Dear People,
I totally agree with a better merge of Inskape and any CAD-creatures out there. As an Industrial Designer, I need to combine technical with artistic drawings/skills, for example to make a presentation drawing out of a technical drawing. Then I need the accurate shapes from a CAD-program together with the flexibiltiy from a vector program like Inkscape. (or, anyway, I have the shapes in CAD anyway and I don't want to draw it all over again in Inkscape...) I wish this integration was easier, but Inkscape is not blame: neither Illustrator nor Corel nor Flash managed to do this very well either...
Other uses of combinig CAD-programs with Inkscape (or for that matter: any vector program, but why not use the BEST?) -interior design: nicely lay-out walls with custom "wallpaper" as an inkscape-pattern... -flow charts and organigrams -3d -typography -pictogram design -instuction manuals, exploded views, etc...
Also, mind that the workflow from some CAD programs is simply different from vector-programs. SolidWorks is feature-based, something I mis in Inkscpae apart from the rectangles and polygons.
So, YES, the combination of a good vector graphics program with a CAD program can be very powerfull!
I'm quite experienced with a lot of graphic and design programs, so far, I like Inskape the best! Above Flash, Corel and Illustrator.
Okay, that's all,
CIAO
-----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Donn Sent: 8. juni 2007 11:25 To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Marcel.Tippmann@...2272...; Florian.Stroessenreuther@...2272... Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] stroke tracing CAD data (for black-and-whiteline illustration)?
I was trying to draw a house plan to scale and the biggest issue is measurements of lines - if Inkscape could tell me how long something is (even when it's at an angle) that would make a big difference.
So, I moved my project over to Qcad (Linux version too!) where things are far more awkward, but still better for the purpose of CAD than Inkscape.
Please - one of the brains out there - merge Inkscape and Qcad ! :D
/d
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