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CadZinho is a Computer Aided Design (CAD) software, aimed at a desktop application for 2D technical drawings.

Try it: Releases

CadZinho main objectives:

• Free software: permissive license, both in its own code and in that of third parties;
• Portable: different platforms and operating systems, no administrator privileges, few external dependencies;
• Extensible: script language (Lua) that allows the addition of new features, automation, customization. Perhaps this is the most ambitious goal, as it intends to make CadZinho a base platform for more specialized applications.

CadZinho features:

• Natively open, view, create and modify DXF files
• Uses the "modern" DXF standard (2007 version)
• Some upported entities (more info):
  • Line, Polyline, Spline
  • Circle, Arc, Ellipse and ellipcal arc
  • Text and MText (rich formated text)
  • Block and Insert
  • Hatch
  • Dimmension
  • Raster Image
  • Point
• Standard colors and line weight
• Layer management
• Management and creation of blocks, including attributes
• Text type management, with support for SHP, SHX, TTF fonts
• Linetype management, with support for LIN files and complex linetypes (with shapes)
• Hatch management, with support for PAT files
• Create print files (PDF, SVG, PS and image formats)
• Export to G-code and HPGL formats
• Lua scripting language for extension, which allows configuration, macros, custom interface and custom interactive mode

To do:

• Improve script Lua API
• Layout mode (Paper or print editing mode)
• 3D support (maybe?)