Ask HN: Good software to draw floorplans for a renovation project?

6 points by climb_stealth 7y ago ↗ HN

Basically we have an apartment with naked rooms and need to decide how to fit in cupboards, whitegoods and furniture. Ideal would be something that lets us draw and move features at scale.

There seems to be a lot of software out there that does this, but most of it looks quite clunky and it is hard to tell whether it is actually any good.

Mac support would be great and I'm happy to pay for it.

Have you built or renovated? Which software did you use to sketch plans and play through ideas?

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bhengaij 7y ago ↗

3d home

climb_stealth 7y ago ↗

Thanks for the suggestion! I believe they have since shut down [0] and moved to Home Design 3D [1]. I'll give it a try.

[0] http://www.livecad.net/EN/

[1] https://en.homedesign3d.net/

bhengaij 7y ago ↗

Not gonna lie- I used them 20 years back. But it was damn simple and great looking with good details. I think their name was "3d home" looks like everybody calls themselves that now

climb_stealth 7y ago ↗

Hah, fair enough! And yes, I think 3d home has become a category. The one I linked seems alright though from 5 minutes of playing with it.

apple314159 7y ago ↗

I've used SweetHome3D (http://www.sweethome3d.com/) and was quite happy with it.

climb_stealth 7y ago ↗

Thanks for the suggestion! It's Open Source as well, I shall give it a try.