2008-10-04T16:50:54-07:00 Archimedes is a free and open source CAD (Computer Aided Design) software. It is a robust system built over "Eclipse's Rich Client Platform":http://www.eclipse.org/rcp/ fully based on plug ins. This means it is easily extensible but also has a pretty thin core that allows you to select the features you need and drop the other ones easily. <div class="image">!generate_download /images/download.png(Download the latest Archimedes Version)!:http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=143642</div> Archimedes works on GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows and it only requires you have a "Java Virtual Machine":http://java.sun.com/download/ installed which is also a free software. This means that anything generated with Archimedes is easily recoverable and reused. <div class="image">!generate_next_release /images/release.png(Next version is being worked on.)!</div> The software and most of its plug ins are licensed under the "Eclipse Public License":http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html which allows anyone to download the source code, study it and make changes on it without permission from Archimedes' team. <div class="image">!/screenshots/0000/0011/normal_thumb.gif?1223164880(Archimedes in action)!:/projects/archimedes/screenshots<p>Archimedes' screenshot - "click here to see more":/projects/archimedes/screenshots</div> 1 Archimedes - The Open CAD archimedes 2009-03-13T14:53:53-07:00