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A couple of things have put me off purchasing IntelliCAD:

I'm not keen to go back to windows and would like to use a linux port, even if it's under wine.
The current versions of IntelliCAD stall under wine, I believe because of installer's being rewritten to handle XP.

Another concern is the release of ACAD 2004 with it's incompatable file format.

Are these being addressed?

Rink,

I'm not sure of the Linux position however I understand the Open DWG Alliance have dealt with AutoCAD's 2004 code.



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Regards
John Finlay

John,

Although OpenDWG appears to have cracked the ACAD 2004 file format,are you planning to incorporate this into Intellicad in the near future? If so, I take it the upgrade path would be relatively smooth?

As regards linux, I have tried to install your Demo on Wine (windows api sub-layer) without much success.

Rink

When compiling ICAD the OpenDWG code is needed and the most recent code would include 2004 dwg's.

I have no inside information on this but the ITC would certainly use the latest OpenDWG code.

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Regards
John Finlay

John,

When was IntelliCAD last compiled?

As I understand it IntelliCAD is compiled from Microsoft Visual C++ libraries, OpenDWG code has numerous ports which include linux.

Rink