However, I decided to pursue a more general approach and started integrating Python scripting (which I have put on hold until after 1.0 is out). I would then (if I still had demand) implement the "CAD-like" features as python scripts.
The funny thing is, just the hard coded function for creating circles, lines and boxes would have been finished by now if I hadn't chosen the more flexible but complicated approach.

>
>
> Hello all,
>         We get requests for this CAD-like functionality a LOT, in forums.  (For
> some reason, it seems like a lot of users think of Inkscape as a CAD program.)
> I'd be curious what developers thoughts about this are.  I mean adding this type
> of feature to all of Inkscape, not just rectangles.
>
> All best,
> brynn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: doctormo@...400...
> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2019 6:00 PM
> To: Ibrahim Duz ; inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Fwd: Extension request: Auto-generate rectangles
> based on input values
>
> Dear Ibrahim Duz,
>
> Are you looking for a contractor to help you make your extension? I
> don't think it would be very expensive, given the requirements.
>
> I'm a contractor, and I've worked on a lot of python extensions. Email
> me privately if this is what you need.
>
> Best Regards, Martin Owens
>
> On Fri, 2019-05-31 at 23:44 +0200, Ibrahim Duz wrote:
> > Dear dev community members,
> > I am not sure whether this is the right way to ask for it. But
> > I would like to make an extension (feature) request for a client of
> > mine who uses your application. He is using Inkscape on a daily basis
> > and doing a lot of repetitive actions in the program for which we
> > thought an extension would be a good solution to reduce the time in
> > his work.
> > This is basically what he wants:
> >
> > He wants to fill 3 values: Width x Height x Depth (maybe in a popup)
> > Based on these 3 values, 7 rectangles need to be created based on
> > some calculation on the values he entered.
> >
> > I have added an example outcome of what he wants to be produced.
> > All other values can be calculated based on the initial 3 values he
> > enters.
> >
> > Is there anyone from the dev team who can help us out and discuss
> > about the further requirements?
> >
> > Hope to hear from you.
> > Keep up the good work!
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Ibrahim Duz
> >
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