Designing houses

[Innocent159]

Watch your tone. Consider this an official warning.

okay, Guv

 

[remember300]

Also that floor plan has no opening sections if each area is an actual room plus doors are symboled (the only time you could use those rectangles are if its and auto sliding door) there is no dimensioning to that floor plan, you cant have a design with no dimensioning and material lists. Also foundation and plot points are missing from that as well.

You also need to consider sockets for power and utilities.

Theres alot more than just a few squares to make a room.

I've used Catia V5 along with Auto Cad for general 2d and 3d stuff, there are a few packages that let you build from 2d into a 3d model where it adds windows etc.
Plus depending on the country you are building it in you will have building regs to conform to... such as window heights and what level from the ground it will be before it needs to become safety glass.
There is absolutely tons of things you need in there for an architect to even get started.

 

[Innocent159]

Also that floor plan has no opening sections if each area is an actual room plus doors are symboled (the only time you could use those rectangles are if its and auto sliding door) there is no dimensioning to that floor plan, you cant have a design with no dimensioning and material lists. Also foundation and plot points are missing from that as well.

You also need to consider sockets for power and utilities.

Theres alot more than just a few squares to make a room.

I've used Catia V5 along with Auto Cad for general 2d and 3d stuff, there are a few packages that let you build from 2d into a 3d model where it adds windows etc.
Plus depending on the country you are building it in you will have building regs to conform to... such as window heights and what level from the ground it will be before it needs to become safety glass.
There is absolutely tons of things you need in there for an architect to even get started.

NO, no, no. The plan was designed for when visitors come to visit the patient. the actual detailed plan the visitors complained about (too much detail). I know of the detailed plan and what it must contain. read about it.

 

[remember300]

you have not said anything like that, you just said its for your dads work.

If your going to not put measurements in place, then build in a scale, otherwise those little rooms might be bigger than they seem or might be just as small and that might be no good.

Its fine putting lines in but if they say i have a tv and its this big how will it be in that room.

you can put a line saying 1m or 1 yard or something keeping scale is always important if you dont trust me it bites you in the butt.

 

[Innocent159]

you have not said anything like that, you just said its for your dads work.

If your going to not put measurements in place, then build in a scale, otherwise those little rooms might be bigger than they seem or might be just as small and that might be no good.

Its fine putting lines in but if they say i have a tv and its this big how will it be in that room.

you can put a line saying 1m or 1 yard or something keeping scale is always important if you dont trust me it bites you in the butt.

I understand dawg. You got a point like scale that I do at school.

 

[remember300]

Yeah otherwise it just looks like lines normally if im showing a design off i still include wall thickness and access points (like doors for you) as they can suggest or ask why the doors are there.

 

[Innocent159]

Yeah otherwise it just looks like lines normally if im showing a design off i still include wall thickness and access points (like doors for you) as they can suggest or ask why the doors are there.

Don't worry if I need to do a detailed sketch ill google it and include everything that should be there. The work want a simply drawing they even said no doors.
I will do it for parties and events on A4 page just so that people can explain and see easily where exits and toilets are

 

[remember300]

Ok if its just a map then thats fine, but you was asking about full designs.

 

[Innocent159]

Ok if its just a map then thats fine, but you was asking about full designs.

Yeah. My mistake and the thread actually had to be about a 3D program to design houses

 

[remember300]

With a decent cad package you can build in 2d and the just extend up but proper building packages let you add the symbols for such things as windows and they do a rough sketch for you in 3d once you have completed the 2d

 

[MadMarc]

I was wondering do I need any legal permission to make money designing floor plans and house designs?

And I'm looking for a software to design my ideas on a computer, I usually use layout, sketch up and style builder. Any dedicated architectural software? (I want to design houses)

I want to do my own house, I'm sure no one else want my mad modern houses. I like to design on paper when I'm bored

Don't worry if I need to do a detailed sketch ill google it and include everything that should be there.

Not really sure what you want, first you talk about needing a legal permission or any architectural education to make money designing houses, then you talk about designing your dream house and finally you want pro-grade cad software that's gonna cost you 1000s of $s, and you'll google what a proper plan needs

No offense, dude but to me it sounds that SketchUp is more than enough for for your needs and playing around with a few design ideas.
And why do you think architects and civil engineers study for 5 years, I'm sorry but nobody is going to hire someone with no experience to desing their house

 

[remember300]

Thanks MadMarc did you get my confusion as well, i cant give advice to someone who's so not qualified ...

And the requests kept changing about the actual outcome.

There is a difference between designing a dream house and actually conforming to regs and laws. Its fine if this was to be shown to and architect for evaluation and calculation, should see some of the product designs I've been asked to "review" lol.

As a laugh with an architect Buddy of mine i drew up my Dream house 60 pages later and lots of load bearing calculations with building mass and surface calculations later and seeing ££ signs i think i wanted to cry lol serves me right for wanting a floating office ... lol.

But back to the OP hope the help and suggestions are taken aboard, but Sketchup if you get along with it probably is the best choice for you, or a cheap package like Turbocad or something with a few more tools available.

 

[Innocent159]

Thanks MadMarc did you get my confusion as well, i cant give advice to someone who's so not qualified ...

And the requests kept changing about the actual outcome.

There is a difference between designing a dream house and actually conforming to regs and laws. Its fine if this was to be shown to and architect for evaluation and calculation, should see some of the product designs I've been asked to "review" lol.

As a laugh with an architect Buddy of mine i drew up my Dream house 60 pages later and lots of load bearing calculations with building mass and surface calculations later and seeing ££ signs i think i wanted to cry lol serves me right for wanting a floating office ... lol.

But back to the OP hope the help and suggestions are taken aboard, but Sketchup if you get along with it probably is the best choice for you, or a cheap package like Turbocad or something with a few more tools available.

Thanks for your help. I have decide to stay in Sketchup and doing it as a hobby when I feel bored

 

[tinytomlogan]

While enthusiasm is admirable this thread was painful to read

Ill warn you now if you keep acting like this when you post something that isnt a pipe dream and like this was a total waste of peoples time, the members wont reply.

This thread / your replies have been reported several times.

Im not going to warn you about wasting peoples time again.