On 2017-11-23 02:05, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Librecad seems good and I got it working > instantly on a Debian box. > > Only how do I draw a box and then change the > properties to specific side lengths? > > For example, if I want to picture a building > that is rectangular (from above) with one side > 10m and the other 5m? > > I managed to make an approximate rectangle with > the "rectangle" tool but how do I bring up > properties so that I can assign the > exact values? > > I made a search on Gmane (news.gmane.org) for > "librecad" but apparently no mailing list is > registered there. Also, on aioe (nntp.aioe.org) > there seems to be no Usenet group dedicated to > librecad. Now this speaks volumes. > Aren't people using it? >
This was one of the reasons I decided to change to QCAD. If even choose to pay the € 33 for the Pro version. It works like a charm, has good documentation (I can recommend the official e-book that can be bought separately), and in many subtle ways is more user-friendly. My experience with their customer support and the forum is very good as well. (No I don't have shares, I am just a happy customer. ;-) ) If you think this type of software is what you need, then I would try out QCAD instead of LibreCAD. I've been subscribed to their mailing list for almost a year now and I don't think I've seen more than 3 messages on it. I might be missing things, but I am inclined to think that LibreCAD is "dead". Grx HdV