no high quality CAD packages ?

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

Dr. Schueler,

It is hard to gauge what your needs are with your description. There are a number of CAD programs available for different purposes, and of different quality. Here are some URLs to information that might help you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_computer-aided_design_software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Linux_computer-aided_design_software
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/4411/

Let me know if you have more questions about the availability of CAD software in the Linux world.

thank you.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 6:59 PM, WeatherGod <
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> Your question #90519 on Ubuntu changed:
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> WeatherGod posted a new comment:
> Dr. Schueler,
>
> It is hard to gauge what your needs are with your description. There
> are a number of CAD programs available for different purposes, and of
> different quality. Here are some URLs to information that might help
> you:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_computer-aided_design_software
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Linux_computer-aided_design_software
> http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/4411/
>
> Let me know if you have more questions about the availability of CAD
> software in the Linux world.
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you are a direct
> subscriber of the question.
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Why is this question still shown/listed in status "Open" although some people already gave an answer?

Aquina, I posted the original post as a comment so as to provide an initial amount of information. It was not intended to be a final answer.

we need a HIGH QUALITY software!!!!!! For architect, autocad is a standard, a must have! Please it's really important!

Clarification: the package manager ( Synaptic) does not list any of these.
Thus with your info *we have ID'ed the bug* >
   such packages do exist, but are not listed.

An Ubuntu Linux specialist did help search before my report.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Dr. Karl Schueler <
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> Your question #90519 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/90519
>
> You gave more information on the question:
> thank you.
>
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 6:59 PM, WeatherGod <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
> > Your question #90519 on Ubuntu changed:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/90519
> >
> > WeatherGod posted a new comment:
> > Dr. Schueler,
> >
> > It is hard to gauge what your needs are with your description. There
> > are a number of CAD programs available for different purposes, and of
> > different quality. Here are some URLs to information that might help
> > you:
> >
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_computer-aided_design_software
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Linux_computer-aided_design_software
> > http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/4411/
> >
> > Let me know if you have more questions about the availability of CAD
> > software in the Linux world.
> >
> > --
> > You received this question notification because you are a direct
> > subscriber of the question.
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dariocaruso, one possibility is if you already have a copy of AutoCAD, you might be able to run it using Wine. See the following for some information regarding other users' experiences with different versions of Wine: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=86

Another possibility is to run Windows within a virtual machine like VirtualBox, and then run AutoCAD from within that. I know several engineers who are Mac users that go with that option, due to AutoDesk's limited Mac support.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_CAD_editors_for_AEC

Here one for Lininux
http://www.cad-schroer.com/index.php?&ziel=Products-MEDUSA-M4Personal&land=com&scr=1.4

Please read but it is for RedHat
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?id=13583898&siteID=123112#QUAL/maya_70_linux.html

Then please read this
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox-ose/+question/83242

In Linux there are many, very good, software for GIS Geographical Information System

Installing a Windows on a virtual-pc with Virtualbox http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Screenshots or other virtualization software is a working different solution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9xcoKXs7rM

Hope this helps

Dr Schueler, I don't know for certain what is available, but there are some additional package repositories that are available that might contain the software you need. From Synaptics, you can find a list of available repositories and activate them. Particularly the Universe and the Non-Free (free as in libre) repositories -- I don't know if they are active by default.

Another repository that might be useful is http://www.opennovation.org/ubuntu/, but I cannot vouch for them.

In addition, many of these programs may offer as a download .deb files, which you can use to install the programs. Or, as a last resort, you could compile from source.

Dr. Schueler would you mark the answer that provided you with help, please?

Try native linux dwg enabled cad (not opensource)

http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/download-draftsight/

Unfortunately I do not have the powers to change the state of this question to SOLVED, EXPIRED or INVALID. Someone here at Launchpad either grant me that permission or simply apply the change in state to this question, please.