[plug] CAD or Architecture programs

[Muskie Teh Otterboi]

Gavin Chester wrote:

>On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 20:32 +0800, Bernd Felsche wrote:
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>>Timothy White <weirdit at gmail.com> writes:
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>>>I'm looking for a CAD or Architecture program to help me model a
>>>building. It just needs to be basic, I'm only doing the outer walls
>>>and they consist of brick and concrete. It's 3 stories and each floor
>>>is a concrete slab.
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>>CYCAS is quite comprehensive. But it's not for the feeble-hearted.
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>>Run through the tutorials before you get serious about drawing your
>>own stuff. Else it will explode your brain.
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>I didn't chip in before, because I thought you would have been steered
>to QCAD by someone else.  QCAD has becoming "mainstream" enough that
>it's available from apt/yum repos.  At least I know it is for
>Fedora :-).  It's only 2D, but has capacity to view in
>isometric/perspective/etc.  Saves natively in DXF format so compatible
>with many other CAD apps - including Autodesk's stable of apps.  Fairly
>easy to get started if you've ever used any other CAD app.  
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>Gavin.
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Of course, Plain ole BSP mapping is not only good enough for what he 
wants, it's FUN!
Screw paying 3 grand for a CAD program, Buy Half Life 2! n.n

Muskie