Floor plan drawing program?

[Stephen]

not impossible just nobodyhas done it yet. Dia looks like the most
readily available


On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:02 AM, mike enriquez <mylinux at cox.net> wrote:
> Hey, if you find any program that will draw floor plans in Linux, please let
> me know. The Cad people are telling me that this is an imposibility in
> Linux.
> Thanks
> Mike Enriquez
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>
>> one forum post suggests the following
>>
>> "If you want to keep it simple, what about MS Paint?
>>
>> Seriously, the easiest and safest solution to this is the GIMP.
>> (avoiding dependency hell)
>>
>> Just create each item of furniture on a seperate layer (as simple as
>> going to "layers" and clicking "new layer", then that way, each item
>> is on a seperate sheet of acetate if you will, and they can all be
>> moved independently.
>>
>> This also has the advantage that I've never had the GIMP fail to
>> install yet, even on Slack 9.1 it went like a dream, and you also have
>> an extensive availibility of information on the web."
>>
>> Other hunting comes up with some of the follwoing ideas
>>
>> http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/
>> Any cad software like inkscape or whatever your distribution has
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Alan Dayley <alandd at consultpros.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Is there a program out there for Linux that allows one to draw a home
>>> or office floor plan?  I don't need CAD quality here, just fairly
>>> accurate relative sizes of furniture and walls.  Then one could drag
>>> the furniture around the room to figure out a new layout.  I used to
>>> do this with a ruler, sissors and graph paper but I'd rather use
>>> something more virtual.
>>>
>>> Alan
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A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen