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Housing - New Build: 3D House Plans

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    Hi

    My designer has drawn plans in a CAD system (not sure which one) as has 2D drawings of the new house we hope to build. But I would really like to see it in £D to ensure we have everything right and get a sense of how the light will enter the windows and the space that we have.

    Unfortunately I've just been reminded that his system is only 2D so he can't work in 3D. I was wondering if any of you know of a company or a person that can convert 2D plans to 3D plans

    Thanks
    Dave
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    Hi Dave
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2010
     
    http://www.deanburndesigns.co.uk do that quick and lo-cost for architects, housebuilders etc.
    • CommentAuthorCWatters
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2010
     
    I made a 3D model using architectual foam board of our place. You just transfer the 2D drawings onto the foam board. Cut out with a box cutter, assemble over a plan view using contact adhesive. If the doors/windows look a bit high it's because in reality the ground slopes.
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2010
     
    Calvin

    Do you have a 2D file?
    • CommentAuthorbeelbeebub
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2010
     
    Have you tried "SketchUP", it's easy to use and very powerful, and best of all it's free!

    You would have to do the work yourself (a few evenings work), but it would probably give you a much better understanding of the house than getting some 3D pictures done by someone else.
    • CommentAuthorsquowse
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2010 edited
     
    Posted By: CWattersI made a 3D model using architectual foam board of our place. You just transfer the 2D drawings onto the foam board. Cut out with a box cutter, assemble over a plan view using contact adhesive. If the doors/windows look a bit high it's because in reality the ground slopes.
      https:///newforum/extensions/InlineImages/image.php?AttachmentID=1231" alt="model.jpg" >

    that is great! wonder if you could make full size houses that way?! (well tied down...)
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2010
     
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    Hi Dave. I can offer this service as well. Eg
      SE Perspective 09.jpg
    • CommentAuthorIfor
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2010
     
    I used a package called "Home Design Suite" http://www.punchsoftware.com

    Great for visualisation... you can walk around your virtual house and even get a feel of the sunlight at different times of the day. Easy to use, great fun - and very useful.
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    Hi All

    Thanks for the comments, may be in thouch with some of you when I get the final version of the plans

    Steamy Tea

    Just getting what I hope are the final changes done at the moment to the CAD file

    Ifor

    Website looks great, but forgot to mention that I just a Mac, I see they have a Mac program but it's x2.5 more that the basic, mine you it looks like a good piece of software from the blurp
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeMar 25th 2010
     
    I bow out as soon as MACs are mentioned :devil:
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    I do have an old lap top I am using for all the legacy things that I can't move over to the Mac so no need to bow out completely SteamyTea
    • CommentAuthorIfor
    • CommentTimeMar 25th 2010
     
    I used Home Design Suite on the Mac (v11.0.2) and it is more than sufficient for what I needed. I thought the price was worth it if it meant getting the design right. I've played with it a lot and it has helped evolve and refine the architect's (2D monochrome) designs.

    You could always run parallels or vmware... but now we are getting too technical :bigsmile:
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeMar 25th 2010
     
    Ifor

    Is that made by IMSI, I use TurboCab and some home design package came bundled with it, never looked at it.
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeMar 26th 2010 edited
     
    Call the
    Posted By: SteamyTeaTurboCab
    !

    I just acquired TC Pro 16 at ridiculous £149 special-offer price, because it seems to be the full solid modeller that Acad 06 isn't, plus has some SketchUp-like user features too, and can save/export in practically any other format incl Acad .dwg. And excellent free online tutorial for beginners http://www.cadcourse.com/CADCourseEssentialsP1/movies/ccev15.html .

    So how do you find it? - I think I'll miss many of the Acad default actions and keyboard shortcuts - TC seems to require multiple button-clicks for every action.
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
     
    Been using TC since V1, so kind of got used to it, never got on with ACAD (too DOS like) or Solidworks (too many hidden features). I am no expert, just use it to sketch ideas really. One problem I have found is that the cursor window is a bit vague, really should look into how to change it, though on V16 you do at least get option for which object to select, vast improvement over V10. Maybe I should read the manual sometime.
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      CommentAuthorali.gill
    • CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
     
    I can do this too, plus present photo realistic renders of the completed building, including internal finishes, lighting systems analysis, furniture layouts, shadow studies and montage images that show the completed property blended into a site photo to show the building in context (the planners like these!).
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    Hi All

    Just thought I'd update this threat with what I've found, it's an Aussie website whcih you can build a house room by room, it's not an architectural program by any means and you can only select certain sizes or doors and windows and the roof types are limited. But for what I whated it for it has been great and is really easy to use.

    But still might need to get one of you guys to make a drawing for me, will have to see it it answers all the questions we have.

    www.mvh.com.au
    • CommentAuthorGotanewlife
    • CommentTimeApr 20th 2010 edited
     
    I have used Home Design Suite (but Ver 6 from 2004). You should be aware that HDS is a handicapped version of their Professional (circa £2k) Chief Architect software and it IS frustrating because you WILL want to do something it doesn't let you do (like choose the precise thickness of walls) and there IS always a nasty, intensive, difficult, not quite what you wanted work-around/cheat that will drive you crazy finding (or just trying to find) it.

    I am sure it is a lot better now but it was impossible for me to draw my house because my top floor is also my attic and has one wall of height 6cms (yes six cms) and another of 2m with the ridge height of nearly 4m and sunken half/basement/half ground floor - didn't even try it! I probably hate it slightly more than I love it, but it was the best value for content software at the time. Ohhhh and the American furniture is is is .....sigh

    So good for floor by floor design 2D, good for 3D floor by floor visualisation, but unless you want to draw a bog std house it wasn't up to whole house design. Perhaps it has changed.
    • CommentAuthorevan
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2010 edited
     
    Posted By: beelbeebubHave you tried "SketchUP", it's easy to use and very powerful, and best of all it's free!

    You would have to do the work yourself (a few evenings work), but it would probably give you a much better understanding of the house than getting some 3D pictures done by someone else.


    I agree with that - even the free version of Sketchup can import 2D DXF drawings and then it's a simple matter of extruding the elements in the floor plan to the correct heights and cutting windows. Adding the roof is a bit trickier.

    Depends on the level of detail you want - you can get to the stage of "getting an idea of the layout" and walk through it in just a few minutes, once you start adding accurate detailing to get a "photo look" of the outside it can take as long as you want to keep fiddling with it :)
    • CommentAuthorneelpeel
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2010
     
    I also agree that Sketch-up is worth a try. It's not great on accurate detail, but for conceptual stuff it's great.

    I used it just to visualise room sizes, general layout and 'look' of my conversion. I'll try and post a couple of images.

    And all free!
    • CommentAuthorneelpeel
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2010
     
    And the other side...

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