On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 at 01:29:41PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> On 14 April 2010 11:11, Roger Munford
> wrote:
> >
> > John, you will be pleased to know that the command line is there and you
> > do use it a lot when entering exact measurements. If you need an
> > interesting project to g
On 15/04/2010 13:29, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> I think the payback period for PVs in the UK is something like 30
> years due to the lack of sunlight in the UK.
> I think, due to wear and tear, the PV would have to be replaced before
> 30 years, so using PVs in the UK does not give you any TCO
On 14 April 2010 11:11, Roger Munford wrote:
>
> John, you will be pleased to know that the command line is there and you
> do use it a lot when entering exact measurements. If you need an
> interesting project to get stuck into, think about putting solar PV
> panels on you roof.
> It looks like a
On 14 April 2010 13:24, john lewis wrote:
> Plotters are great fun to watch all the black lines were drawn first,
> the black pen is then parked, the head selects the next colour, say
> red, then all the lines in that colour are drawn and so on.
Yay! I used to love playing with an A0 pen plotter.
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:11:38 +0100
Roger Munford wrote:
> Thanks for all your replies. Qcad did indeed fill the bill. I
> couldn't actually work it out without reading practically the whole
> manual and some online help. A major hurdle was the concept that the
> drawing is infinitely scaleable on
john lewis wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:12:22 +0100
> john lewis wrote:
>
>
>> QCad looks simple enough to use judging by a very brief look at the
>> book preview. Many commercial Cad packages are complex and have a long
>> learning curve.
>>
>> The professional version only costs 22 euros
On 11 April 2010 22:22, Roger Munford wrote:
> Will have to learn from scratch but I hope to be able to quickly produce
> a simple 2D plan of my roof showing position of rafters, rooflights etc.
I found sweet home 3d useful when doing my house.
http://www.sweethome3d.eu/
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On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:12:22 +0100
john lewis wrote:
> QCad looks simple enough to use judging by a very brief look at the
> book preview. Many commercial Cad packages are complex and have a long
> learning curve.
>
> The professional version only costs 22 euros so if the free version is
> miss
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:31:54 +0100
Mark Johnson wrote:
> Hi Roger
>
> On Sunday 11 Apr 2010 22:22:14 Roger Munford wrote:
> > Will have to learn from scratch but I hope to be able to quickly
> > produce a simple 2D plan of my roof showing position of rafters,
> > rooflights etc.
>
> Have you lo
On 11/04/2010 22:22, Roger Munford wrote:
> Will have to learn from scratch but I hope to be able to quickly produce
> a simple 2D plan of my roof showing position of rafters, rooflights etc.
I've used Inkscape for basic room planning.
It's a bit fiddly though and primarily designed as a vector d
On 11 April 2010 22:22, Roger Munford wrote:
> Will have to learn from scratch but I hope to be able to quickly produce
> a simple 2D plan of my roof showing position of rafters, rooflights etc.
>
> Thanks
>
> Roger
Google scetchup should work with wine
http://wiki.winehq.org/GoogleSketchup
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Hi Roger
On Sunday 11 Apr 2010 22:22:14 Roger Munford wrote:
> Will have to learn from scratch but I hope to be able to quickly produce
> a simple 2D plan of my roof showing position of rafters, rooflights etc.
Have you looked at QCad [1]? I was looking for a similar program to my dad
while try
Will have to learn from scratch but I hope to be able to quickly produce
a simple 2D plan of my roof showing position of rafters, rooflights etc.
Thanks
Roger
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