DWG Drawings

[Dotan Cohen]

> I'd add that while AutoCAD's DWG format is proprietary, and very closely
> protected, AutoDESK has shown some move towards FOSS in releasing their web
> map server, Mapguide Open Source as a fully open source project.
> Furthermore, AutoDesk is a major contributor to the foundation known as
> OSGeo (www.osgeo.org) which promotes open source GIS software, maintains an
> "incubation" process for new FOSS GIS projects, and certifies mature
> projects.
>
> Having said that, I'm aware of one (proprietary) software for Linux that
> handles dwg files: Varicad. AFAIK it's similar in features to "AutoCAD
> Lite"  and costs much less. QCAD, the FOSS CAD software reads and writes
> only dxf (as you probably already found). OpenDWG is pretty far behind - it
> supports only DWG 2000 and older formats, and it's a library that needs to
> be used by some other software.
>

Exactly, the CAD market on Linux is reaching critical mass and _now_
is the time to speak up! Please update us with their response, Noam.
You might want to contact an Israeli AutoCAD distributor as well:
http://www.omnitech.co.il/autodesk/contactUs.aspx?catid=7

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Dotan Cohen

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