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 foxjerk 30 Dec 2015

Hi, looking to plan an extension and i want some free and easy software to play with some designs. not fussed about it looking pretty, i just want to record measurements and be simple to use. i've downloaded a few today (sketchup and archifacile) the former wasn't simple enough for me(!) but i liked the look of achifacile. unfortunately its only in french.

does anyone know of an idiots software akin to graph paper, ruler and pencil

cheers
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interdit 30 Dec 2015
In reply to foxjerk:

For 2d I use LibreCAD
http://librecad.org/cms/home.html
You can knock up working drawings quite quickly.

If you suspect that an CAD program may be to complex for what you require, you could use a drawing program.
Have you tried paint.net? You can draw shapes in addition to editing photos.
http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

The problem with using a drawing program to make a plan is that it is an absolute ball ache to edit anything should you need to make a change.
Depends on what you are doing as to whether it is worth the learning curve of a CAD package - An extension - I would use a CAD package!
 mwr72 30 Dec 2015
In reply to foxjerk:

Google Sketchup is your friend here.
 Fraser 30 Dec 2015
In reply to foxjerk:

I've not used it but a quick google brought up this:

http://www.qcad.org/en/

If it's something very simple you're after and can't get to grips with SketchUp, to be honest I'd stick with a pad of squared paper, a ruler and some scissors. (for furniture shifting once you've got your basic 'shape'.) Sometimes simple is best.

 marsbar 30 Dec 2015
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Personally I have used CAD but prefer graph paper and pencil for the kind of thing you describe.
 Mark Edwards 31 Dec 2015
In reply to foxjerk:

I have been using FreeCAD for a few months now and am quite impressed with it.
It has a number of Work-Benches, so as you will only be using Arch and Draft you only need to learn those pages. Also there are plenty of tutorials on-line to help you get started.

http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Arch_tutorial

OP foxjerk 31 Dec 2015
In reply to foxjerk:

thanks guys. i think i'll persevere with sketchup and then try graph paper!
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