From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 21:43:01 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 B1688106566B for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:43:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 462A88FC1A for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:43:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n0MLgxM7027165; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:42:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 00E3ABABC; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:42:58 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:42:58 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: prad Message-ID: <20090122214258.GA8977@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20090122123734.615f79a1@gom.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090122123734.615f79a1@gom.home> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" 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 21:43:02 -0000 --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. You could try graphics/xfig if you want an interactive graphical program. Or cad/qcad for a real 2D drafting program. For very accurate file-based drawing you could try the metapost programming language {name of the binary: mpost(1) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaPost]}, available from the print/teTeX-base port. Or the Asymptote language from the math/asymptote port. [http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/]. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkl46GIACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUbmwCfQaVvohmMNuK9B277o+T92q+O Yo0An1Uu/yJUHJr1UbrXv3slf6MJbvC1 =p2hk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1--