Xfig lets you import an image and draw lines on it but I couldn't find a dimensioning feature. Does it have one hidden somewhere?

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Matt Brown wrote:

Hi,

Xfig. It's not really a CAD program but it definitely is simple. :)

Regards

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Glenn Ramsey wrote:

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Hi,

I need to annotate some pictures with dimension lines showing angles. Does anyone know if there is a Linux 2D CAD program that will let me load a jpg image and draw dimension lines on it? I know there are lots of programs of this type around but as yet I haven't come across one that lets me do this.

Martin Baehr wrote:

On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 09:30:39AM +1200, Glenn Ramsey wrote:

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I need to annotate some pictures with dimension lines showing angles. Does anyone know if there is a Linux 2D CAD program that will let me load a jpg image and draw dimension lines on it?

why cad? the advantage of cad is, that it is vactor based and thus scalable. if you draw on a jpg then that advantage is lost, because the jpg won't scale. it does make sense if you have a complex drawing and the jpg is a mere texture...

Yeah, I know that, the reason I mentioned cad is that in general cad programs have automatic dimensioning and in general drawing and diagramming programs do not have this feature. I think Visio (Windows) is does let you do it, but I don't have access to that. Kontour allows you to import a picture and draw lines on it but it doesn't have automatic dimensioning.

but if that is not the case then you might consider gimp to draw the lines. gimp does have some vector plugins to draw lines and angles and stuff, those should be good enough for this.

That sounds exactly like what I need, I'll have a look for them, thanks.

g