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garden/yard design software recommendation

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  • 05-06-2019 10:40am
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    Igotadose
    Registered Users Posts: 13,037 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm looking for a hopefully free software package that easily (like, at the level of complexity of doing drawings in Visio or Paint), will let me draw a to-scale map of our house and yard, simple boxes, circle, etc. The version of Visio I have (2010 I think) doesn't really do scaling. The more recent version does to some degree, allowing different scales for the rulers.

    Any suggestions? There are bunches of garden design packages out there, but I'm not looking for 3d rendering and the ability to drag/drop in trees and plants, though that'd be nice I doubt I'd find a lot of plants native to Ireland in these packages.

    Thanks


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    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,017 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Sketchup will do it, although it's not the easiest to work with and the circles are polygons.

    Just use overhead camera with parallel perspective.


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    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,722 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    Of the free cad packages something like Librecad looks like a decent 2d option.


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