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 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 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen" > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > 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 >> 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 >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- 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 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss