for the qcad people. this was posted to one of the qcad mailing lists. i was told it was ok to repost as long as it was understood that this is a preview and not a feature in the stable qcad tree. enjoy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can insert bitmaps in the background of the drawing and then trace them (e.g. with a graphic tablet or the mouse). More: http://www.qcad.org/unofficial/qcad/manual_reference/construction_image.html This is only available since 1.9.5.3. -- Oh i've slipped the surly bonds of DOS and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/ //www.freelists.org/webpage/cad-linux