Graph paper and little cut-outs of your machines. Sorry, not as romantic
but will function better and much faster. I always take the cad drawings of
the shop and cut them up when we change things.


"Andrew V" wrote in message
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It looks like I'll finally be building a shop/garage come spring.
(hurray... 2 yr w/o a shop) Anyway I'm looking for recommends on design
software. If anybody has firsthand exp. with a decent piece of software
lets hear about it. I need to layout a smithy and welding shop. The power
hammer and the plasma table all need to find a home that won't bother the
infloor radiant heat so I need to nail down my layout pretty well before I
place tubing. The site will lend itself to a "bank barn" style building
and I envision the metalwork's on the downside and the garage and wood
shop/studio space above. I will be consulting an architect on the
structural issues and my have him do the finial plans but I don't see any
reason to pay him to move tools around for me. I figure I can build a few
shops on paper find what works and have the architect fine tune the
structure and do the final drawings. I googled the group and found lots of
shop tips and such but