there are a couple cycas, octree, and Arcad. see if some of those will do the trick. it all depends how you like to work. --- Honest to Goodness <h2g@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am renovating the house in the fall and need to > work out some designs > using a 3d modeler. I run Mandrake 8.1 and would > like to find a free > program that I can get up and running without a > steep learning curve. > Brl-cad looks interesting but I can't find any > screenshots. Blender is > overpowered for my use and tends to disappear as > soon as I do anything > worthwhile. I installed kpovmodeler but it has > little documentation and > doesn't seem to have sweep and extrude which I would > use a lot for > planning the framing. > > So, anyone got any recommendations for an easy to > learn, reliable and > well featured 3d modeler for architectural designs? > > Thanks for any help! > > ===== phrostie Oh I have 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com