Architecture program diagram 2d pro#
Architecture program diagram 2d software#

It is up to you to take the tools available and determine the work flow that works for you. Except no one can tell you how it is done. A combination of Layout and Sketchup is how you do it. I suggest creating your own symbols, and make them stylized enough to be unique to you, but standard enough to be understood. Try to start by working on your templates and components. Sketchy filters, section planes, parallel projection and intersect will all be your friends. Well, perhaps Sketchup is the tool you need. If you have been in the business for 50 years and desire a finished product that looks more like your pencil and pen drawings of yesteryear and know that your customers were more satisfied when you handed them plans that you obviously slaved over drawing.

If the desired workflow is two dimensional, why not use CAD software? Well, if the goal is to produce something that looks more like art, and less like a run of the mill CAD drawing. Some of my SketchUP stuff is on my websites: Andrew Walters Architect

I started using AutoCad over 30 years ago - I thnk it’s enormously overpriced and crude when compared with SkecthUP. I find this way of working to be as quick as working in 2d with AutoCad. One of my ‘wishes’ for SketchUp is for a native pan lock. That enables me to do 2d drafting on a plane without having to hold the shift key whilst panning.

Architecture program diagram 2d software#

I use a piece of software called ‘X Mouse Button Control’ which locks the Z plane. To answer your question… I’d recommend that you do the 2d drafting in SketchUP on the ground plane, make scenes in plan view, parallel projection, with a style that you like and then bring into Layout to add notes and dimensions.Īs a 2d drafting tool I find SketchUp better and quicker than AutoCAD. I add dimensions and notes in Layout, but not much else. I use scenes and styles a lot, which I then place in a Layout file.

I don’t use AutoCad at all now.įor architecture, I use a workflow where I make a 3d model of the outside of the building and draw floor plans and sections in 2d.

Architecture program diagram 2d pro#

I’ve been using SketchUp Pro for all of my architectural and boat design work for the past seven years (since 2012).