Lost in Support: QCAD pro

QCAD pro is a 2D CAD program that has Linux support for years. Its relevance for Linux users is very high since not only it had long been the unique reliable 2D CAD solution but also its GPL Community Edition is the base for LibreCAD.
QCAD pro comes in its latest version 3 with significant new functionality added, such as .dwg support, new script engine, .svg support and more.

Teigha Viewer and Teigha File Converter 3.08.2 are available for download

A new version of Teigha Viewer, the free .dwg .dxf and .dgn viewer provided by ODA, is available for download. The most exciting thing of this release is the availability of Teigha File Converter for Linux, a formerly Windows-only application, for rapid massive conversion of files to different versions of .dwg and .dxf formats.

Teigha File Converter on Ubuntu

Lost in Support: DraftSight

DraftSight, the free 2D dwg-based solution by Dassault Systemes, is an interesting choice for everybody.

New online part library for DraftSight users

TraceParts with this press release announced the availability of a new service exclusively for DraftSight users.
From now DraftSight users have access to millions of 2D drawings for standard parts from a variety of supplier catalogs.
After a simple registration DraftSight users can navigate to the online library and download any of the available drawings for free.

FreeCAD 0.13 is now stable

FreeCAD 0.13 is now the latest stable release of FreeCAD. This version has a lot of improvements and  a new Ubuntu PPA for stable releases.

• Release Notes
• Complete changelog
• Ubuntu Stable PPA

FreeCAD is an Open Source Parametric Solid Modeler. It has excellent community support, modular architecture and it's fully programmable via Python.

DraftSight V1R3.1 is now available !

Dassault released today an updated version for DraftSight. This new V1R3.1 version fixes 2 bugs in fonts:

- The display of .ttf fonts in model and paper space.
- The PDF export of .shx fonts (Capital E letter problem)

As usual 32bit only .deb and .rpm files are available.

If you experience any problems with the download page try the direct links provided in this post.

Direct Links for DraftSight Linux

The DraftSight's download page seems to have problems and the download buttons are not visible.

So if you want to download DraftSight for Linux you can temporarily use these direct links.

DraftSight .deb
DraftSight .rpm

P.S. You can find these links by viewing page's source code.