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3D Home Planning Software?

Posted by Cliff on from the virtual-furniture-moving dept.

thorar asks: "I'm willing to move to another flat in town (or to restructure the one I'm currently living in). I'd like to create a detailed map of the apartment to study alternatives without much pencil and paper, possibly with appropriate furniture and 3D rendering. I'm not an expert in Studio Max nor similar softwares. I'd like something as simple as IKEA Kitchen Planner, but all Google serches lead to some software suite that looks unprofessional or Windows95-stylish. What would you use?" There are numerous commercial alternatives for such an application, but is there anything like this available via Open Source?

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  1. Lego by ralphclark · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I've done the same thing and by far the slowest and most difficult tool is 3D CAD. The easiest and fastest tool, quicker even than pen and paper, is Lego.

    By the way, it's "Lego". Note the absence of a terminal 's'. Lego is the name of the system. The individual pieces are known as "bricks", There are no such things as "Legos". Ask the Lego Corporation if you fail to understand this.

    Once more for those too stupid to understand: The word is "Lego". There is no such word as "Legos". If you say "Legos" you just make yourself sound poorly educated.

    1. Re:Lego by CTalkobt · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      >> By the way, it's "Lego". Note the absence of a terminal 's'. Lego is the name of the system. The individual pieces are known as "bricks", There are no such things as "Legos". Ask the Lego Corporation if you fail to understand this.

      You say yugo, I say legos. Get a grip man. This is being english pedantic way too much.

      Ain't no coporation gunna tell I what not 2 speak. (THere, have fun on that. )

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