST files), CorelCad 2013 X64 (because I can not afford to buy another CAD program) and VideoRedo suite.

I have an external USB3 drive with another copy of Linux Mint installed on it. I use this for cold bare-metal backups via fsarchiver. Normal data backups are done via rsync scripts.

My sojourn into things IT began back in the early 1980's build a TV Typewriter. From there I moved to a Commodore Vic 20 and several Commodore 64s. I eventually started making a living with AutoCAD on PC CLone. Since then I have worked mainly in the windows world although I did maintain an HPUX box for nearly a decade. Now what do I do with all that old Micorsoft DOS and Windows software I have (literally decades of it)????????

I am looking forward to playing with GAMBAS and perhaps writing some CAD utilities with it.

My Web site is http://www.keywild.com

cheers,

Lewis Balentine
Houston, Texas

P.S.
If you read some of my posts you may think that I am getting a bit senile.
Wrong --- I have been totally senile for years. :(
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Welcome to the Mint family forums

there are free CAD programs for Linux if you have the time to play....

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The-Wizard wrote:Welcome to the Mint family forums
there are free CAD programs for Linux if you have the time to play....
wizard
The only free one that I know of is DraftSight.
It is is capable of some 3D work but you have to have the professional lease for the 3D editing functions.
CorelCAD and Draftsight are actually based only the same cad Engine by Graebert GmbH.
They sale their version under the name Ares Commander.
Personally I think that BricsCAD is better than any of the above (and they do have a Linux version).
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Welcome to Linux Mint, and the Mint forum. :D
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Hi lewtwo,
Great to have you here.
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lewtwo wrote:
The-Wizard wrote:Welcome to the Mint family forums
there are free CAD programs for Linux if you have the time to play....
wizard
The only free one that I know of is DraftSight.
It is is capable of some 3D work but you have to have the professional lease for the 3D editing functions.
CorelCAD and Draftsight are actually based only the same cad Engine by Graebert GmbH.
They sale their version under the name Ares Commander.
Personally I think that BricsCAD is better than any of the above (and they do have a Linux version).
DraftSight is indeed based on ARES Commander but there is currently no Linux version for CorelCAD (also powered by ARES Commander) and there are no 3D features in DraftSight: you can view a 3D file but even the Professional version is only 2D, unlike ARES Commander for Linux that has the full set of features.
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BerlinCAD wrote:... there are no 3D features in DraftSight: you can view a 3D file but even the Professional version is only 2D...
Sorry to disappoint you but there are some 3D features in Draftsight (even the free version).
You can create 3D primitives. What you can not do is any boolean editing operations.
(Which is exactly the reason that I purchased CorelCAD and now wondering if they will ever update it) ***

If you visit my site and take a look at the CAD library you will find a bunch of 3D fasteners.
All of them created in "2D" Draftsight. However they are NOT solids -- only exterior surfaces.
The rendering below was produced in Draftsight as was the model it was produced from.

Image Image Image

http://www.keywild.com/cad_library/KeyW ... _index.htm
FYI:
There is also a program (with source code) to generate script files to produce these models.
However it is written in MS Visual Basic 6 to run under Windows.
It might run in the Wine Environment in Linux but I have never tried that.


*** Edit ***
I just noticed that Corel has released CorelCAD 2015 for Windows.
However the description of the 5 added features does not impress me.
I do not think that I will be spending $200 of my money on upgrading it.
Besides --- I want something for Linux not Windows.

ref: http://www.corel.com/wp-content/uploads ... -FINAL.pdf
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Welcome to the Mint family........ :mrgreen:
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Welcome to Linux! After a while, you will probably find it difficult to even touch a Windows box, I know I do.
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lewtwo wrote: I want something for Linux not Windows.
If you are looking for the 3D features you found in CorelCAD but for Linux you should go for ARES Commander. CorelCAD is not available for Linux unlike ARES. In December there will be a Christmas offer with an Amazon Gift card to buy a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 or equivalent when you buy a Perpetual license of ARES Commander 2015. This is because ARES Commander now includes also a license for ARES Touch for Android.

See: http://gfxspeak.com/2014/10/09/graebert ... -includes/
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Welcome Aboard lewtwo,
Know you'll enjoy Mint :)
Cheers !
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BerlinCAD wrote: If you are looking for the 3D features you found in CorelCAD but for Linux you should go for ARES Commander.
You were unaware of the 3D capabilities of DraftSight. That greatly diminishes your value as a valid reference for the advantages of one package versus another. I believe that I will stay with my own council in this matter. (I did try to state that as politely as possible)

The only reason that I purchased CorelCAD was that I had an opportunity to get a previous version at a reduced price and upgrade it. That saved me several hundred dollars. If I were to spend that kind of money again I would definitely purchase BricsCAD.

If you can imagine George Burns ...
So the husband drives home in a new car and walks into the house.
He says, "I saved us 2000 on the new car."

The wife responds, "That is wonderful Honey."

"We had the deal all worked out. Then they told me that if I bought 2 they would discount each one by 1000."
Smiling he says, "So I bought 2."

... short pause as George takes a puff from his cigar....
Of course he did not really save any money.
After she hit him with the frying pan they had to
spend the money he had saved on the hospital bill.

:lol:
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Welcome to Mint! Sorry for late-posting, but as there's some discussion re. CAD software for Linux here, I wanted to clarify for anyone reading this thread that another CAD option is FreeCAD (http://freecadweb.org/). It's a full, 3D parametric modeler like Alibre (and others) and it is actively being developed. It's an awesome app but be aware that when you first start it (at least under Linux Mint 17.1), it won't have a default workbench set up. I don't know if this is by design or if it's a bug. Anyway, to remedy, just click the "view" menu / "Workbench" and choose a workbench like "Part Design" or "Complete". Enjoy!
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theStreak wrote:...another CAD option is FreeCAD (http://freecadweb.org/) ...
I ran across that quite recently and have not yet had the time to try it out. Just looking at the screen shots and information on the WEB site it appears to a "Solid Modeling" program similar to Solid Works (perhaps not as fully developed ... yet).

It is on my to-do list.
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Better late than never.
theStreak wrote:It's an awesome app but be aware that when you first start it (at least under Linux Mint 17.1), it won't have a default workbench set up. I don't know if this is by design or if it's a bug. Anyway, to remedy, just click the "view" menu / "Workbench" and choose a workbench like "Part Design" or "Complete". Enjoy!
It's a bug, the package from the Ubuntu repository is utterly broken. You should use the one from the FreeCAD Maintainers PPA which is 100% functional and up to date. (Disclaimer: I maintained the stable and daily builds packages for nearly 4 years)
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