Thread: Need program!!

Originally Posted by martink

Bugger, just had a look at the turbocad site and there are only trial versions available there now

have a look at ebay, go for version 10 or later.

Good luck if your dealing with council.

I would suggest using autocad, just because there are so many pirate versions out there it's easy to get your hands on it and it's easy to use for the simple jobs. L = line, you type in the distance and press the space bar. bob's your uncle, a line.

if you're in melbourne, for a small fee I'll get together all the council drawings and reports (1-2 weeks). For your information though, depending on what you want to do the following things are necessary;


existing plans & site layout

existing neighbour layout & distances

Proposed plans & site layout

Proposed plans in relation to neighbours property (don't forget to show window locations in neighbouring properties)

Shadow diagams

Exterior finishes schedule

design intention report & comparison with existing conditions.

possibly a heritage report

Just as a note, make sure you check all overlays and neighbourhood character applications for your council area. ALso if you have a phone conversation with a council town planning member make sure it is a senior planner, as they have the right to revoke anything said by a junior member. aka if a junior member says your design is approved, and the senior council comes back 3 months into building and tells you your roof is 100mm too tall, your stuffed.

Good luck!

ps. if its just a carport or a new window you don't have to go through all that crap.

I used turbocad to design my shop. It comes with a fairly easy to use floorplan designer that might be sold seperatly. I learned a little cad to do the shop design and now use it for all of my woodworking designs. It's awesome to be able to render something in three dimensions and see it before it's built.

Best,

Scott

I used a program called Chief Architect. It is fantastic. We went through 50 design iterations until we got what we wanted. It is expensive however unless you borrow a copy.

It is very easy to use and very powerful. Might be over kill for what you need. Sorry for the image sizes.

I think if you read a few of Wild Dingo's other posts you will find he no longer needs a program because flood levels are preventing him from building. Which is a real shame.

Hi,

I also am looking for some sort of design programme. I would like to design an entertainment unit to take the new plasma and all the other associated HT equipment.

I would also like to find some design ideas for a king single bed for my young 8 yr old daughter.

I have down loaded sketchup but to be honest have only been able to draw a rectangle and thats about all, I wasn't able to work out how to draw everything to scale and the dimensions that I want. I find there is a big learning curve to be able to use this programme.

Is Turbocad a similar type of learning curve to be able to get an intelligent drawing out of it? And which version of Turbo are we talking? There is one Turbocad designer for $19.99 or Turbocad Deluxe14 for $199 on the Aust web site. Or on ebay there Turbocad deluxe 11.2 for buy it now price of $14.99US. What is the difference in all of these, but I do know for sure that I really had problems with sketchup, or perhaps it's just me.

Thanks
John

John,

I find Turbocad De Luxe excellent for Woodworking design. But you must be prepared to put in a good deal of effort before you become proficient. It will help if you also buy the Turbocad 2D Training guide. I have found it to be well worthwhile to make the effort to learn the program, but you have to resign yourself to the fact that it is going to take a fair amount of time, and quite a bit of frustration.

Rocker

Bugger, just had a look at the turbocad site and there are only trial versions available there now

I have turbocad learning edition. It's free and only a 16mb download.

You can get Turbocad Learning edition here.

You can get Turbocad Learning editon reference manual here.

This really is worth the time to learn to use.


specialist

Thanks for the answers.

Which Turbocad Deluxe would you be meaning the $199 version or the ebay at $US14.99?

Specialist thanks for the Turbocad learning download, but I'm having trouble opening it. When you click on setup.exe it says it cannot continue because the uninstaller is running in the background or words to that effect.

John

I use Microsoft Visio for everything. Use to use and lots of available stencils.

Specialist thanks for the Turbocad learning download, but I'm having trouble opening it. When you click on setup.exe it says it cannot continue because the uninstaller is running in the background or words to that effect.

Never had that problem before, maybe if you right click on the file and open with winrar and manually extract the folder containing the files. If you still have problems, just pm me and I'll upload a new file.

speciaist

Hi dingo I use a program called Autosketch 8 if you need a free copy it is also compatible with Autocad diagrams , If you need help on how to use program can give instructions over the phone .

If you want something easy just grab the latest Homes and Garden magazine with the software on the front.
Good software easy to use cost...one mag!
Cheers

Microsoft office visio, if you have it