Well, I am looking for something with accuracy of relative scale between CAD and "paint" or GIMP. I don't think I'd be as productive with a bitmap graphics program than with some thing that is vector graphics based. Back in the 80's I authored technical manuals with perspective drawings done in MSPaint. I don't want to do that again! http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Draw_Guide/House_plan discusses using OpenOffice.org Draw, which could work. I haven't looked yet but I'd be surprised if a furniture template for Dia did not exist. Thanks for the suggestion. Alan On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Stephen wrote: > one forum post suggests the following > > "If you want to keep it simple, what about MS Paint? > > Seriously, the easiest and safest solution to this is the GIMP. > (avoiding dependency hell) > > Just create each item of furniture on a seperate layer (as simple as > going to "layers" and clicking "new layer", then that way, each item > is on a seperate sheet of acetate if you will, and they can all be > moved independently. > > This also has the advantage that I've never had the GIMP fail to > install yet, even on Slack 9.1 it went like a dream, and you also have > an extensive availibility of information on the web." > > Other hunting comes up with some of the follwoing ideas > > http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/ > Any cad software like inkscape or whatever your distribution has > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: >> Is there a program out there for Linux that allows one to draw a home >> or office floor plan? I don't need CAD quality here, just fairly >> accurate relative sizes of furniture and walls. Then one could drag >> the furniture around the room to figure out a new layout. I used to >> do this with a ruler, sissors and graph paper but I'd rather use >> something more virtual. >> >> Alan >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss