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Just that. By good I mean something at the level of SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or similar. This is a complete limitation for me (and many others) to use Ubuntu.

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Please specify what you need the CAD application for. There are plenty of open and commercial solutions available. – Takkat Feb 18 '11 at 8:02
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Are you looking for a free one? – Joril Feb 18 '11 at 8:06
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See for example

Not exactly the same as Solidworks or Autocad, but it really depends on what you are going to do. Reviews says that many free software do have good quality, but unfortunately that's really subjective.

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+1 for the links esp. tech-edv – Takkat Feb 18 '11 at 12:02
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VariCAD is a good and professional CAD Solution, which is available for Linux.

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BricsCAD is available on Linux: http://www.bricsys.com/

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You could try FreeCAD or BRL-CAD or some of the other floss alternatives.

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Try DraftSight it is dwg 2D editor and it has similar environment as AutoCAD it is free of charge

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

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