From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 21:27:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EADE106566C for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:27:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92CCB8FC1B for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:27:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.14.3/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id n0MLR6aj070522 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:27:07 +0100 (CET) X-Ids: 166 Received: from niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.41]) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 878DB8A1DA for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:27:05 +0100 (CET) Received: by niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix, from userid 2005) id 568D751; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:27:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:27:05 +0100 From: Michel Talon To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090122212705.GA60561@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.166]); Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:27:07 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94.2/8893/Thu Jan 22 21:18:43 2009 on shiva.jussieu.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Miltered: at jchkmail.jussieu.fr with ID 4978E4AA.00D by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Enveloppe: 4978E4AA.00D/134.157.10.1/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/ X-j-chkmail-Score: MSGID : 4978E4AA.00D on jchkmail.jussieu.fr : j-chkmail score : . : R=. U=. O=. B=0.030 -> S=0.030 X-j-chkmail-Status: Ham Subject: Re: technical drawing program X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:27:09 -0000 On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:37:34PM -0800, prad wrote: > any recommendations? > i've tried dia and inkscape. the former seems to be good for > flowcharts > and general diagrams while the latter is great for all sorts of > things, > but i'd like to be able to do accurate geometric diagrams and was > wondering if something more appropriate is available. The most appropriate freely available program to do that is qcad, otherwise autocad if you want to pay money. See /usr/ports/cad/qcad -- Michel TALON