We just put a deposit on a block of land. We are looking at several builders for their stock floor plans but haven't found the one we like. Are there any free online design tools that I can use to draw basic sketches to scale? We have found a builder who is happy to work with us to implement any customizations inside the main walls. We can build a house with an 11m wide front which includes a 2 car garage. The rear of the house can be up to 9.5m wide to meet the estate covenant guidelines. Block details: Width: 12.5m and Length: 32m.
Free Online Floorplan Design Tool Options
coolndeep on 28/08/2021 - 19:53
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The Sims
Any touch device and a stylus?
When was pen and paper not enough?
Google - free CAD software… try something from there… Make sure you virus scan it before u install it, and if you can, install it on an old system, unless its from a rep source. Dont want malware or the likes.
Otherwise, you should be fine.
Been there, done that. There are very few usable free 3D cad tools that non cad users can use.
Sketchup (free trial) is IMO the only managable tool for doing a decent design ready to give to an architect/draftsman.
Pen and paper? Yeah it'll do the lines, but it's an amazing benefit to do it in 3d, put furniture in, walk around, etc.
I used sketchup and imported into google earth, put my house in place on my property, can look out the windows and see my views - seriously useful in the design phase.
Pen and paper? Naaa.
I did my new house design in sketchup (free trial). For some things like electrical layout I found https://pl.kazaplan.com/plan/new to be really useful.
On the iPad with Pencil get Morpholio Trace. There’s a premium version with a trial. Highly recommended.
It can take an image/photo and you can set the scale to that image.
Graph paper and a pencil
.Magic plan and home design 3d are very good and easy to use. They are not completely free unfortunately. Magic plan is about $4.50 per plan and home design has different prices depending on what you need. I think I paid $16 for the full version about 5 years ago and still use it today. Both have apps in the play store so are mobile friendly.
https://www.sketchup.com/
https://floorplanner.com/