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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have been asked to think about building a low-budget
CAD-like interface, very primitive, in which the components you might consider
are rectangles, basically, that you can assemble in various configurations. You
could think of it as the layout for a shelf system. You can make L shapes and
extend a shelf linearly by abutting two shelves and so on. Doesn’t need
to be 3-D, just needs to correspond visually to the dimensions of the selected
units. The user could select any combination of units and position them this
way and that, move them, save that version, move them again, copy selected
L-shaped object and then paste it over here, save that, print quotes for both
configurations, log off and revisit previous configurations, and ultimately
perhaps, buy one.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Can Visio work over the net? I can see Visio filling the
bill, we could just create shapes corresponding to the shelf units from the
various manufacturers, and you could position them any way you want. We already
have a license for Visio, an important consideration.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If not Visio, can you suggest some other way of approaching
this problem with minimal investment in software? </span></font></p>
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