Floor plan drawing program?

[Joseph Sinclair]

This is kind of funny...
AutoCAD is not (and IMO never will be) high-end CAD software.  It's expensive middle-tier stuff.
All of the top-end CAD/CAM software (like ProE, CATIA, Cadence, Synopsis, etc...) is Linux and/or Unix software (with some cross-platform for the companies with PHB's setting policy).  Windows just can't handle the kinds
of activities serious pro CAD/CAM software needs.  I suppose Architects may use stuff like AutoCAD on Windows, but the engineers, IME, all use Linux or Solaris.

Full disclosure: my new company is developing ultra-high-end CAD/CAE/CAM software for microelectronics (like Cadence, except with automation, and it's actually correct). It's cross-platform, but it seems to run best on Linux (thanks to better resource management, mostly).


Josef Lowder wrote:
> 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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>>  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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