On 13 February 2013 17:15, Bill Hill mail@wbh.org wrote:
I quite like OpenSCAD, http://www.openscad.org However it is a programming system, not a drawing system, i.e. if you want a cube you don't draw it, you type:
Thanks everyone for your suggestions, some of which I'd tried before I asked here (I didn't say which I'd tried because I was more than happy to try a bit harder with any that got recommended). However, I've pretty much given this up because all the options seem to have too steep a learning curve for me to draw a simple box and experiment with it.
I suspect that OpenSCAD may be closest (what I want is simple enough to describe in command form) although even so it's not as quick as just drawing things in Inkscape or Gimp.
One of the most promising was not mentioned: SweetHome3D, however it only lets me work with existing 3D objects (I can import new ones but not create them). Ideally I need to find a way to create simple boxes as objects I can pull into SweetHome3D but I think maybe I'm spending too long trying technology when pen+paper will do the job.
In fact, I just knocked up a pretty good layout using LibreOffice Calc and cell borders...