[gentoo-user] Re: Floorplan software for Linux?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-03-25, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:

>> Is there any usable 2D floorplan software for Linux?
>>
>> I've tried sweethome3d, but it seems to be missing a lot of
>> very basic features. The 2D floorplan part of it doesn't seem
>> to work very well (I don't care about the 3D stuff).
>>
>> Some people recommend generic 2D mechanical CAD software [...]
>>
>> I really don't want to go back to the Windows App I've used in
>> the past...

> You don't want to go back to the windows app, or you don't
> want to go back to running Windows as a platform?

Some of both.  The windows app of which I have a copy (Better
Homes & Gardens, IIRC) works well enough when you're editing
the floorplan, but printing is pretty badly broken and required
extensive hair-pulling and teeth-gnashing.

I have a latptop that's set up to dual boot Gentoo and XP. In
the past I booted into XP to run one or two apps (mostly H&R
Block Tax Cut).  The NTFS partition is rather small, and
every time I want to do something under windows, I end up having
to futz around trying to free up disk space.

> I'm using a few old windows apps where there is no good OS
> alternative within a vmware/Win XP setup. This works fine for
> me for the maybe 60 minutes a week I need to use these things.

I've used Qemu quite a bit for running Win2K (and eCos), and in
many ways it's a lot easier than running MS-Windows on real
hardware. Maybe I'll try installing the BH&G floorplan program
on Win2K under Qemu.

> I looked for the same sort of floor planning software a few
> years ago. I found nothing at that time.

SweetHome3d is getting pretty close (it didn't exist the last
time I was looing for floor-plan SW). But, it's still lacking a
couple key features that I tend to use frequently.  I think I
could get by with SH3D if I gave up on the idea of drawing a
floorplan for an entire level and just did one room per
document.

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