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We've started to think about building a single storey extension on our house and I was wondering if there are any cheapish design programmes that may help give us an idea of what we could build and how we could best use the interior space? Doesn't have to be anything too fancy as obviously it's just to give us something to play with before we get an architect to do the drawings. Many thanks.
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I used sketchup for ours.
Just used floorplanner for ours... Sketch up baffled me!
Sketch up is as good as any architectural software in the right hands plus its free. If you want to produce a layout plan to print off you will need sketch up pro which is a few hundred pounds or (free if you look on you tube)
Sketch up sounds good. Will download it and have a play. If it baffles me too ( quite high possibility) I'll see what floorplanner's like? Cheers for the info.
Pencil ,paper , scale rule
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AutoCAD had a free online version. I'd probably draw the house as is, print out a few copies then draw on them. Once you've got a few ideas go back to cad to see if it actually works.
Sketchup and as many YouTube tutorials as you need. Great bit of free software.
Sketch up is a great piece of software but I struggled with getting the results I needed when going through a planning application. I ended up using Solid Edge 2D from Siemens which is free from [url= https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_gb/products/velocity/solidedge/index.shtml ]here[/url], this allowed me to produce all the scale drawings I needed to get through the planning application.
I'm just starting to work on some ideas for an extension and will be using Solid Edge to create some rough ideas of possible layouts and as outlines to discuss with the planning department.
Good luck!
I agree with mrb re sketch up. Its good for sketching but less good for accurate drawings or moving bits around. Draftsight is good and free. It's a bit techy but a similar interface to AutoCAD.
Sketch up will almost certainly be the quickest and easiest medium you just need to make sections as a group or component then you can easily move them. Just look at the architects tutorial on the home page to see just how much you can do with it. Remember this is for your visualization of the extension not the actual submitted plans which will really need to be done proffessionally.
If you are going to try sketchup then put aside a little time to run through the tutorials. It makes a massive difference in how easy it is to use
Sketchup is great - very intuative and easy to use. It does what it does very effectively, and the 3D stuff gives really quick results. I'm sure you'll find loads of tutorial stuff on the net, but I'd say download it and just give it a go.
As said above, try sketching the layout of your whole house on paper, measure it all, and then CAD up the survey - then print it out and get scribbling! Once you think you're somewhere near, then start CADing it up.
Just remember - you will need to think about Planning permission and building regs as you go, as you may find your designs require change to accomodate the statatory approvals.
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By far the best is Auto cad 3d
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These will keep me busy for days. All I have to try and do is convince my good lady wife that even she could use it. Maybe I'll get her an Etch-a-sketch?