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What are the best open source vector drawing programs?
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Best open source vector drawing programs
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Sweet Home 3D
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Windows, Linux, Mac
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sK1
Free
Windows, macOS, Linux
LGPL
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Lorien
Free
Windows, Linux, Mac
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Inkscape
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Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix
GPL-2.0-or-later
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Milton
Free
Windows, Linux
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Sweet Home 3D
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Sweet Home 3D
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3D Modeling compliant
See your designs in 3D
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Doesn't have search within Object library
You have to scroll through to select what you want to use.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
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Can import custom Objects
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Simple UI easy to find what you need
The UI is simple and easy to understand
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sK1
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sK1
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sK1
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CMYK colorspace support
CMYK support is one of its main features.
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Platforms:
Windows, macOS, Linux
License:
LGPL
Initial Release:
in the middle ages
Based On:
Skencil
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Corel Draw compatible
sK1 tries to look and feel like Corel Draw, it has also an excellent *.cdr importer.
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Open-Source
Released under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
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Cross-platform
Its written in the cross-platform WxWidgets toolkit.
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Lorien
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Lorien
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Unlimited canvas
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Lorien is a simple free and open-source Whiteboard with an infinite canvas. It is still in its early stages, but looks very promising.
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SVG export
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Inkscape
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Inkscape
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Very slow startup on some systems
Depending on factors like how many fonts you have installed, Inkscape can take upwards of 30 seconds to launch.
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It's really easy and fun
You can edit and create vector graphics with Inkscape.
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Platforms:
Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix
License:
GPL-2.0-or-later
Initial Release:
2003
Technology:
C++
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Con
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Based on the GTK widget toolkit
Software is based on GTK, so it might not integrate well in non-GTK environments. It also requires many dependencies on those non-GTK desktops. It also adds dependencies to GTK-environments since it is written in C++ which requires the gtkmm wrapper/interface
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Export to different file types
You can export and save your files for example as a "normal" svg, png, jpg, bmp etc. file.
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No support for large printing machine system
No support for large printing machine environment, except exporting the resulting artwork to PDF.
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Cross-platform
Pre-built binaries are available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Inkscape can be built from source on additional platforms.
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Incompatible with previous versions
Sometimes backward compatibility breaks. For example, pre 0.92 SVGs are incompatible with later releases (due different default resolutions).
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Free and open source
Inkscape is GPL-licensed and maintains public repositories.
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Uses its own SVG-format by default
Inkscape might use SVG as its default format, however this SVG's contains some additional SodiPodi/Inkscape additions that can be troublesome if you want to import the SVG into some other application.
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Opens lots of file types
Inkscape supports many common formats for import (including SVG, Photoshop and Illustrator) and its plugin architecture allows more to be added.
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Mac version is in worse shape than Windows/Linux version
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Unstable
Sometimes it just crashes without any reason, so it's not really usable as professional application.
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Y-axis inverted
0,0 coordinates begin in lower left corner, not upper left corner as SVG standards define.
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Milton
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User friendly
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No SVG export
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Windows, Linux
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Free
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SVGEdit
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