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Hello,
I am looking to add an addition to my house and trying to find a good Home Design and or Architectural software that allows you to create house plans. I ahev heard of Home Design Deluxe and will look at this but ws wondering what others may be using. Thanks! JW |
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oups.com... Hello, I am looking to add an addition to my house and trying to find a good Home Design and or Architectural software that allows you to create house plans. I ahev heard of Home Design Deluxe and will look at this but ws wondering what others may be using. Thanks! JW I've heard good things about Turbocad products: www.turbocad.com |
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... Hello, I am looking to add an addition to my house and trying to find a good Home Design and or Architectural software that allows you to create house plans. I ahev heard of Home Design Deluxe and will look at this but ws wondering what others may be using. Thanks! JW I've heard good things about Turbocad products: www.turbocad.com Yes, Turbocad is great, but ... besides the expense, beware the steep learning curve; it's not for the newbie or occasional user. Pop` Generic Cadd, if one can still find it, works well; less learning curve; free. Versionj 6 was the last version. Pop` |
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news:IChkh.7431$Rc5.7036@trnddc01... JoeSpareBedroom wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Hello, I am looking to add an addition to my house and trying to find a good Home Design and or Architectural software that allows you to create house plans. I ahev heard of Home Design Deluxe and will look at this but ws wondering what others may be using. Thanks! JW I've heard good things about Turbocad products: www.turbocad.com Yes, Turbocad is great, but ... besides the expense, beware the steep learning curve; it's not for the newbie or occasional user. Pop` I mentioned that concept to my son. He said it makes no sense. He's right. |
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... Hello, I am looking to add an addition to my house and trying to find a good Home Design and or Architectural software that allows you to create house plans. I ahev heard of Home Design Deluxe and will look at this but ws wondering what others may be using. Thanks! JW I've heard good things about Turbocad products: www.turbocad.com For the specific use of homeowner house plans a dedicated home design package is probably better than a conventional CAD package, because it will be tailored to the specifics of a house design -- e.g., window shapes, exterior finishes, landscaping, utility runs and location, etc. I tried Turbocad -- couldn't load it because the packaging had an error in the password, couldn't return it to the retail store (Office Depot won't allow returns of software that have been opened, for any reason) and couldn't get any help from their customer service (couldn't even get a response from e-mails to customer service for assistance). I wouldn't buy another Turbocad product but YEMV. -- Regards -- |
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On 26 Dec 2006 14:01:58 -0800, "
wrote: Hello, I am looking to add an addition to my house and trying to find a good Home Design and or Architectural software that allows you to create house plans. I ahev heard of Home Design Deluxe and will look at this but ws wondering what others may be using. Thanks! JW I've not used it yet nor, any other CAD. It's free 30 days and cost $39.00. (screen shot) http://www.homeplanpro.com/ Good Luck -- Oren "Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens constantly." |
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On Dec 26, 2:01 pm, " wrote: Hello, I am looking to add an addition to my house and trying to find a good Home Design and or Architectural software that allows you to create house plans. I ahev heard of Home Design Deluxe and will look at this but ws wondering what others may be using. Thanks! JW Google has come out with a free home design program called SketchUp. I've down loaded it, but haven't tried it out yet. Can't beat the price! (at least for the free version!) http://sketchup.google.com/ JG |
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Hey All,
Thanks for the replies I will check out the different options you have all mentioned. Much appretiated and Happy Holidays!!! JW wrote: On Dec 26, 2:01 pm, " wrote: Hello, I am looking to add an addition to my house and trying to find a good Home Design and or Architectural software that allows you to create house plans. I ahev heard of Home Design Deluxe and will look at this but ws wondering what others may be using. Thanks! JW Google has come out with a free home design program called SketchUp. I've down loaded it, but haven't tried it out yet. Can't beat the price! (at least for the free version!) http://sketchup.google.com/ JG |
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Ed,
Wow this is great. Thanks very much!! JW Ed wrote: On 26 Dec 2006 14:01:58 -0800, " wrote: but ws wondering what others may be using. JW, I have only used one which was FloorPlan 3D Design Suite and found it to meet my needs. However, if you will goto http://home-design-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ you will find a list of the top 10 of these programs and a comparison between all of them. I think you will find all the information you need there. Hope this helps, Ed |
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I used Punch 3d http://www.punchsoftware.com/index.htm for my extension
- tried the more professional design programs and they were impossible, you'd need a years training before doing anything. Also tried sketchup and it was too 'sketchy' not good enough for getting dimensions etc. |
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On 27 Dec 2006 01:28:38 -0800, "djenkins6" wrote: you'd need a years training before doing anything. My only experience was with FloorPlan 3D Design Suite and yes, it also had a high leaning curve associated with it. I think that if I had given it up for lent and brought my old drafting equipment out of storage and sketched my needs out by hand I could have reached the same results in a fraction of the time it took to learn the program. Regards, Ed Google has (had?) a freebie called SketchIt that was pretty good for the newbie types and actually did quite well. Even has 3D modelling and a reasonable learning curve, IMO. Not good for the serious CAD(D) user though. It used to be he http://www.google.com/pagead/iclk?sa..._term=sketchup Pop` |
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Hello, I am looking to add an addition to my house and trying to find a good Home Design and or Architectural software that allows you to create house plans. I ahev heard of Home Design Deluxe and will look at this but ws wondering what others may be using. Thanks! JW I've heard good things about Turbocad products: www.turbocad.com Yes, Turbocad is great, but ... besides the expense, beware the steep learning curve; it's not for the newbie or occasional user. Pop` Generic Cadd, if one can still find it, works well; less learning curve; free. Versionj 6 was the last version. Pop` IMSI's Floorplan 3D is basically an optimized subset of TurboCAD and is much easier to learn and use, it's also cheap, like $50 or so. It will do very nice photo realistic renders with lighting sun position based on location, date and time which is handy as well. What it won't do is full detail blueprints, but you typically don't need that level of detail for an addition. Pete C. |
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