Thank you for Bricscad v11
Great thanks for the new version. It solved most of the little unpolished things from v10. Now the command line still has focus after clicking in the properties toolbar for example, and the custom installation was alot easier this time for me with Archlinux 64 bit system.
Earlier when I wrote a howto for installing Bricscad v10 on Archlinux x86_64, I wrote that some testing was needed before I could recommend anyone to use Bricscad for Linux for commercial work. I just finished the construction drawings for a new external staircase I designed earlier this summer. It was a small enough project to test Bricscad for Linux. I had to handle xrefs from old and complex dwg-files made in Autocad and the compatibility was perfect. Both the design drawings and the construction drawings were made in Bricscad for Linux. It has a fair price, has not crashed even once during the work, has an interface that is well known for autocad users but easier to manage (thanks to the explorer for example). The only thing i noticed to the favour of autocad is that it is more responsive when zooming and panning in really complex drawings.
I can now recommend Bricscad for Linux to any Autocad user working in 2D. It is a full worthy replacement for autocad, with a fair price and finally brings the dwg file format to Linux, the operating system I prefer.
Now we are looking forward to when Bricscad for Linux is also avaliable with full ACIS solids 3D modelling. Since bricsys seems to have a standard compliant approach to development, keep in mind that before autodesk started to include 3D visualization applications in their monopolistic business model, they offered a way of exporting the dwg 3D model to the 3ds format. An export format that most visualization apps could use. So why not show that you pick up the user oriented development where autodesk lost it. Ship a wavefron object exporter and importer with Bricscad pro, just like you ship a pdf exporter, something every user wanted, when autodesk have tried to convince users to export to their crippled dwf format for years. These are the gestures we as users really appreciate. Develop what you do best and help us to interact with other applications, no matter if you own and develop them or not.
Best regards,
Mikael
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Mikael,
Can you please give me a link to the howto you've made to help me install bricscad on my arch x86_64 machine? I would greatly appreciate some help. I'm a big fan of bricscad as we use it at the office (on windows), but I would also love to run it personally on my linux machine at home as well.
Sincerely,
Brian
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Hi Brian,
At the top of the Bricscad for Linux forum you have the search field. Just search for "arch linux" and read the thread called "Running Bricscad 10.6.x Linux in ArchLinux...". Make sure to read the whole thread before starting to install, since the latest and most updated tutorial I wrote was posted near the end of it. Some steps might not be required for Bricscad 11.
If you find the thread helpful, just make a new post in it so that it will pop up among the newest again.
Good luck! Just let me know if you run into any problems and I will try to help you out.
Best regards,
Mikael
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Edit:
Search for "archlinux" with no blank between arch and linux.
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