From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 20:24:56 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 D8838106566B for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:24:56 +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 6B0448FC0C for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:24:56 +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 n0NKOsZO056634 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:24:55 +0100 (CET) X-Ids: 164 Received: from niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.41]) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0716689BF5 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:24:53 +0100 (CET) Received: by niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix, from userid 2005) id CC59251; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:24:52 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:24:52 +0100 From: Michel Talon To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090123202452.GA96746@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 [134.157.0.164]); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:24:55 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94.2/8897/Fri Jan 23 13:59:36 2009 on shiva.jussieu.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Miltered: at jchkmail2.jussieu.fr with ID 497A2796.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Enveloppe: 497A2796.000/134.157.10.1/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/ X-j-chkmail-Score: MSGID : 497A2796.000 on jchkmail2.jussieu.fr : j-chkmail score : . : R=. U=. O=. B=0.022 -> S=0.022 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: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:24:57 -0000 Chuck Robey wrote: >I never had a chance to look qcad over. Maybe someone else who has that >experience with it could give a better critique of it, without sounding >like a salesman or a booster. I have used xfig and qcad. Qcad is definitely more complicated to use, it is handled similarly to autocad, but, like autocad, it allows to do precise 2D drawings. Basically qcad is a simplified 2D autocad. I don't think, at least i am not able to do similar precise things with xfig, which, on the other hand is convenient to insert schematic drawings into Latex stuff. Since both are available for free, the OP can try both and see what he prefers for his job. -- Michel TALON