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I'm hoping to be moving into a new house in the next few weeks, and I fancy doing a bit of proper design and layout rather than chucking furniture into rooms as I did in my first house :p

Accordingly, I was wondering if the good folk of OcUK had any recommendations for 3D home planning software and related tools? I remember playing with Google SketchUp years ago, but I have no idea if that's still around. Do AutoDesk have some more beginner-friendly stuff too?

I was also wondering if you can use mobile phones / tablets to do 3D scanning of rooms. Does anyone have any experience of this? I have a fairly modern iPad which I think comes with some sort of depth camera / sensor thingy.

Ta for any ideas! :)
 
I quite like https://home.by.me but it might be limited if you want to hand craft everything 100% accurately. It's pretty quick to get to this point though and I only use the free tier, my house:







If you end up going with it I can ping you a code which gives us both some free extra renders.
 
arty said:
I'm hoping to be moving into a new house in the next few weeks, and I fancy doing a bit of proper design and layout rather than chucking furniture into rooms as I did in my first house :p

Accordingly, I was wondering if the good folk of OcUK had any recommendations for 3D home planning software and related tools? I remember playing with Google SketchUp years ago, but I have no idea if that's still around. Do AutoDesk have some more beginner-friendly stuff too?

I was also wondering if you can use mobile phones / tablets to do 3D scanning of rooms. Does anyone have any experience of this? I have a fairly modern iPad which I think comes with some sort of depth camera / sensor thingy.

Ta for any ideas! :)
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www.sketchup.com

SketchUp: 3D Design Software - Bring Your Vision to Life

Bring your vision to life with SketchUp. Design in 3D, from concept to construction, with intuitive tools for architects, designers, and builders.
www.sketchup.com www.sketchup.com

Its owned by Trimble now but Sketchup is still around. Free online trail version available.
 
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