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LibreCAD

LibreCAD is free and opensource 2D CAD software.

Download/Install

Windows

Download from here.

Linux

Using APT

apt install librecad

Using Snap

snap install librecad

Fixes:

Linux: File Dialog Icons

In KDE the icons in the file dialog are not visible and application icons are not suited for dark mode.

Edit the desktop file ~/.local/share/applications/librecad.desktop and modify the exec key value as shown next.

Exec=env -u KDE_FULL_SESSION -u XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP librecad %F

Using the GUI edit the LibreCad menu item replace Arguments field with -u KDE_FULL_SESSION -u XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP librecad %F.