Im in the progress of planning a complete home improvement, where all the interiors is pulled down, floors torn up, and only the shell is intact, before rebuilding everything.
But in the designing process i miss the ease of a drawing tool as autocad that we used in school as an mason apprentice.
So home improvement people, what is a good alternative to autocad, for detailed blueprints and measurements?
If you decide to stick with AutoCAD, the educational version is free. It just leaves a watermark on your project prints.
SketchUp for doing home based building stuff that’s not super detailed is a pretty good option. it has kind of a wacky interface but, if you’re trying to build in 3dbehat normally gets built with plywood and 2x4s, it’s a pretty good solution
I have tried to use the open source CAD programs, but they never worked that well for me.
SketchUp is good, for what it is, but again it’s never been for me.
If you want 2D like AutoCAD then I have found SolidEdge from Siemens to be good. There is a free version, and I think a paid one too. I only used the 2D version but a quick search just now seems to show a community edition of the 3D too.
DraftEdge for a direct AutoCAD replacement, Revit if you are really serious.
