It develops as an alternate option to AutoCAD. The software and its plugins are under the Eclipse Public License which means anyone can modify its source code to develop its own application without the permission of Archimedes team. It works on Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows but before installing it, you have need to install Java Virtual Machine. QCAD – 2D Archimedes: An architecture open CADĪrchimedes is a free and open source CAD (Computer Aided Design) software built Eclipse’s Rich Client Platform.
