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Best app for floor plans?
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My two favorites:
Live Interior 3D - approx $50 US, more for the Pro version. Yes, it's a 3D program but you draw the plan in 2D & then can render the 3D view.
Google Sketchup - free, not as easy to do 2D drawings, but doable.
Live Interior 3D - approx $50 US, more for the Pro version. Yes, it's a 3D program but you draw the plan in 2D & then can render the 3D view.
Google Sketchup - free, not as easy to do 2D drawings, but doable.
The plans look a little amateurish. I also don't need 3d capability so sketchup doesn't really appeal.
If anybody has something else to recommend, please do.
Concept Draw Pro
I use Visio with bootcamp, but Concept Draw Pro is a Mac application like Visio and it is easy to use but not cheap about $250 and it isn't really intended for that but it does it well. You can download a trial and give it a look. Just a suggestion I'm sure there are others and even better solutions but it is worth a look.
I use Visio with bootcamp, but Concept Draw Pro is a Mac application like Visio and it is easy to use but not cheap about $250 and it isn't really intended for that but it does it well. You can download a trial and give it a look. Just a suggestion I'm sure there are others and even better solutions but it is worth a look.
best & easiest/cheapest don't really go hand in hand.
best would be vectorworks and archicad.
check these though
http://www.punchcad.com/products/viacad2dV6.htm
http://www.microspot.co.uk/products/macdraftpe/index.htm
http://www.lemkesoft.com/content/189/cadintosh.html
http://www.turbocad.com/TurboCAD/TurboCADMac/TurboCADMacDesignerv5/tabid/1518/Default.aspx
that's the low end stuff that should be fine for simple 2d floor plans.
best would be vectorworks and archicad.
check these though
http://www.punchcad.com/products/viacad2dV6.htm
http://www.microspot.co.uk/products/macdraftpe/index.htm
http://www.lemkesoft.com/content/189/cadintosh.html
http://www.turbocad.com/TurboCAD/TurboCADMac/TurboCADMacDesignerv5/tabid/1518/Default.aspx
that's the low end stuff that should be fine for simple 2d floor plans.
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I had this exact question recently. I just wanted a simple, 2D floor planner, for under £20. I purchased one from the Mac Store and it was so bad (no product measurements) that I asked for a refund. I then gave up.
Then LucidChart announced their new floor planner. It's great. Not a massive range of products, but it behaves very nicely. You can easily improvise products outside the range of chairs, sofas and tables with geometric shapes made to size - I just keep the Ikea catalogue open.
You can sign up for free and have up to 60 items; or pay a few quid a month for a subscription. It's a great program for flow charts.
Here's my plan, so far.
Then LucidChart announced their new floor planner. It's great. Not a massive range of products, but it behaves very nicely. You can easily improvise products outside the range of chairs, sofas and tables with geometric shapes made to size - I just keep the Ikea catalogue open.
You can sign up for free and have up to 60 items; or pay a few quid a month for a subscription. It's a great program for flow charts.
Here's my plan, so far.
That looks really nice!
I recently spent a frustrating afternoon with Sweet Home 3D.
Here is what I was able to accomplish that afternoon:
Sweet Home seems to be very technical, and is free, but the one you show, LucidChart looks to be just what I'm looking for. I want to rearrange a few rooms but want to map it out first. I'm tired of finding out the hard way that my ideas will not work
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Yup. I loved Lucid Chart already; so had a feeling the home planner would be great when it was announced. It's perfect for what I want.
[doublepost=1473732534][/doublepost]Crap. Need to run Mac's rubbish Yosimite OS
