<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">As long you are exploring some non-Linux packages you may want to check this out:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.ashlar.com/2d-3d-drafting/2d-3d-cad-graphite.html" class="">http://www.ashlar.com/2d-3d-drafting/2d-3d-cad-graphite.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Easiest CAD I have found so far.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Don<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 9, 2015, at 10:08 AM, Richard Holbert <<a href="mailto:holbert.13@osu.edu" class="">holbert.13@osu.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">On 10/07/2015 11:56 PM, Tom wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Looking for Linux compatible 2D CAD. Will be running with Linux Mint 17<br class="">Cinnamon 64 bit. Tried LibreCAD, then Qcad, and now am trying FreeCAD<br class="">which really impressed me. It has 2D function, but is really intended<br class="">for 3D. Seems a lot like Solid Works, but is overkill for what I want to<br class="">do right now. <b class="">I will probably fix my Windows 98 Box so I can run<br class="">AutoCad</b>, for now unless I can find something 2D I can run on Linux. That<br class="">said I intend to explore FreeCAD soon.<br class=""><br class="">Tom<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">colug-432 mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:colug-432@colug.net" class="">colug-432@colug.net</a><br class="">http://lists.colug.net/mailman/listinfo/colug-432<br class=""></blockquote>I'm thinking about using inkscape for creating 2D drawings and then <br class="">using OpenSCAD to extruded the 2D drawings into 3D objects. Also, if <br class="">your design is simple enough, you could use a laser cutter to convert <br class="">your 2D inkscape drawings into 3D objects.<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">colug-432 mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:colug-432@colug.net" class="">colug-432@colug.net</a><br class="">http://lists.colug.net/mailman/listinfo/colug-432<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>