afternoon, Does any use/recommend any software for designing rooms/gardens? I have had a Google around and this seems to offer a fair bit of functionality: http://www.homedesignersoftware.com/products/product-chooser.html Thanks Fats
http://www.sketchup.com/ - all you'll ever need - even exports to .dxf and far more first time user friendly than AutoCAD follow the tutorials if you've not used any CAD applications before, you'll soon be flying
thanks Sean, it certainly looks the best out there. Is this what you use? I guess if used commercially it would soon recoup the outlay. Cheers Fats
At my last place of work they had Solidworks. It was very easy to use i have the 2007 version which I have got. I studied GNVQ Advanced Engineering at college and we used Autocad R14. Between the two packages Solidworks was by far easier to use.
Used Solidworks on my last job (only as a viewer to look at designs on the company server) But at HQ they used it to create finished designs. Drawings went straight through to the CNC shop where a bit of tweaking was all that was needed to have the CNC router churn out piece after piece.
I use SW 2014 it's good Have a search for fusion 360 if you want something for parts design, but for room design etc sketchup is a good free option.
evening chaps, thanks for posting. Sketchup certainly seems the best out there for domestic design purposes as far as i can see. i know the pro version is $500, but Craig you referenced the free one - i can see they allow you to trial it for 8 hours and then reverts to the free one which i guess runs in a limited functionality. hopefully get some spare time soon and have a play with it. looks good! i know of some places which used solid works including a medical place that would send jobs to a plastic 3-d printer that would go off and make the design in plastic! guys said it took a while to get their heads around it, where sketch it appears to be powerful and easy to use.
Sketchup really does everything that you need to be able to do and then some. The only complaint is that it is not very cheap, but then again you do need proper software that you can use – and Sketchup is certainly going to be good enough to last you a lifetime.
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