On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Thursday, January 30, 2014 12:07:23 Jack Chastain wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Chris Knadle > > [...] > > jack@jack-SVE1713CCXB:~/Downloads/DraftSight$ dpkg --print-architecture > > amd64 > > Ah. That's for the /native/ architecture. To see the list of "foreign" > architectures: > > $ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures > > that should come up with i386, and would explain why you've got i386 > packages > installed. > > > I'm out of time for the morning - I will get to the rest later. I am also > > going to look at LibreCad, I suppose - I am not necessarily wedded to > > DraftSight (particularly if they are going to remove my install and make > me > > go through this now and again) - I just need a useable 2D system for > making > > accurate drawings I can build from. the easier to use, the better (I have > > been using Visio for years) > > LibreCAD is a fork of what was QCad v2. > > You might be interested to see a comparison chart. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_CAD_editors_for_AEC > > -- Chris > > Well - LibreCad loaded up with no problem - so maybe I will just go start with that - I'm certainly not wedded to DraftSight (I think I said that somewhere). Chris - any pointers to some learning material? One of the nicer things about DS was a real good intro doc that walked the user through pretty much everything. JC -- Google Voice: (914) 468-4552 ---------------------------------------- Prov. 12:15 Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
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