DWG Cad on Linux – Draftsight and Ares Commander

This is the first Linux Made Easy Bilingual Post. I intend to reach a bigger audience in my native language, Portuguese. I hope to get to Brasil, Portugal and some PALOP (African Countries with Portuguese as Official Language). Without further delay, let’s get to the post….

Today I found another Linux CAD software that will be out soon, I’m talking about DraftSight. While not available yet in Linux version it’s a free alternative to other programs in 2d drawing. According to the manufacturer “Mac OS and Linux support will be available later this year”.

A very important feature related to Draftsight is the name of developer – Dassault Systemes – Don’t you know them? And if I mention the name SolidWorks? And Catia? Well, we are talking about a major cad dealer. Can this mean that we have competition on CAD software on Linux?

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