graphics software for drawing floorplans

[Howard Gibson]

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:42:58 -0500
Noah John Gellner <noah.gellner-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> In the past I have created floor plans using Visio. Has anyone used an
> open source tool that can be used for this purpose. I had a look at Dia
> but it does not seem to have the right sorts of "shape" templates. Any
> recommendations?
> 
> Noah

Noah,

   I just moved into a house, and I used QCAD to do floorplans.  QCAD is a seriously Mickey Mouse tool, but it does scale drawings, and I know a few sneaky CAD tricks.

   You can also look into Xfig, but your scale drawing is limited.

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