OT - CAD question

[Michael Schwendt]

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 21:07:44 -0400, Carroll Grigsby wrote:

> > Sorry, that was Softplan, not SoftCAD....
> >
> > James
> 
> 
> James:
> I'm not familiar with either Softplan or .spd files, but I have had a lot of 
> experience with the problem of incompatible CAD file formats. Most CAD 
> programs offer the option of exporting to something other than their native 
> format; the most popular seems to be .dxf. If Softplan has that capability, 
> then you should be able to view and modify them in QCad (although bear in 
> mind that these conversions almost always involve some compromises). QCad is 
> a free Linux application. It is somewhat limited in that it only does 2D, 
> many people have found it useful and not unnecessarily complex to use. It can 
> be found here:
> http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad.html

A qcad RPM package is waiting here for reviews:
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=848

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