RE: FN-FORUM: Any CAD designers here?

date posted 8th August 2005 09:48

Julian Voelcker:
>
> I am trying to settle an argument with a family member.
>
> They have had seven drawings done of a cottage conversion, three sets
> of ground floor and upstairs plans for the cottage (same external
> dimensions, just different internal dimensions) and then a plan of a
> separate drawing of a double garage.
>
> I have played with some CAD packages and feel that any competent CAD
> designer should be able to knock out the drawings in a
> morning whereas
> they believe it would take several days.
>
> Anyone here with CAD experience willing to contribute?

I did about three and a half years of architectural CADing and I'd say days
was the closer estimate. It depends what the starting point is (drawing up
from a survey or existing plans provided on disk?) and whether some thought
needs to be put into the design or not.

Karl