On Nov 14, 9:52 am, Bert Hyman wrote:
We want to do something with the basement, but the immovable fixtures
and existing framed-in spaces make it difficult to visualize
anything.

Any suggestions for simple software which allows placement of the
fixed walls and utilities and then for moving around all the other
stuff we want to try?

I've seen references to products that work on a paper grid with paper
or plastic cutouts, but haven't been able to lay my hands on such a
thing. Anybody know what they're called or where to find them?

There is tons of different software that does this kind of thing, too.
Some will even render a 3D image and let you "walk through" it
virtually. I haven't used any of it for over a deacde but back then we
used 3D Home Design by Broderbund. You can often see older versions of
this (and others) for sale for $10 or less at Best Buy and such.