Architect/CAD proggies, help :/

[JohnnyTheRed]

I've been trying to find a program that will allow me to draw out the plans for my house, and others, to scale . I used to have a great one a looong time ago, but I can't remember the name for the life of me.

Nothing fancy, just need it to scale. Somethign that can make it into a 3d model would be a plus. Nothing complicated.

Thanks much for any help.

 

[john240sx]

i saw one called 3D Home Architect, it looked pretty good and has a Render to 3D option but i don't know much about those programs.

 

[Captain Slug]

If you want to do it in full 3D I recommend Milkshape. It's only $20 (free 30-day trial), has tons of uses, and is alot easier to get used to then most programs.

attached is a precise 1 x 1 x 1 cube (you could interpret as 1 inch, 1 foot, one yard, one meter, or whatever). Simply scale it to the exact size of the wall you are making. Then use the FILE > MERGE command to add another cube.

Do it over and over again until you have a hole house of cubes. You can use the grid to precise place each wall.

 

[CharlesHF]

I've been trying to find a program that will allow me to draw out the plans for my house, and others, to scale . I used to have a great one a looong time ago, but I can't remember the name for the life of me.

Nothing fancy, just need it to scale. Somethign that can make it into a 3d model would be a plus. Nothing complicated.

Thanks much for any help.

My dad's an architect--he uses AutoCAD 2002 with Architectural Desktop v3.3 But, that's an extreme amount of money just to draw your house.
I'm not sure, but I believe that they have a free trial on their website. Good luck.

 

[Robin Hood]

Try the free demo/trial of Intellicad from CADopia. Very similar to Autocad but more user-friendly and much cheaper, should you choose to buy it.

 

[CharlesHF]

Try the free demo/trial of Intellicad from CADopia. Very similar to Autocad but more user-friendly and much cheaper, should you choose to buy it.

Yeah, I think that my dad has IntelliCAD, too. Forgot about that, sorry.

 

[RedDeathDrinker]

I use SoftCAD 3D Lite v1.16. It's freeware, and is a pretty competent 3D CAD modeller....

http://www.softcad.com. is where you should head.....