Cad/Cam software for Linux

Hi, So i use for drawing turbo CAD on the mac
(i also have a look at rhino 3d on the mac)
i generate 3d G Code and Lathe code on Bobcad V25 (the cad functionality is cr** or i simply dont like the 90s style )
i sometimes generate 2d code with Bobcad but last weekend it denied to do so on an special shape so i did it with CUT2d i also have deskproto (which i use for 4th axis ) and CUT3d the two last i used before i bought Bobcad. Which has the best price to functionality ratio but it is an windows program and behaves as such ,..

So looking under Linux i would try Heekscad and give it an try.
Depending what you want to do.
I know a lot of people which swear on Rhino 3d i like it but cant stand the fact that you cant really "construct" ,..

so that smy 5 cents -
thomas

tkamsker wrote: Hi, So i use for drawing turbo CAD on the mac
(i also have a look at rhino 3d on the mac)

Have you seen: itunes.apple.com/gb/app/autodesk-invento...on/id529580720?mt=12

Somewhere between TurboCAD and Rhino, and cheaper. (free)

I have been trying to make cad parts with inventor fusion. It is still in development.
It lacks more sophisticated tools in Rhino 3D, SharkFX, etc. if simple forms are all that you need then
Inventor is ok. My experience he been that inventor is not very stabile, it has crashed often for me.

TemK wrote: I have been trying to make cad parts with inventor fusion. It is still in development.
It lacks more sophisticated tools in Rhino 3D, SharkFX, etc. if simple forms are all that you need then
Inventor is ok. My experience he been that inventor is not very stabile, it has crashed often for me.

Just a nit-pick (and this is largely Autodesk's fault) But Inventor Fusion and Inventor are very different applications.

I think Inventor Fusion is a rather slick interface, and running native on a Mac is nice. But as you have noticed it is very much aimed at direct modelling.

Inventor is a Windows-only fully specced CAD system. Fully parametric, catalogues of standard parts, shaft calculations, finite-element stress calculations, the works. It is very nice, and very expensive.
(I run both on my Mac, but Inventor runs in a virtual windows machine. I am lucky enough to get a free home licence through my job)

I meant to type:
"if simple forms are all that you need then
Inventor Fusion for Mac is ok."
I realize now how that could be/was confusing.
Anypugh, yes Inventor is a full featured CAD system, unlike Inventor Fusion.

There's a CAM addon for QCAD released in beta stage; looks very promising for 2d applications.

See www.qcad.org