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Wine: Autosketch 9
I've used Drafix CAD for too many years. I have previously tried to get it running on Wine with no luck. AutoSketch is based on Drafix CAD and something I could learn to live with (minimal learning curve) if I could get it running on Linux... so far no go. (details of that attempt removed)
'19: Revisited this (wine64 + wine32 on PCLOS TDE mini) and both Drafix CAD (2.1/3.0) and AutoSketch (9) work now. Registering AutoSketch generates errors but dismissing them, continuing and trying things (alternate method?) finally got me through (no more startup nag). Printing errors require installing cups-pdf package (edit /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf to change default print directory, e.g. ~/PDF > ~/Documents) and, in my case, KGhostview (trinity-kghostview). Closing all files before exiting AutoSketch prevents 'Application - Fatal Error' issue. While I hate how AutoSketch messed with Drafix CAD snaps, it is otherwise easier to use (file dialog boxes, scroll zoom/button pan, etc.). When a newer DXF is needed (e.g. for Inkscape), I use QCAD (which can open most/all .dxf files) to update it.
'19: Revisited this (wine64 + wine32 on PCLOS TDE mini) and both Drafix CAD (2.1/3.0) and AutoSketch (9) work now. Registering AutoSketch generates errors but dismissing them, continuing and trying things (alternate method?) finally got me through (no more startup nag). Printing errors require installing cups-pdf package (edit /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf to change default print directory, e.g. ~/PDF > ~/Documents) and, in my case, KGhostview (trinity-kghostview). Closing all files before exiting AutoSketch prevents 'Application - Fatal Error' issue. While I hate how AutoSketch messed with Drafix CAD snaps, it is otherwise easier to use (file dialog boxes, scroll zoom/button pan, etc.). When a newer DXF is needed (e.g. for Inkscape), I use QCAD (which can open most/all .dxf files) to update it.
