Recently I have been thinking about "moonlighting" to scrounge up some extra income and to do some actual design work (rather than monkeying around with someone else's design).  Anyway, the problem I am facing is that all of my trial/student-licensed software has expired or ran out.  Therefore, even if I can get the work (I have 1-2 prospects right now), do I really have any way of doing it?  I was contemplating working by hand, which I obviously will do anyway in the sketching phase, but in this tech-savy world, especially when everyone wants to see tons of options/variations, there are obvious benefits to some computer aided drafting.
Forgive the rambling, let me get to the point.  I was thinking about getting ArchiCAD, since I'm semi familiar with it and it crosses multiple platforms (I use a Mac and most folks around here are PC).  I used the student version in 2009 and it's ok, but I would probably need to get super savvy in it, or also get some Adobe software like Illustrator or PhotoShop so I could spice up certain drawings like if I want to show materials in floor plan or light studies in section.  But the program with which I am most familiar is AutoCAD, which has always been a strictly PC program.  Until now (or very soon).
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?siteID=123112&id=15421056
I'm hoping that soon truly means soon, like maybe a month.  But who knows.  I signed up to be notified when the trial version is available.  I await with a bated breath!
P.S. The video doesn't really show much about the program, but it still gets me fired up!
 
 
Get Ares. 1/4 the cost and it isn't from Autodesk, WIN
ReplyDeleteInnnnterestings - Do you know if Ares can copy into Adobe Illustrator as a vector drawing, or do you have to print to PDF?
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