@paullee one of the problems is poor support for DWG which kind of defeats the purpose of making a 2D CAD package. Have a read of the wiki page https://wiki.osarch.org/index.php?title=Getting_started_with_2D_CAD_drafting and let me know if you have any further questions.
IMHO libreCAD should join FreeCAD Draft Workbench and/or create a separate LibreCAD WorkBench because FreeCAD supports C++ and Python and could be relatively ease ported, I think...
... this because for LibreCAD 3 they are treating a GUI since zero, basically they are re-inventing the wheel again...
... I already suggested them in multiple posts but they resist any change.
... for now, is just a dream but I think joining force could be better
... and the same similar case for many others FOSS related to construction, for example, QElectroTech should join KiCAD to win force.
... and in general, all our dear FOSS are re-inventing the wheel again and again...
Just a word of caution that sometimes there are good reasons why it might seem that "the wheel is being reinvented". Sometimes there isn't, but sometimes there is. I would like to hear from the developers before making any conclusions.
@duncan said:
@paullee one of the problems is poor support for DWG which kind of defeats the purpose of making a 2D CAD package. Have a read of the wiki page https://wiki.osarch.org/index.php?title=Getting_started_with_2D_CAD_drafting and let me know if you have any further questions.
Thanks for the pointer @duncan :)
I had used dwg/dxf format as I had been an autocad user since almost R10 (1991 ?) until about 2008 I think. Not really used Revit and other BIM tools until FreeCAD Arch/BIM WB. DXF is good enough to my understanding and there had been a lot of exchange in files with DXF format indeed.
Have intermittently read some doc about LibreCAD but not really have time to do a full drawing to get familiarized with it. FreeCAD TechDraw WB produce 2D representation but there are still many delicate controls not available in FreeCAD Arch + TechDraw, like those would had found in ACAD - like Attributes, ease of line thickness control, 2d blocks/representation of furnitures / MEP as simple as light switch etc. Thus, I am trying to see if exporting FreeCAD model to DXF and kind of post-processing there is a good enough workflow.
It seems @Yorik use QCAD for that purpose. See if other has found a productive workflow and share.
Thanks ! :D
@Moult said:
Just a word of caution that sometimes there are good reasons why it might seem that "the wheel is being reinvented". Sometimes there isn't, but sometimes there is. I would like to hear from the developers before making any conclusions.
sorry Moult, maybe I was disrespectful, you have a reason, we should support more our all our devs.
I hope we can prove LibreCAD 3 soon, I already wish to replace my AutoCAD for any FOSS.
Hi, just dropping a line here. I found out different free software can be used for different functions. Autodesk Trueview is very good for printing DWG to PDF. BricsCAD shape has some nice 3D solid modelling functions. Combine that with other 2D FOSS for DWG. As with IFC, using more then one program that can handle a fileformat can take you further. Cheers.
nb. is was very suprised and happy to see FBX export in BricsCAD Shape too. Autodesk tries to kill that fileformat exchange. As many other ways they try to kill. I know many Autodesk users look at FBX to see if it can bridge the gap, as alternative to IFC or DWG.
Ah yes to clarify @jtm2020hyo no offense intended or taken :)
@magicalcloud_75 it's useful to avoid calling software that costs nothing "free software". Instead call it "gratis". The English language desperately needs this difference between gratis and libre. Please don't confuse things (especially here in this group!) by calling Autodesk Trueview and BricsCAD "free software". Alternatively you can call it zero-cost or something similar.
@jtm2020hyo I don't think @Moult was being offended, it's just hard to know someones motives. Developers develop things for all sorts of reasons. What we might think is useful is not always one of them.
..is there any answer by LC devs?
Maybe they could tell us their plans or what is coming for LC?
If not maybe some friend could suggest creates a crowfounding with cool features.
@jtm2020hyo yeah, not much movement there. I plan to try and get one of them to do a video chat and share it with permission, but that hasn't worked out yet. They don't seem interested in funding and despite having so few developers I can't find much interest in getting more people involved. I think they're just busy people who are in no special hurry. Next step is to have a chat with Andrew from QCAD and try to understand his motives and intentions with libre software - there is some confusion.
maybe an alternative could be to export all LibreCAD libraries to Python and also add support for Autolisp + DCL + VBA in python.
... this because looks like LibreCAD devs have not as many users as they wish, Autolisp+DCL+VBA has a large number of users.
please do this suggestion to LibreCAD / QCAD devs if anyone knows them.
maybe someone is interested, we could request help to other forums:
https://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=56624.0
there exist many forums that maybe could be interested.
@jtm2020hyo you're very welcome to write to them. The forum is good but the devs are mostly at https://librecad.zulipchat.com/
The people to talk to are Florian (mostly FC3) and LordOfBikes
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