Diagramming software for studio layout and systems design??

drockfresh · 24th July 2005

I'm looking for diagramming software to do floor plans of my studio layout and also flowcharts for wiring and whatever other mad designs I can think of. I downloaded the SmartDraw 7 demo http://www.smartdraw.com/exp/ste/home/ - which was pretty good for quickly drawing a scale diagram of my studio layout but before I shell out the $200 for the software was wondering if there is any other software I should check out that might be better?? Anything other than SmartDraw I should check out??

Cheers,
Dave

drockfresh · 24th July 2005

nukmusic · 24th July 2005

www.johnlsayers.com

cultureofgreed · 24th July 2005

AutoCAD?

drockfresh · 24th July 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by nukmusic

www.johnlsayers.com

thanks!

copal · 24th July 2005

i always use omnigraffle...

http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/

theblue1 · 24th July 2005

Check out this free room arranger software. (It's actually an older version of a pay-for program that they release as freeware. You can get the typical 30 day free trial of their current 'full' version, too. The full version is only $20!)

http://www.roomarranger.com/index.html

The newest freeware version is 3.26. (I haven't used this version. You may want to check the 30 day trial versions, too. You can download 3.26 and other versions near the bottom of this page: http://www.roomarranger.com/whatsnew.html#downgrade )

I used a trial version (probably v 3.61) to lay out my new flat, including a small studio room.

Since I was moving from nearly 1500 sq ft into just about 400 squares, there were some, shall we say, challenges. But I was able to figure out precisely how to arrange my furniture to make the rooms work. On moving day, everything went straight to its spot in an orderly fashion and stayed more or less precisely as I laid it out for a year and a half. (I did experiment with moving things around, too, but I always found that the way they worked best was just as I'd laid it out staring at the computer screen 6 miles away.)

It wasn't super sexy, but it worked quite well.

drockfresh · 25th July 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by theblue1

http://www.roomarranger.com/index.html

Thanks for the tip - This software is awesome!!

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drockfresh Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 582 Thread Starter	Diagramming software for studio layout and systems design?? I'm looking for diagramming software to do floor plans of my studio layout and also flowcharts for wiring and whatever other mad designs I can think of. I downloaded the SmartDraw 7 demo http://www.smartdraw.com/exp/ste/home/ - which was pretty good for quickly drawing a scale diagram of my studio layout but before I shell out the $200 for the software was wondering if there is any other software I should check out that might be better?? Anything other than SmartDraw I should check out?? Cheers, Dave

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theblue1 Gear Guru Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 15,095	Check out this free room arranger software. (It's actually an older version of a pay-for program that they release as freeware. You can get the typical 30 day free trial of their current 'full' version, too. The full version is only $20!) http://www.roomarranger.com/index.html The newest freeware version is 3.26. (I haven't used this version. You may want to check the 30 day trial versions, too. You can download 3.26 and other versions near the bottom of this page: http://www.roomarranger.com/whatsnew.html#downgrade ) I used a trial version (probably v 3.61) to lay out my new flat, including a small studio room. Since I was moving from nearly 1500 sq ft into just about 400 squares, there were some, shall we say, challenges. But I was able to figure out precisely how to arrange my furniture to make the rooms work. On moving day, everything went straight to its spot in an orderly fashion and stayed more or less precisely as I laid it out for a year and a half. (I did experiment with moving things around, too, but I always found that the way they worked best was just as I'd laid it out staring at the computer screen 6 miles away.) It wasn't super sexy, but it worked quite well.