Floor plan drawing program?

[Josef Lowder]

Seems like "the cad people" might actually be cads
(and I don't mean Cadillacs ;)

The record Linux has achieved would seem to indicate
that anything that can be done with a computer is not only
possible in Linux, but would no doubt be superior than
any non-linux approach.


On 10/25/08, 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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>  From: "Stephen" <cryptworks at gmail.com>
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>  Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 8:46 PM
>  Subject: Re: Floor plan drawing program?
>
>
>  > 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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