re: SketchUp alternative for Linux users

Sounds great! I am sure I will work on getting back to hand doing some stuff again. Not sure if I still have my portable drafting board, but I know where my triangle is, and a T-Square can’t be too far away :)

QCad seems very usable so far. Next step is to see if I can do the actual 3D modeling in Blender. It feels like an exercise in discipline to learn the interface, but it can do sooo much besides furniture and cabinet design.

I think the learning curve on freeCad will be nearly as high as Blender, so I believe I will simply discount that one. I have a simple pet project (a drill press stand) and I am recreating that in each tool that I try so I have a comparison of difficulty as well as an apples to apples comparison.

It is likely a 10 minute project with pencil and paper (even without a triangle), unfortunately, it has taken more than that in each tool I have tried so far.