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. *****************************************************************
