#autocad

Architects of the world, help a student out. I'm a very comfortable Linux user, but my schooling has AutoCAD labs and courses. They're not providing the software for home use, but I imagine after a semester or so I'll be expected to invest into it. However, I'm a Linux user. I'll happily change up my distributions, but what program will be the most comfortable to learn concurrently with my labs in AutoCAD? #architecture #Linux #AutoCAD #college #lookingforrecommendations #lookingforadvice

Had a user yesterday claiming our CAD software is bad because the imported dwg showed wrong diameters. "In #autocad (which we dont actually have) they are fine". I fact checked that, but what made me suspicious was that they were all off by a factor of ~25. So I checked the units. Seems like Autocad happily showed inches without any warning to the user, that it's not the default. Where as our CAD just assumed mm as it should.

@asdasd201@lemmygrad.ml The sad reality is that you will likely have no choice but to use AutoCAD since that's what your instructor wants you to use. Even if you are able to use something free/open, there is always a chance that something in the file will render incorrectly when loaded into AutoCAD. The best thing (I think) you could do is do the assignment in both #AutoCAD, and #CAD software of your choosing be that #FreeCAD, #QCAD, #blender, #LibreCAD, or something else with which I'm unfamiliar. After class, speak with your instructor and teach them that these things can be done using #FOSS solutions as well, could be they don't even know. Worst that happens is you'll have taught yourself how to do the same thing in different software. Everything that was taught (that I can recall) in the #drafting classes I took 30 years ago can be done in any of the softwares I mentioned, but I'm sure things are a bit different these days. It's quite irresponsible of educational institutions to push students into specific software, versus teaching concepts which can be translated across multiple. Teaching students only about expensive licenced software (regardless of providing free student licences) over the concepts used to accomplish the task, promotes ignorance over education, and encourages software pirating.