On 2024-11-05 18:31:24, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 November 2024 at 18:09:21, Curtis Maurand wrote:
>
> > On 11/5/24 01:32, Erik Christiansen via Dng wrote:
> > >
> > > After trying GIMP, and failing to find a way to draw a box, I gave up on
> > > GUI drawing, and "drew" the eight sections, elevations, and plan views
> > > for my owner-built off-grid retirement retreat - a 25m x 9.2m building
> > > with internal masonry in the midst of timber framed walls - in
> > > Postscript. It was easier.
> >
> > Gimp isn't good at that. Libre Office Draw is good at what you
> > describe. Drawing programs for Linux are few and far between.
>
> I would suggest you take a look at https://openscad.org/
>
> It's primarily intended for 3D, but of course doing 2D just means one
> dimension is very thin :)
>
> It's basically "CAD for programmers". You code the definition of things you
> want to be drawn, and it then does the hard work foir you.

OpenSCAD is in Devuan repos, just checked. As are a few other CAD type
things, and Blender.

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