Re: make a drawing
On 31-08-2020 13:06, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> the project I'm currently working on is a tree house.
> It has two floors and then several extension
> platforms which are reachable by ropes. Here are some
> photos [1] - the "new-deck" was completed only one
> week ago or something :)
>
> Anyway, I'd like to make a drawing of it. Any idea
> what software might be used? Can Emacs do this?
> Or can you input the data in an Emacs buffer, and
> have it compile into an image using some
> 3rd-hand software?
>
> Optimally I'd like to just measure everything, then
> input the data - perhaps as geometrical figures?
> (e.g., a tree could be a circle, I input the diameter
> and relative position...) and then the programs
> compiles and produce the image ... good idea, right?
>
> Last time I asked this, several years ago and
> regarding another project, someone said org-mode can
> do this. I never used it, so are there some starters?
> I know org-mode can do state diagrams and all
> computer things, but can you have it draw arbitrary
> figures? If so, how?
>
> Or do you know of some other software suitable?
Inkscape
Xfig
DIA
Librecad
TikZ
or even LibreOffice Draw could do it.
All depending on which you're comfortable with or want to be.
Cheers and good luck!
>
> TIA
>
>
> [1] https://dataswamp.org/~incal/work-photos/tree-house/
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