[PLUG] OpenSource Architectural Drawing Program for Linux

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Eric Wilhelm wrote:

> across varkon and brlcad, but these are way more complicated, not too

   I think that Varkon died several years ago. It was a drawing language, and
did a nice job, but did have a steep learning curve.

> OpenOffice Draw, xfig, and inkscape are capable of this sort of thing, but
> you'll pull your hair out trying to draw anything dimensionally precise
> with them.

   If you want dimensional stability, draw using PSTricks. You can place
elements with sub-millimetter precision.

> Steer completely clear of LinuxCAD.

   By all means!

Rich

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