Architectural Drawing Software

[JTBoh]

Whaddya guys use?

Looking for one that does side/top/front elevations of the sign itself, as well as scale representations of buildings w/signage. Have done most of ours in illustrator/flexi in the past, but might be looking for something more suited for that.

 

[Rick]

Do you have CadTools for Illustrator?

www.hotdoor.com

 

[Mike F]

Google SketchUp might be able to do what you're looking for, pretty easy to use too.

 

[xxaxx]

Cad Tools and BPT Pro are awesome addons for Illustrator that you may want to look in to.

I have used AutoCad and 3d Studio Max pretty extensively in the past and these addons certainly can't do what full blown dedicated software can do, but the learning curve on a cad or 3d software is pretty massive, where as those plugins for illustrator you can install and start using it immediately without having to learn much of anything really.

http://www.baby-universe.co.jp/en/plug-in/products/bpt-pro/

Oh Mike is correct also, if you want to go the 3d route, Sketchup is awesome and semi easy to learn ... and I believe Google offers the full working intro version for free if I remember properly.

 

[showcase 66]

I use AutoCad pretty much for everything like that. Have been using AutoCad way before I even tried illustrator or photoshop.

 

[Fenda333]

I'd definitely agree with showcase 66. I use AutoCAD for all that as well but again it is a steep learning curve.