I drew some templates up yesterday on SketchUp, with the intention of printing them out & sticking them to MDF to cut them out. For some reason though no matter what I did, I couldn't get SketchUp to accurately print out at 1:1 scale. I searched the 'net, and found various posts about this issue, but gave up in the end. Whilst searching, I found a drawing program I'd not heard of before, called. It operates on the cartesian co-ordinate system, so it's more like 'proper' CAD programs in that respect, but it's purely 2D.

Printing to exact scale is a doddle with this program! If you want to produce accurate physical templates from a CAD drawing, this is a great program. Just thought I'd share. It's completely free to download and use, but activation is via e-mail so you do need to give a valid e-mail address. I was just about to make my own templates but I'm glad I searched FOG first. Draftsight is a good 2D CAD but there is another one from Siemens who makes SolidEdge ST6 If you are a student or teacher you can download a copy for non-commercial use of SolidEdge ST6 here I believe the commercial licenses for SolidEdge are a little more affordable than SolidWorks and easier to obtain.

I started out last year using SolidWorks but a few months ago I tried SolidEdge ST5 and really liked the interface (synchronous) and a lot of it made more sense to me than the more traditional history based technique used with solidworks. You can use either method in SolidEdge.

When people build their own homes, they usually hire professionals to design it, build it, decorate it and such, which makes a lot of sense considering the investment that must be made. But what happens if you just plan to build a single room or to remodel an existing one? If you know, then creating a room or a floor plan is a piece of cake. But for most people (myself included) this is not the case. Not everything is lost though. In fact, if you know how to use a web browser, there’s a good chance that you will be able to create your own room or floor plan, thanks to some very clever and useful online tools to do so.

Here’s a list of the best of these websites. Home Styler Of the three sites that we’ll check out today, is perhaps the most intuitive and accessible.

You can start using their floor planning tool right away without any registration. Once you start using it, you’ll have access to a main grid where you can drag and drop elements from the leftmost panel. And once on the grid, you can tweak sizes, length and even customize other details like wall thickness, floor color and such. One of the main strengths of Home Styler is definitely the extensive array of elements that you can choose from, allowing you to fully customize your floor plan to get a better idea of how it will look when finished. Additionally, the site provides plenty of tools to get better control of your work, including a 3D viewer and even a. RoomSketcher While perhaps not as thorough in its options as our previous website, is also a very capable online floor planning tool. What it does have going for it is its more elegant design and a more streamlined interface for designing floor plans.

On the other hand, RoomSketcher offers more variety in the ‘accessories’ department, which makes it ideal for those who want to focus on that area. Its 3D viewer is also far more powerful, allowing you to see more detail from virtually any angle. Planning Wiz Of the three sites mentioned here, is in my opinion the most fully-featured of the bunch. Plug ins for mac.

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However, it is also the one that has the steepest learning curve. As you can see from the pictures below, there’s no lack of options on Planning Wiz’s interface, and the level of customization of each of the elements goes above what other online floor planning sites provide. On the downside, Planning Wiz is the only website in this group that requires you to sign up before you use it. But it is definitely worth it if you need the otherwise free features that it provides which, as you can see below, are extremely varied. And there you have them. If you are thinking about designing your own room or to create a basic draft of a floor of your new home, make sure to give these sites a try. They are way easier to use than any piece of dedicated software and you’ll most likely enjoy the almost instant results you’ll get.

Last updated on 8 Feb, 2018.