[ILUG] Linux CAD software

[Philip Trickett (List)]

On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 07:44 +0100, Lisa Muir wrote:


> 
> There goes my free time.... thanks for all the input, will give all
> these a whirl and give you some feedback including whether or not a
> cad ignorant novice can easily throw down a floorplan in them!!!
> 
> Thanks guys,
> 
> Lisa.


In that case, check these QCad demos out:
http://www.qcad.org/qcad_doc_animations.html

Also, you may find the text input for drawing way quicker, e.g. for a 10
metre line horizontal, left to right, in the console on QCad you enter
(once you have an origin, and presuming your measuremnt units are in
cm):
@100<0
Or for a vertical line, bottom to top:
@100<90

The angle changes from 0 to 359 in an anticlockwise direction.

If you can find any pre-drawn parts in DXF format QCad can import them.

HTH,

Phil