I’m just looking for a simple 2D floor planner that is easy to use and has the ability to show measurements.

The two most recommended open source tools I’ve seen have shortcomings.

Sweet Home 3D:

  • Very 3D centric, which over complicates things.
  • Project was recently acquired/handed off to a company and the iOS version is published by “AI Photo Editor Lab SRL”

draw.io / diagrams.net:

  • Very finicky to set up and create floor plans
  • To display measurements one has to add measurement objects to every wall/object

Does anyone have other recommendations?

  • rbn@sopuli.xyz
    20·
    2 days ago

    I only ever used it for 3D printing but FreeCAD apparantly also has a floor plan functionality. I found this video that might give you some insights on how it looks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMk7pdnEnXM

    When using FreeCAD for 3D printing, you don’t necessarily have to add measures/constraints to everything, so I’d assume it’s similar here.

  • Sibbo@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    2 days ago

    I always use gimp. Just define one pixel equals one millimeter, and then make all the furnitures as separate layers so you can move them around separately. Works great!

  • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
    41·
    2 days ago

    if you use sweethome and only look at the top view its as good as a 2d application.

    I feel like youre just being fussy here man

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    I tried draw.io for a similar task and, while it worked alright, I agree that it’s a bit too much work to set up nicely

    There are also some CAD tools that are FOSS. Maybe some of those can help?

    • rutrum@lm.paradisus.dayEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Thats a great idea. Theres lots of Foss cad tools, and Im sure they have plenty of flexibility even when contrained to 2d.

    • brrt@sh.itjust.worksOP
      1·
      2 days ago

      Are you referring to the measurement objects I mentioned in the draw.io portion?

      It’s extra work that I find unnecessary if the walls already are set to the correct dimensions. I would like to be able to just turn on/off the visibility. And also not have to edit 2 objects for the same measurement if anything changes.

      • Aniki 🌱🌿@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        I’m not sure how you expect a program to know the dimensions you want without assigning values. Its a core principle of parametric cad.

        • bloubz
          1·
          2 days ago

          The issue is that you have an object with dimensions but you have to add an extra layer of dimensions, which is not linked to the actual dimensions