Re: [Hampshire] Basic CAD software?

On 17 February 2010 12:04, Hugo Mills <hugo@???> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 09:49:49AM +0000, Steve wrote:
>> Hi List,
>>
>> Could anyone point me in the direct of some software that would allow me
>> to import a digital photo (JPEG), draw some lines on the image and then
>> measure the angles between them?

>   You can do this with The Gimp and a calculator. Load up your image,
> go to Tools -> Measure, and drag out one of the lines you want to
> compare. The (x,y) pixel distances and angle (relative to horizontal)
> will be shown in the info bar at the bottom of the window. Do this
> with the second line, and add/subtract the two angles as appropriate
> to get the angle between the two lines.
>

That's very neat Hugo. When Steve posted I thought about suggesting
'gimp' for the importing+drawing but missed the measurement angle (so
to speak)