"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

Part of my post got lost when I posted it should of finished with------- "
nothing really surfaced about the software aspect. I would like to be able
to play with both the structure and the layouts before I start the clock
with the architect, in any case I think its good to have a shop
building thread once in awhile."



Thanks for the replies even the ones that question my ability to think, they
all help to keep the process going. I should have been more specific and
said that I want to play with construction details i.e.: concrete panels
,beam placement, material estimates and the like. I did download that Design
Workshop Lite and I'll start playing with it soon, but I don't know if it
will help with the construction related details yet.

Thanks

Andrew V