Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: an odd room, place labelled furniture?

      Well ... I would think the Drawing toolbar will have several 
tools that could be useful. And as we would say in our documentation 
group, perhaps some reading in the Getting Started with Draw would 
help.    :-)

--Dan

Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi Dan :)
> Many many thanks for this advice! :)  You may have saved me many many hours of intense frustration 
> tomorrow!  Knowing that someone else has used this successfully is such a relief.
>
> So, the key is the line tool :)
> Thanks and regards form
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 12/6/12, Dan <elderdanlewis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Dan <elderdanlewis@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Draw: an odd room, place labelled furniture?
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Tuesday, 12 June, 2012, 22:08
>
> Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > Not sure if Draw is the right tool to use.
> >
> > My workplace is moving soon and i have taken measurements of the oddly shaped big new room at the 
> > new place.  My first thought had been to make a 2d paper-'model' and then use smaller bits of paper 
> > to represent furniture to test-out different layouts.
> >
> > Could Draw be used to do this instead, reasonably easily?
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
>       I would think this is quite possible. First you use the line tool to draw the outline of the 
> room. You might want to indicate where the doors or any windows are in the room. Then create 
> outlines for your furniture. You can drag and drop them wherever you want them.
>       I did this to figure out how my son and I were going to share a large bedroom about 4 years 
> ago. My design did not seem possible the way I saw it, but all the furniture fit right where the 
> drawing had them. I have done this since that time to move furniture to new locations. Again, works 
> like a charm.
>
> --Dan
>
>
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