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
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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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