[NTLUG:Discuss] Suggestions for FOSS landscaping CAD

[Leroy Tennison]

Russ wrote:
> Thanks to all of you who responded to my post.  Your advice has been
> very useful!  I have looked at Inkscape and Skencil among others.  In
> the process of investigating Inkscape I found this site
> (http://symbolik.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/landscaping-with-inkscape/ )
> which encourages me to use Inkscape.
> 
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Russ <russ.barrows at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My wife is wanting to xeriscape our front yard.  The backyard is next
>> year's project.  The first step in doing this is to create a scale
>> drawing of the yard as exact as possible in order to design the
>> layout, determine the amount of mulch and rock that must be purchased,
>> map the water system (drip, not spray), etc.  Of course, all the
>> drawing and layouts can be done manually but I would like to be able
>> to use my computer.  My search for FOSS landscaping CAD turned up
>> nothing.   Advice is welcome.  I hope someone out there knows of a CAD
>> program that is fairly easy to use.  Thanks.
> 
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Fascinating, I would have never thought you would have found a link that 
well matched.  Let us know how it goes.