Hello Anthony, For all my corporate office, factory etc layouts I use "Visio". Cheap yet powerfull and easy to use. Have a look at their website for what Mac versions are available. I am using the Win ver. Professional + Technical. Regards, Ted Burbidge
-----Original Message----- From: Antony N. Lord [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 20 October 2001 6:48 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Floor Plan / 3D Design We occasionally put on shows in venues / clubs or marquees that involves staging, PAs and all the usual stuff. It is often impossible to predict exactly how everything will fit / look. In the past we have just done "mud maps" to scale showing an overhead (for layout), a profile (for depth) and a hand drawn "artist impression" for "inspiration." This of course useless if some element (like a stage size for example) suddenly changes or we just decide to totally rearrange everything. I've also used Photoshop / Illustrator to create simple scale drawings where its easier to move the elements about. I'd love to be able to do something a little more technical / faster / impressive. What I for see is using some bit of software (3D?) to just punch in the size of a simple box object (to represent a stage, speaker stack, etc) and then drag / stack the objects as needed. When happy I'd print floor plan and profile - a simple 3D view (no need for fancy rendering yet) would be a bonus. In short are there any key bits of software anyone can recommend? The object simplicity seems to dictate I don't really need any huge fire power and (as usual) there is no / low budget as I'm really only making life easier for myself doing this. Lemme know people! Cheers, Antony. -- ================================================================== = = http://antonylord.com = = Antony N. Lord = Perth, Western Australia = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = AIM - A93863878 = = = ICQ - 13528277 = ================================================================== Got a Question? Try searching the WAMUG list archives first at <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wamug/messages/> To unsubscribe from the WAMUG e-mail list, send e-mail from this account to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
