Has anyone else done this...Home Design programs

[Scott Colmer]

Dreaming is free. The program cost about 50.00 to 100.00 dollars. Actually building the real thing would cost a fortune.

 

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Edited September 5, 2015 by Scott Colmer

[Scott Colmer]

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This is the previous owners set up.

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[Roadrunner]

I have a 3-D landscape designer bit that's pretty cool. Time progression too, so that you can see what plants will look like several years down the road.

[charlie8575]

I have a designing program, too.

It's about five feet square and has an arm-like apparatus with these really cool sticks demarcated in inches, called rulers. 

And I use this really neat stuff that you can draw on with a pencil! It's called drafting vellum.

Charlie Larkin

[Roadrunner]

Old school, Charlie, real old school. I have several B and C sized drawing cloths around here somewhere, the real stuff, used back in the 40's. I consider it to be some of the best drafting medium,... ever.

[charlie8575]

Drawing cloth? I've think I've only heard mention of that. Wow. 

Charlie Larkin

[Lunajammer]

I inherited all my dad's architectural tools (40's thru 70's). I can't tell if it was used to design buildings or navigate sailing ships.

[Harry P.]

I have a designing program, too.

It's about five feet square and has an arm-like apparatus with these really cool sticks demarcated in inches, called rulers. 

And I use this really neat stuff that you can draw on with a pencil! It's called drafting vellum.

Charlie Larkin

How in the world do you find the time to design stuff when you're so busy weaving your own cloth and churning your own butter? 

[Foxer]

I have a designing program, too.

It's about five feet square and has an arm-like apparatus with these really cool sticks demarcated in inches, called rulers. 

And I use this really neat stuff that you can draw on with a pencil! It's called drafting vellum.

Charlie Larkin

My "old table with a draft" now supports modeling supplies ... a good change of use.  And I use the straight edges of my original

"2-part calculator ruler" to make straight lines on plastic sheet.

[Scott Colmer]

I have a designing program, too.

It's about five feet square and has an arm-like apparatus with these really cool sticks demarcated in inches, called rulers. 

And I use this really neat stuff that you can draw on with a pencil! It's called drafting vellum.

Charlie Larkin

I have those too, but the virtual walk through isn't quite there.  

 

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[Roadrunner]

Drawing cloth? I've think I've only heard mention of that. Wow. 

Charlie Larkin

It's good stuff, real good stuff. Takes leads like you wouldn't believe, erases easily (with no ghosting), and is every bit as strong as mylar;... dimensionally stable too.

[Foxer]

I had to look drawing cloth up because I never used it in my working life ... I first had drafting classes in High School in 1960. More properly called drafting linen, it was phased out in the 50's. We used mostly vellum for originals and had no drafting linen in our files dating from 1949. That could have been influenced by the fact that Crane Paper Company produced vellum in their paper mill across the street and we got it pretty reasonable as we were paper engineers and serviced their machines and buildings.

[Roadrunner]

Yep, drafting cloth, drafting linen, same thing. It's very good stuff, and I suspect it was withdrawn as a consequence of its expense. I encountered my batch at an old factory that was built in the 40's for manufacturing war materials, though I'd also seen it in many older engineering facilities. Most of the original architectural and structural drawing files for the facility were still housed on-site, and the storeroom contained a fairly large quantity of the old drawing cloth, so my supervisor gave me access to some for my personal use.

[ChrisBcritter]

I'd like to try one of these - believe the scale was 1/48:

[charlie8575]

I'd like to try one of these - believe the scale was 1/48:

Been looking for one of these for years; if I ever can actually build my house and go with mid-century modern instead of Craftsman, like I want, this could be quite usable. If nothing else, it looks like a lot of fun.

Charlie Larkin

[Scott Colmer]

That Design a House is really cool. It would be fun to put one together. I don't think I brave enough to replicate my house. The walk through would be a bit tight.