Software to design a house floor plan ... http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647 Rosina Rowantree I am sure it it out there, the perfect (and FREE) software to help me lay out where all the rooms, windows, doors, corridors, stairs etc are in my large Country House Hotel. And to get it to line up with the floor above, so that the stairs are in the same place. Does anyone know of what I could use, so that I don't have to ask myself, over and over again, if I have too many rooms leading out onto the terrace,which rooms look out over the river, and which towards the front of the house.... If it could do gardens as well, that would be <em>Wonderful</em>! Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:25:31 +1300 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1017617 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1017617 PollyNim I ended up not needing it so I don't know how well it works, but you could try floorplanner.com Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:42:52 +1300 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1020718 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1020718 Lady_Indis_Dress I design floor plans sometimes just for fun (castles! whooo hoooo!) I just use graph paper for mine and draw the second story on the next page, checking back and counting squares to make sure everything lines up. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:54:34 +1300 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1025940 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1025940 kalmay I use graph paper too to draw floor plans of where my characters live, I draw the main level then get another sheet of graph paper and count the squares to line up the lines and trace exactly where the staircase and elevators are. It's fun! Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:31:35 +1300 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1029067 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1029067 Generalist Consider using Google SketchUp. You might even be able to find plans for what you want already created. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:43:15 +1300 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1029761 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1029761 Rosina Rowantree Thank you all. I don't have graph paper nowadays. I have had a look at Floorplanner,com and at Google Search .... I shall have to try - You have all been brilliantly helpful. Posh country house hotel (and sub-Blenheim posh house) coming up! Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:55:13 +1300 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1031048 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1031048 radioactivealchemist You could build the whole thing in Minecraft! The Classic version is free. Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:31:06 +1300 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1039179 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1039179 Apollo16 Here is a 3-d design software for remodeling a home. http://www.mupromo.com/deal/1739/10779/live-interior-3d-standard I do not own this software and don't know anything about it beyond the announcement. Note that it is not free but half off for some sort of limited time. At least you can use it as a baseline for comparison. Apollo16 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:14:33 +1300 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1056048 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/48647?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1056048