QCAD is a free, open source application for computer aided drafting (CAD) in two dimensions (2D) on Linux.

This is their website. Try it out abs yell everyone what you think.

https://qcad.org/en/

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[Forwarded from Graham of house Miller]

LibreCAD is free and open source software available for Linux.

"I've been using LibreCAD for 2D drawing and find it quite good. I don't do too much demanding CAD though. Mostly multi layered property maps. I believe it was a fork of QCAD at version 2." - Graham of House Miller

You can download and try it out here:

https://librecad.org/

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AutoDesk can't seem to get their act together and offer a good Linux version.

Thankfully there is BricsCAD, which is one of the great professional replacements for AutoCAD.

You can look over BricsCAD features on their 👉 [website](https://www.bricsys.com/en-us/bricscad).

Pricing options from $708 to $2,646 for the single one time perpetual license.

Unfortunately BricsCAD is proprietary software. While it may not be open source freedom software (OSFS), it is professional grade software, and many pros prefer it over AutoCAD.

You can download the 30-day free trial for Linux 👉 [here](https://www.bricsys.com/download.do).

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Siemens NX CAD is another good professional, proprietary, non-free CAD program that is available for Linux.

The Siemens NX system is more than CAD software, it is a Product Lifecycle Management system, designed to take corparate level products through the entire lifescycle, from deveopment to mass production.

Siemens NX CAD is not something the average person would use, as it costs anywhere from $500/month to $1000/month per seat/person. This is software for larger companies or entities.

You can get a 30-day free trail 👉 [here](https://trials.sw.siemens.com/nx/)

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FreeCAD, another open source CAD program available for Linux, is a general purpose CAD/CAE program.

It is good for mechanical engineering product design, with tools similar to Solidworks, Catia or Solid Edge.

You can read more about FreeCAD on the [FreeCAD website](https://www.freecadweb.org/).

You can install the latest, most up to date version of FreeCAD on Linux using the [ZAP Appimage Package Manager](https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9ma5ata2glhz28lys5ve3ur76hj73ry7ccjkxs8myc5cn0g4yyaqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygzdhl9hchwmsfyln3lt3ss7qx0s37lm0mzaa42q3ds5ty97hrgkj5psgqqqqqqsx0ynzy) with this command:

```

zap install --github --from FreeCAD/FreeCAD

```

Alternatively, you can also install FreeCAD using your Linux distro's built-in repositories using one of these terminal commands, (depending on your distro) but the distro version may not be up to date with the latest release.

```

apt-get install freecad

dnf install freecad

emerge freecad

slackpkg install freecad

yum install freecad

zypper install freecad

pacman -Sy freecad

```

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Blender just released [Version 4.1](https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-1/) on March 26th, 2024, [with a bunch of new features](https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-1/).

Blender is a well known, very powerful, professional 3D modeling and animation software program.

Blender is feature rich, and possibly the most complex piece of open-source software you will ever run into.

Blender can be used for:

- Creating 3D Visualizations

- Creating 3D Stills

- Creating Broadcast Cinema Quality Video

- Editing Videos

- Modeling Objects for 3D Printing

- Animations

- and much, much more.

Here is a video series of almost 50 videos introducing you to 👉 [Blender fundamentals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF1qEhBSfq4&list=PLa1F2ddGya_-UvuAqHAksYnB0qL9yWDO6).

You can get Blender from your distro repositories, or if you want the latest version, you can get it via Flatpak 👉 [here](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.blender.Blender)

Here are some open-source short-movies that were created in Blender:

[Wing It! (2024)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9lj-c29dxI)

[Big Buck Bunny (2008)](https://odysee.com/Big-Buck-Bunny-YE7VzlLtp-4#8ca4a8068f4f1b44656ff5ed5fdeb51e89edf8d0)

[Elephants Dream (2006)](https://odysee.com/ED-720p-Opus-2.0#47ca624e27a3a736bb329ccc4c9a04318cc9ab16)

[Sintel (2010)](https://odysee.com/@FreeMovies:a/Sintel---Third-Open-Movie-by-Blender-Foundation-eRsGyueVLvQ:4)

[Tears of Steel (2012)](https://odysee.com/@RobnsDream:f/Tears-of-Steel-540p-webm:f)

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## Blender Complete Beginner's Tutorial

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Have you heard of the 3D modeling and animation software called Blender?

Blender is a very powerful, professional grade, open source software primarily focused on 3D Modeling and Animation.

Being professional grade software, Blender is fairly complex, with a ton of features, so it will take a while to get to know the software, even at a beginner level.

To get you up and runnig with as little effort and as little confusion as possible, the Blender Guru on YT has put together a good "Blender for Beginners" series of videos for those interested in getting started with 3D modeling and animation.

You can find his popular Donut Tutorial for the latest Blender 4.0 release 👉 [here in this playlist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0J27sf9N1Y&list=PLjEaoINr3zgEPv5y--4MKpciLaoQYZB1Z).

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