[ILUG] Linux CAD software

[Philip Trickett (List)]

On Tue, 2010-09-14 at 16:39 +0100, Gavin McCullagh wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 14 Sep 2010, Lisa Muir wrote:
> 
> > Have a friend looking to do floorplans to scale in a cad package, they
> > use linux.
> > 
> > Is there an opensource cad package that can be recommended for this
> > usage which doesn't require 3D modelling etc??
> 
> There is qcad, though I don't know enough about CAD to be able to
> recommend it.

I'd recommend QCad for a simple system.

There is this though: http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/141073 looks
quite good, and allows the viewing of the floorplan in 3D.

HTH,

Phil