Re: home construction/remodeling packages
In a message dated: Sat, 04 May 2002 22:28:57 EDT Carl Helmers said: This does not answer your question re a Linux home modelling packgages, but what you want sounds like a product called 3D Architect, version 4.0 which I purchased at Compusa in Nashua a couple of months ago and finally started using last week... (I run it on my Windoze 98 HP Pavillion box...) I think I have v2.0 of that product. I hope it's improved somewhat since then, I was extremely disappointed in it. Btw, have you tried running it under the latest incarnation of WINE? -- Seeya, Paul It may look like I'm just sitting here doing nothing, but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away. If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: home construction/remodeling packages
There are some packages available. Look for CAD for linux, and you'll very likely find all of them. Eg. Microstation had a linux version some time ago (this was probably the best package for linux). There is some package called cycas, or something similar name. I tried them, and then reverted to Archicad, which runs only on windows and Mac; you may be able to get away with some windows emulation solution. If you spend a few days with softwares in the cheaper/freeware category, you'll find that they're not worth much; you'll spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to do something that may not even be possible with them. Especially when you get to designing roofs and their intersection with walls, or rendering capabilities, that's where it shows how much you spent on an architect software. As for complete material list, electric plan, etc., that may be extra packages for other base solutions (eg. Autocad/Autoarchitect, , Archicad), but I'm not familiar with those. And this is offtopic by now, anyway. --Ferenc Are there Linux software packages available to help with home construction/remodeling? Having never used such software I'm not even completely sure what I'm asking for, but I'd think such a package would at least (and I'm talking about something more than xfig) help you lay out a floorplan. Fancier ones might provide some CAD assistance, perhaps even allowing you to model the entire structure right down to the studs and wiring and maybe even generating a materials list for the project. A *really* cool package might even let you model the entire structure in 3D and allow you to move individual components on a what-if basis, etc, etc, etc... * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
home construction/remodeling packages
Are there Linux software packages available to help with home construction/remodeling? Having never used such software I'm not even completely sure what I'm asking for, but I'd think such a package would at least (and I'm talking about something more than xfig) help you lay out a floorplan. Fancier ones might provide some CAD assistance, perhaps even allowing you to model the entire structure right down to the studs and wiring and maybe even generating a materials list for the project. A *really* cool package might even let you model the entire structure in 3D and allow you to move individual components on a what-if basis, etc, etc, etc... * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
RE: home construction/remodeling packages
This does not answer your question re a Linux
home modelling packgages, but what you want sounds
like a product called 3D Architect, version 4.0
which I purchased at Compusa in Nashua a couple of
months ago and finally started using last week...
(I run it on my Windoze 98 HP Pavillion box...)
I, too would like to have a package with slightly
more functionality than 3D-Architect v4.0 that
I could run on my Linux boxes, but alas I have no
such package in the Linux universe...
... Carl
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Subject: home construction/remodeling packages
Are there Linux software packages available
to help with home construction/remodeling?
Having never used such software I'm not even
completely sure what I'm asking for, but I'd
think such a package would at least (and I'm
talking about something more than xfig) help
you lay out a floorplan. Fancier ones might
provide some CAD assistance, perhaps even
allowing you to model the entire structure
right down to the studs and wiring and maybe
even generating a materials list for the
project. A *really* cool package might even
let you model the entire structure in 3D and
allow you to move individual components on
a what-if basis, etc, etc, etc...
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Re: home construction/remodeling packages
On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 15:53, Michael O'Donnell wrote: Are there Linux software packages available to help with home construction/remodeling? Having never used such software I'm not even completely sure what I'm asking for, but I'd think such a package would at least (and I'm talking about something more than xfig) help you lay out a floorplan. Fancier ones might provide some CAD assistance, Well, since you aren't sure what you're asking, I'm not really sure what to tell you. If you're looking for CAD software, there are several commercial products, the best of which is LinuxCAD. There is also VariCAD. If you are looking for something in the area of free, then there are several of those, too. Check out Freshmeat: http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=CADsection=projects . perhaps even allowing you to model the entire structure right down to the studs and wiring and maybe even generating a materials list for the project. A *really* cool package might even let you model the entire structure in 3D and allow you to move individual components on a what-if basis, etc, etc, etc... I'm not sure that there are any home designer products for Linux that have libraries of furniture, windows, doors, etc. However, you should be able to create 3D images using a wire frame design tools, and then place them inside of another design representing a house. C-Ya, Kenny * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
RE: home construction/remodeling packages
There's this... it seems more in depth than those off the shelf programs
though, so it might not be what you're looking for. Maybe it'll be of
use.
http://www.cycas.de/
Ben
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Carl Helmers wrote:
This does not answer your question re a Linux
home modelling packgages, but what you want sounds
like a product called 3D Architect, version 4.0
which I purchased at Compusa in Nashua a couple of
months ago and finally started using last week...
(I run it on my Windoze 98 HP Pavillion box...)
I, too would like to have a package with slightly
more functionality than 3D-Architect v4.0 that
I could run on my Linux boxes, but alas I have no
such package in the Linux universe...
... Carl
--=|=-
Carl Helmers, President, Helmers Publishing, Inc.
-- Publishers of
Supply Chain Systems (formerly ID Systems)
and
Desktop Engineering
magazines and related WWW pages --
(what else to do after starting the late lamented BYTE magazine?)
{founder and owner, Sensors magazine, 1984-1999}
[Favorite open source look and feel:
Linux running Squeak on a big screen ]
EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WEB:www.deskeng.com
www.scs-mag.com
SNAILMAIL: 174 Concord Street, Peterborough, NH 03458
PHONE: 603.924.9631-=- FAX: 603.924.7408
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Sent: 5/4/02 3:53 PM
Subject: home construction/remodeling packages
Are there Linux software packages available
to help with home construction/remodeling?
Having never used such software I'm not even
completely sure what I'm asking for, but I'd
think such a package would at least (and I'm
talking about something more than xfig) help
you lay out a floorplan. Fancier ones might
provide some CAD assistance, perhaps even
allowing you to model the entire structure
right down to the studs and wiring and maybe
even generating a materials list for the
project. A *really* cool package might even
let you model the entire structure in 3D and
allow you to move individual components on
a what-if basis, etc, etc, etc...
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