Not sure if it's what you are after, but there is a phone app called MagicPlan that maps existing structures as a floor plan using the camera.
On 29 April 2017 at 19:42, Erik Christiansen via luv-main < [email protected]> wrote: > On 29.04.17 18:43, Mark Trickett via luv-main wrote: > > Just watch what you are doing with care, and it can do remarkable > > things. One of the critical things is to do the detail design in your > > head first, cladding thicknesses, fasteners, joints, particularly the > > complex ones. If you can envisage the detail of the build in your > > head, then you can get that onto paper somehow. I did drafting as part > > of a Mechanical Engineering degree. Putting in the detail is where you > > find out whether the drawing is correct and functional. > > Yes, you've hit the nail on the head there. I'd laboriously drawn it up > on graph paper, but with strawbale-unit dimensions, and with a great fat > strawbale skin. I'm too old to do another DIY owner-builder build, and > that's the only way that strawbale is viable. Now it's back to standard > building units and materials. > > So rather than do it again with pencil & paper, postscript allows me to > automate detail right down to double studs around wall openings - while > counting how many end up being used. Oh-oh, just remembered that the > cladding comes in 1200 mm wide sheets - so replace the 450 mm stud > spacing (one variable) and the stud_wall procedure moves the studs to > sheet edges and centres. > > OK, there's a slow initial primitive-building & tweaking phase, but > after that it should fly - in a most flexible folding swiss army knife > fashion. > > Add vim folding markers in the comments, and I can have folding text in > my manually generated postscript file. A good overview and rapid > navigation both boost productivity. > > Thanks for the encouragement. > > Erik > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main > -- Dr Paul van den Bergen
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