Sometimes I do teach people SketchUp, but no, I prefer just about anything else ... I do like the many available models for furniture, but I don't like the basic drawing function very much; I prefer a CAD tool with parametric control of some kind.
SketchUp is free, and I know there are people that can make it seem to do just about anything, but I really prefer just about anything else (Fusion 360, for one) for anything relatively complicated. I do use Revit for some things, but I'm looking for something somewhere in between those extremes, too. On Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 12:27:10 PM UTC-6, Mark wrote: > > Hi Ray, > > For what it's worth, when I start thinking about space I'm going to be > using Google Sketchup in the first instance to map out the space. If you've > got a spare evening it's really easy to learn, free and really helps me > whenever I'm planning space - I did an extension on my house with it and it > offers the ability to drop in furniture from an online library (to save you > drawing everything out). > > Hope that helps > > Mark > > On Tuesday, 21 November 2017 16:40:43 UTC, Ray Doeksen wrote: >> >> As a space organizer (makerspace, hackerspace) and a product/furniture >> designer I'm very interested in how to tailor the built environment to >> maximize the space available to all users. >> >> I'm interested in hearing from anyone that has used any particularly >> notable 'space hacks' or special fixtures, furnishings and equipment to >> maximize the floor space available, and in PARTICULAR, to create flexible >> or shifting-use spaces. >> >> With most coworkers having a phone, tablet, laptop to work from ... I'd >> expect those small products to be essential to making the most of a space >> ... >> >> Do you have flip-down wall desks? Ceiling-mounted power drops? Things >> that fold up and away? Wall-hung folding chairs? Did you select smaller >> chairs and other furniture than you would have otherwise? Did you arrange >> for things to be stowed away when not in use, like aboard a boat? Nets on >> the walls to hold things, that sort of thing? Did you move towards more >> compact solutions like wall hooks for coats rather than the retro but >> popular "coat tree" style of things? >> >> How about a lofted area? Any clever use of small nooks? >> >> And, finally ... for any size space, did you use space planning software, >> like an interior design or architecture program such as Revit, to help with >> space planning, or something like making a scale model on paper or with >> foam blocks to wargame your space planning? >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
