Vector Tool for Schematics

[Darryl Moore]

Qcad

John Moniz wrote:
> The article on Linux graphics tools reminded me that I have an upcoming
> cottage project for which I should draw some schematics and plan out
> what I'm going to do before I royally mess it up.
> 
> In a nutshell, I will be doing some foundation work underneath the cabin
> (no basement) and would like to lay out the lower part of the cabin to
> scale and make schematic plans of the foundation work in some detail. It
> won't be as detailed as a professional blueprint and I don't need
> something as sophisticated as a CAD program. I think something that I
> can keep to scale and be able to make infinite changes without using an
> eraser. The scale thing could be something as simple as a grid on the
> screen. I was going to look at Inkscape, Xfig and Kivio, which have been
> mentioned on previous posts, but have not used any of them to date.
> 
> Quite a while back, I did schematics of a cabinet I wanted to build
> using using Lotus Freelance Plus. It did the job then and would probably
> have worked for what I need now. I've given up on IBM porting it to Linux.
> 
> Anyone have any experience making schematics for building/renovations
> that could make a recommendation?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> (oops, kind of ended up with a long post... sorry)
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