I also need, for floor plan purposes, to be able to specify linear elements such as walls, that have a fixed thickness but vary in length. Obviously these days any decent program will do a lot more - distortions, blends, handling raster images within a vector image (including smoothing/resizing/cropping them). If I want to sketch something, I'd like a go-to sketch program that I can add this or that shape, and juggle them about until it's right. A bit like how Microsoft Word or EDraw Max handles generic shapes. The ability to quickly draw objects, group them, and specify as properties, their sizes, angles, connectors, how corners should merge, and other parameters. My first vector package was in the 1980s, using Macs - MacDraw. There are really just 2 of them: General sketching (easy) To be honest I'm not sure what I want in 3D yet, so I'm focusing on my 2D needs here. I don't use much 3D, so 3D is worth having, but not the most essential thing. If it's intuitive, well thought out UI, and fairly mature/not many embarrassing bugs, that would be a very big "plus". I don't mind if it's "overkill" so long as it'll do what I need smoothly and well. If the software has extra features/rich feature set, there's a chance I will end up using them, so that's fine. I haven't used Illustrator, Sketchup Pro, Inkscape or most other sketch programs, and I don't have any CAD experience to work with but most CAD can handle 2D as well as 3D. I use Photoshop, and I've used Visio and EDraw Max. I'm equally okay with free or paid: design/usage quality and "do I like using it" is more important. I'm mainly on Windows, so anything that's Win7 - 10 compatible is probably fine. So, I want a vector graphics package that handles scaling in a more helpful/intuitive-to-me way, than most seem to. If it seems hazy, please ask clarifying questions, or suggest your own experience, and pros+cons - thanks! Hi! This is one of those software requests where I've got an idea what I want, but not completely able to specify it start-to-end.
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