Room / Studio planning software

emeline-rec · 21st April 2007

Not sure where to post this but can any one recommend some software for producing room plans to aid me in designing and positioning furniture and equipment and acoustic treatment etc.

thanks,

Ian

tyro · 21st April 2007

Google SketchUp is quite good, it's free for the limited Google version: SketchUp Home . Get's even better if you can find SketchUp Pro. If you've got a relative/friend who's studying you can get a pro student license really cheap. If you know someone studying architecture, graphics or similar that person can sign up for a the full version of Archicad 10 for free! that's a really good piece of software, used professionally by many architects. plus it's easy to use and you can print out advanced floor plans, elevations, 3d renders, technical drawings, summarys etc and export to autocad and other cad software if you hire an architect/designer not familiar with Archicad.

seaneldon · 22nd April 2007

if you wanna go the 2D floorplan route, SmartDraw is free for a certain amount of days and is very easy to use.

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tyro Gear nut Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: stockholm, swe Posts: 129	Google SketchUp is quite good, it's free for the limited Google version: SketchUp Home . Get's even better if you can find SketchUp Pro. If you've got a relative/friend who's studying you can get a pro student license really cheap. If you know someone studying architecture, graphics or similar that person can sign up for a the full version of Archicad 10 for free! that's a really good piece of software, used professionally by many architects. plus it's easy to use and you can print out advanced floor plans, elevations, 3d renders, technical drawings, summarys etc and export to autocad and other cad software if you hire an architect/designer not familiar with Archicad.

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seaneldon Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bahstahn, MA Posts: 2,669	if you wanna go the 2D floorplan route, SmartDraw is free for a certain amount of days and is very easy to use.