[gentoo-user] Programm for Floor Plans

[gentoo-user] Programm for Floor Plans

[Silvio Siefke]

Hello, 


know someone a program for draw floor plans? I has use normal Visio for
it, but unter Linux? 

Thank you for help & Greetings
Silvio

Re: [gentoo-user] Programm for Floor Plans

[Andrey Moshbear]

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Silvio Siefke <siefke_listen@web.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> know someone a program for draw floor plans? I has use normal Visio for
> it, but unter Linux?

Have you tried app-office/dia ?

Re: [gentoo-user] Programm for Floor Plans

[Andrew Lowe]

On 5/03/2013 8:52 AM, Andrey Moshbear wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Silvio Siefke <siefke_listen@web.de> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> know someone a program for draw floor plans? I has use normal Visio for
>> it, but unter Linux?
>
> Have you tried app-office/dia ?
>
>
	My two cents on dia: ugly, klunky, non intuitive, simple tasks are 
nearly, if not totally impossible to perform. I teach 1st year 
Engineering students and I recommend they look at Draftsight. It's not 
in portage, but is an easy install. It's also multiplatform, Linux, Win 
& Mac.

	Regards,
		Andrew

Re: [gentoo-user] Programm for Floor Plans

[Francisco Ares]

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2013/3/4 Andrew Lowe <250520E@curtin.edu.au>

> On 5/03/2013 8:52 AM, Andrey Moshbear wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Silvio Siefke <siefke_listen@web.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>> know someone a program for draw floor plans? I has use normal Visio for
>>> it, but unter Linux?
>>>
>>
>> Have you tried app-office/dia ?
>>
>>
>>          My two cents on dia: ugly, klunky, non intuitive, simple tasks
> are nearly, if not totally impossible to perform. I teach 1st year
> Engineering students and I recommend they look at Draftsight. It's not in
> portage, but is an easy install. It's also multiplatform, Linux, Win & Mac.
>
>         Regards,
>                 Andrew
>
>
>
I have tried to use Google Sketchup in the past, with little success, but I
didn't persist as I should, I guess. Don't know if it is in portage, though.

If 2D drawing is enough, OpenOffice / LibreOffice have a vector drawing
program, and Inkscape is just about it.

For a big shot, Blender is a 3D suite, but complex enough to scare a bit.

Good luck
Francisco
-- 
"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you
and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have
one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas."
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Re: [gentoo-user] Programm for Floor Plans

[Michael Mol]

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On 03/04/2013 10:23 PM, Francisco Ares wrote:
> 2013/3/4 Andrew Lowe <250520E@curtin.edu.au <mailto:250520E@curtin.edu.au>>
> 
>     On 5/03/2013 8:52 AM, Andrey Moshbear wrote:
> 
>         On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Silvio Siefke
>         <siefke_listen@web.de <mailto:siefke_listen@web.de>> wrote:
> 
>             Hello,
> 
> 
>             know someone a program for draw floor plans? I has use
>             normal Visio for
>             it, but unter Linux?
> 
> 
>         Have you tried app-office/dia ?
> 
> 
>             My two cents on dia: ugly, klunky, non intuitive, simple
>     tasks are nearly, if not totally impossible to perform. I teach 1st
>     year Engineering students and I recommend they look at Draftsight.
>     It's not in portage, but is an easy install. It's also
>     multiplatform, Linux, Win & Mac.
> 
>             Regards,
>                     Andrew
> 
> 
> 
> I have tried to use Google Sketchup in the past, with little success,
> but I didn't persist as I should, I guess. Don't know if it is in
> portage, though.
> 
> If 2D drawing is enough, OpenOffice / LibreOffice have a vector drawing
> program, and Inkscape is just about it.
> 
> For a big shot, Blender is a 3D suite, but complex enough to scare a bit.

I saw FreeCAD demo'd at a local makerspace meeting. It looks like a good
place to go for people accustomed to AutoCAD. The guy demoing it uses it
to hand-digitize steam engine blueprints as a hobby. (And he's a Gentoo
user, albeit not on any of the lists or IRC channel, AFAIK)

For my 3D modelling needs, I've been using OpenSCAD...but that's very
much out of the way if you're looking to do floorplans.

DIA is a PITA if you're looking for Visio-like ease-of-use...but it's
the closest thing to Visio there is on Linux, AFAIK.



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[gentoo-user] Re: Programm for Floor Plans

[Juan R. de Silva]

On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:56:57 +0100, Silvio Siefke wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> 
> know someone a program for draw floor plans? I has use normal Visio for
> it, but unter Linux?

http://www.sweethome3d.com/index.jsp

I've been using it happily for a couple of years and it is very good anc 
capable. Just download it, extract and use. No installation required. 
Provided you have Java in any form installed.

Re: [gentoo-user] Programm for Floor Plans

[Paul Hartman]

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Silvio Siefke <siefke_listen@web.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> know someone a program for draw floor plans? I has use normal Visio for
> it, but unter Linux?

If you're able to use a real CAD program, LibreCAD is good one. It's
not in portage but in the "science" overlay.

Re: [gentoo-user] Programm for Floor Plans

[Urs Schutz]

On Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:56:57 +0100
Silvio Siefke <siefke_listen@web.de> wrote:

> Hello, 
> 
> 
> know someone a program for draw floor plans? I has use
> normal Visio for it, but unter Linux? 
> 
> Thank you for help & Greetings
> Silvio
> 

If you know AutoCad then this might be a nice choice (only
for 2D drawings. If you need 3d then Sketchup is one of
the easier ones to learn):

http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/overview/

Urs