Hi Paul,  I am taking a look at a 2D cad program that is gaining
great favor with Mac drivers.  It is called High Design.   One
feature of the program is  Photogrammetry which I heard of for the
first time when Doc brought it  up.   I can see a use for it.  If
someone takes a straight on picture of their firewall and provides a
couple of measurements  the fire wall can be drawn exactly in a
couple of clicks from an emailed jpeg.    It provides an excellent
double check and might negate the need for a physical template which
I have required  up to now. No peecee version  of the program is
available.   I have only looked at it for a couple of hours but the
program is well thought out.  Mac guys can down load a free trial.
Just google High Design.

 While I am on this theme, anybody who is interested in solid
modeling and concept investigation,   should try "Sketch UP".  It is
available for both Windows and Macs and get this, it is FREE.  It is
being distributed by Google.   I use it all the time and I think it
is wonderful.   (Sketch Up will be available for Linnux shortly.) Jerry



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