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I am not an architect nor a plumber. I am trying to locate a simple program that will allow me to create a drawing of pipes and valves to allow my sons to correctly turn off various valves. Ideally it would actually be a set of symbols that could be added to LibreOffice or Gimp, but I am open to any other suggestions.
Included in Slackware we have xfig. Today, many might find the interface a little odd, but once you get to know it it is really fast and easy to use.
For those few occasions when xfig does not have enough features for vector graphics I instead use inkscape.
When I need a real CAD program for constructing 3D stuff I use FreeCAD.
There are even occasions when you find a need to use all these programs together, create an eps in xfig, import it in inkscape and use the vector graphics from inkscape to extract it to a 3D figure in FreeCAD.
Inkscape and FreeCAD are not included in Slackware but there are build scripts at slackbuilds.org.
Distribution: Slackware 15.0 64-bit & Current 64-bit
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FreeCAD & LibreCAD have versions that are available as AppImage thus avoiding compilation of a large number of dependencies that could conflict with existing versions of dependencies as many including myself had encountered with kiCAD
FreeCAD also has a flatpak version available if you didn't want to bother with compiling the deps. You can get flatpak at slackbuilds.org or Alien Bob has his packages with great instructions here.
I have kicad and freecad, and more all compiled here from slackbuilds for slackware 15.0. Freecad has a plumbing tool. My question is whether you want to draw at scale in 2d or 3d or just want to have a quick sketch. It might be best to just sketch the symbols you want in gimp and then use them as stamps during a sketch.
Xfig or maybe Inkscape (with its Create Diagram Connectors tool) would be good tools for this. You might have to put some time into learning Inkscape though. A simple drawing takes minutes, but you can get real detailed if you want.
For creating a drawing of pipes and valves, you might consider using EdrawMax, which is an easy-to-use piping design software that allows you to create and share piping diagrams without hassles. It offers a variety of symbols and templates that could be very helpful for your project. ProCADIS.com: Your trusted source for Autodesk AutoCAD 2017 software. Additionally, for LibreOffice, there’s a Chemical Engineering Symbols Gallery extension that includes a library of symbols in vector format for Process Flow Diagrams and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams2. This could be a great resource for adding symbols directly to your LibreOffice documents.
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