<p>Heh, heh. :-).<br>
In grad school I saw a velocity expressed in furlongs per fortnight so a buddy and I adopted that as a standard unit of planetary motion just to cause mayhem with the astronomers. <br>
It worked.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 23, 2011 12:09 PM, "Michael H. Warfield" <<a href="mailto:mhw@wittsend.com">mhw@wittsend.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 06:49 -0400, Richard Faulkner wrote: <br>
>> The only thing I've used *personally* like this is Blender3D but that is<br>>> for 3D rendering and animation (a bit different than what you want to<br>>> do). Here are some suggestions though:<br>
>> <br>>> - QCad (2D CAD System)<br>> <br>> QCad absolutely ROCKS for 2D and it's brutally simple to learn. I<br>> picked it up and in one weekend designed our new 1000 ft^2 deck which we<br>> now enjoy and whipped out my tape measure and started running around the<br>
> house taking measurements and now have the entire floor plan of the<br>> entire house from basement to attic in there in layers and reconciled to<br>> within 1". Total time from when I first cracked a look at QCad to the<br>
> completion of the X-Ray vertical through the house (each floor has its<br>> own set of layers) was less than 5 days and I wasn't even working at it<br>> continuously. Still have to add wiring, plumbing, network, and my fiber<br>
> optic audio bus into it but, still...<br>> <br>> Any package whose authors have the sense of humor to have their "units<br>> of scale" go from angstroms to parsecs gets a big thumbs up from<br>> me. :-)<br>
> <br>> Too bad it's only 2D.<br>> <br>>> - FreeCAD (Feature based parametric modeler)<br>>> - PyCAD (PythonCAD - doesn't support dwg/dxf formats)<br>>> - SagCAD (2D CAD modelling)<br>
> <br>>> Happy Hunting you CAD!<br>> <br>> Regards,<br>> Mike<br>> <br>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>> From: Robert L. Harris <<a href="mailto:robert.l.harris@gmail.com">robert.l.harris@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>>> To: <a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a><br>>> Subject: [ale] 3D CAD in Linux?<br>>> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:21:14 -0600<br>
>> <br>>> <br>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>>> Hash: SHA1<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> I need to design a couple things for a friend. I would like to do it<br>>> in a linux based auto-cad type solution. Anyone have any good ideas<br>
>> for something simple I can start with? I'm looking to model some wood<br>>> boxes, simple but not just 90degree angles.<br>>> <br>>> Anyone done anything like this? Any examples would also be greatly<br>
>> welcome.<br>>> <br>>> Thoughts?<br>>> <br>>> - -- <br>>> <br>>> :wq!<br>>> ====================================================================<br>>> Robert L. Harris | GPG Key ID: E344DA3B<br>
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