Design Software

[Muttsnutts]

Does anyone know of any free to use buildings design layout software to see what a potential site may look like.....and play around with area/layout. Not looking for any fancy rendering software.

 

[Steevo]

Google Sketchup any use to you?

 

[Muttsnutts]

Google Sketchup any use to you?

That looks the ticket, thanks I’ll give it a go... I’ll see how I get on.

 

[goldeneagle]

Qcad would work fine if just plans and layouts. Free to download and cheap to buy a single licence (£30) if free version doesn't suit you. Not as refined as Autocad but a fraction of the price.
Or use excel and set up the cells as square blocks of a nominal size in a large matrix and then use the draw facility. There are videos online of how to do it. I used this method for designing kitchen and bathroom layouts for house and works well.

 

[Muttsnutts]

Qcad would work fine if just plans and layouts. Free to download and cheap to buy a single licence (£30) if free version doesn't suit you. Not as refined as Autocad but a fraction of the price.
Or use excel and set up the cells as square blocks of a nominal size in a large matrix and then use the draw facility. There are videos online of how to do it. I used this method for designing kitchen and bathroom layouts for house and works well.

Thanks, will also look into this.

 

[Highland Mule]

I often create websites and I always need new ideas for them. I create most of my designs myself, but I also often go here ***some shitty website*** for fonts or backgrounds to create a modern interface. It's cool that I can create unique sketches. I also recently took a package of sketches for presentations, to advertise a new product of our company. They have a great choice of products!

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