Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

2010-02-21 Thread Steve
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 03:31:29PM +, Hugo Mills wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 03:20:45PM +, Jacqui Caren-home wrote: > > Hugo Mills wrote: > > >You can do this with The Gimp and a calculator. > > > > Or you could use the measure distances and angles tool :-) > >Wasn't that wha

Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

2010-02-20 Thread Dee Earley
On 17/02/2010 19:29, Jacqui Caren-home wrote: > Ooo also has a number of features missing in Office. > > A fried is writing a book and has created one word doc for each chapter. > > SHe wants to print out the book correctly numbers and styled in > various layouts and formats. > > Ooo's book builder

Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

2010-02-17 Thread Jacqui Caren-home
john lewis wrote: > On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:35:23 + > Hugo Mills wrote: > >>I'd hardly describe OpenOffice Draw as "high-end". Like almost >> everything else in OpenOffice.org, it's a poor copy of MS Office, > > mebbe so but it is free and 'good enough' for most users. OOo Write has > op

Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

2010-02-17 Thread john lewis
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:35:23 + Hugo Mills wrote: >I'd hardly describe OpenOffice Draw as "high-end". Like almost > everything else in OpenOffice.org, it's a poor copy of MS Office, mebbe so but it is free and 'good enough' for most users. OOo Write has opened all word/excell docs sent t

Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

2010-02-17 Thread Hugo Mills
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 03:20:45PM +, Jacqui Caren-home wrote: > Hugo Mills wrote: > >You can do this with The Gimp and a calculator. > > Or you could use the measure distances and angles tool :-) Wasn't that what I said? The calculator is for adding up the two angles you get from

Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

2010-02-17 Thread Jacqui Caren-home
Hugo Mills wrote: >You can do this with The Gimp and a calculator. Or you could use the measure distances and angles tool :-) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -

Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

2010-02-17 Thread Peter Salisbury
On 17 February 2010 14:35, Hugo Mills wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 02:19:05PM +, Peter Salisbury wrote: >> On 17 February 2010 13:26, Victor Churchill >> wrote: >> > That's very neat Hugo. When Steve posted I thought about suggesting >> > 'gimp' for the importing+drawing but missed the m

Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

2010-02-17 Thread Hugo Mills
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 02:19:05PM +, Peter Salisbury wrote: > On 17 February 2010 13:26, Victor Churchill wrote: > > That's very neat Hugo. When Steve posted I thought about suggesting > > 'gimp' for the importing+drawing but missed the measurement angle (so > > to speak) > > > > OpenOffice

Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

2010-02-17 Thread Peter Salisbury
On 17 February 2010 13:26, Victor Churchill wrote: > On 17 February 2010 12:04, Hugo Mills wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 09:49:49AM +, Steve wrote: >>> Hi List, >>> >>> Could anyone point me in the direct of some software that would allow me >>> to import a digital photo (JPEG), draw some

Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

2010-02-17 Thread Victor Churchill
On 17 February 2010 12:04, Hugo Mills wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 09:49:49AM +, Steve wrote: >> Hi List, >> >> Could anyone point me in the direct of some software that would allow me >> to import a digital photo (JPEG), draw some lines on the image and then >> measure the angles between

Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

2010-02-17 Thread Hugo Mills
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 09:49:49AM +, Steve wrote: > Hi List, > > Could anyone point me in the direct of some software that would allow me > to import a digital photo (JPEG), draw some lines on the image and then > measure the angles between them? > > I've set the subject as basic CAD softwar

Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

2010-02-17 Thread Stephen Rowles
On 02/17/2010 09:49 AM, Steve wrote: > Hi List, > > Could anyone point me in the direct of some software that would allow me > to import a digital photo (JPEG), draw some lines on the image and then > measure the angles between them? > > I've set the subject as basic CAD software as that was my fir

[Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

2010-02-17 Thread Steve
Hi List, Could anyone point me in the direct of some software that would allow me to import a digital photo (JPEG), draw some lines on the image and then measure the angles between them? I've set the subject as basic CAD software as that was my first thought as to what I'd need, but open to any s