House layout software

[Andrew Mawson]

We are planning a fairly large scale remodel of a house we hope to buy.

Anyone any recommendations for (preferably shareware downloadable) house / room layout software so basic sizes of rooms and their contents can be visualised?

AWEM

[john2]

I used Punch "Professional" Home Design for a while and designed a complete 2 floor dwelling. Good fly-through capabilities inside and outside. Not a lot of fine detail provided on the furniture and fittings though it does beds, doors, stairs, sinks, taps etc. as I remember. £35 on Ebay or a bit more at PC world.

john2

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

If you're planning on buying the software go for the best.

[Newshound]

Ikea Home Planner?

I'm sure I had a similar thing from Dulux but can't find it for the moment.

[Phil Anthropist]

[Andrew Mawson]

downloadable)

A snip at $2,200 !

AWEM

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Well nothing comes cheap. :-) DL the demo or have them send you the disc,although the save routine has been disabled it can still be usable.

[Tim S]

cite: "also runs on Linux with Windows emulator (like Wine) - only in English language!"

Hmm - now I'm interested. Must give that a go.

Usually I use Cycas CAD

on Linux which is great for 2D work, so floorplans. Claimed 3D abilities are painful though, as are the limitations on textures (whole objects have texture, not surfaces, so hard to paint same wall one colour in one room and a different colour in adjoining room).

Cheers

Tim

[Andy Burns]

I thought that only did a single room, and even then limited to certain basic layouts, not too bad for freebie though ...

[dom]

I'm using the SketchUp demo

8 hours free usage before you have to pay (=A3350!) - upside it's by far the most easy and quick/easy/intuitive drawing package I've used.