[Shuie]

Originally Posted by dad911

We use chief architect home design. I use suite, the cheaper version, mostly for cabinets and tinkering. My son uses architectural. The demos, and even my version don't print well. I cannot print scale pdfs on our plotter, but he can.

https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/?__utma=67784003.763715596.1605404795.1605404795.1 605404795.1&__utmb=67784003.10.10.1605404795&__utmc=67784003&__utmx=-&__utmz=67784003.1605404795.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmcc n=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=(not%20provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=203887063#products

Thanks. This looks very similar to one I posted links to above. homedesignersoftware.com vs. homedesignsoftware.tv. weird. I think the one I posted is a cheaper knock off.

Originally Posted by 908/930

Va

Shuie, Do you have experience with design software? If not the learning curve could take a while, I used Chief architect and was not impressed, it was good at simple items like making walls and placing cabs but was not good with complex roof. Should have just used Solidworks, much harder to learn but way better. Talk to the architect you want to use and see what type of files he can transfer to his software, not all file types convert well.

I have no experience with home design software, but I have an engineering background and have plenty of experience designing & building various systems and things that are actually in my professional domain. I would never send any professional in any field a half baked working file, spec or set of drawings and ask them to finish it. I just want to get what I have in my head refined on paper so I can give a pro architect a good visual and a list of requirements to start with. I'll let them do their thing and tell me what I missed or if it's just a bad idea.