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READ THE FUCKING STICKY FAGGOT

Check out "FormZ" or its little brother "Bonsai".
Those are made for exactly your purposes, but keep in mind that there is no easy to learn one button magic solution. You still will have to do some learning and working there.

>>456519
nigger are those doric columns on an arbor?

>>456519

Assuming you will do the 3d work yourself:
AutoCAD is what you need. Sketchup can be good too, give em a try for free!

Now on to my real critical opinion:
You are a craftsman and builder. Your run a business. Is your company doing so bad that you have to do such unrelated stuff as 3d-design YOURSELF?

hint: if you are already an entrepeneur-builder you've got enough on your plate. THERE IS A REASON 3D DESIGN IS A PROFESSION ALL BY ITSELF.

Do the following: show some respect to the people that deserve it, spend a just couple hundred to hire any fag here that will do all the shit you need in a days time or maybe a little bit more (furniture and architectural stuf is very straight forward) this way you will be happy and you will have a good product

>>456519
> which software would be the easiest to learn for 3D
I don't have the answer to that, however, I'd suggest SketchUp for its simplicity and its compatibility with rendering engines that will make your 3d images look prettier. 3ds Max is also a good choice if you want to also automate a little of your work with third party plugins. Both are fun to learn, you'll be creating your own stuff in a matter of minutes by following tutorials. 3ds Max is harder but more complete.

> which software for blueprints
AutoCAD is pretty easy to use. You basically push buttons or type in commands like "line", "offset", "copy", "trim", which also have abbreviations. It's a really easy and powerful program and it's what professionals have been using for decades now. It also does 3D, but it's tricky and it will give you headaches if you do that there, but you can export your blueprint and work from it in a 3D specialized application like 3ds Max or Sketchup.

There's also a program that's good in both things, Revit. In this program, you make your 3d model first and the program draws any view you need from that 3d model, thus creating a blueprint easily. However, it's not easy to set up and with that blueprint you will also create a mess of useless extra lines that you'll have to clean up after. I wouldn't recommend it for what you need, but it's good to know of its existence.

3D applications require a lot of resources, specially when you're rendering, so it's best to have a decent computer in order to work comfortably. Your typical $800 USD computer running windows 8 would be a good choice.

>>456606

ok hold on!!! (im this guy btw >>456602)

REVIT: a word of advice from a guy that spent a year working as a REVIT technician for a reputable large architecture firm:

Do NOT use REVIT for any sort of design. Ever.

REVIT is specifically for making plans sections final renders and details of large architectural plans.

Otherwise the coordination and project planning required to INPUT a design onto Revit (remember that design phase is not done in REVIT) is not worth the cost.

TL;DR: Revit is not a design tool, take it from a guy that has worked since Revit's first release with a slew of clients

>>456609
I basically said Revit fucking sucks in a polite way, m8. Had to anticipate those revit lovers who worship that piece of shit suite that makes you stupider after you use it.

This guy :
>>456602
>>456610

to the engineer:>>456609

I agree completely, engineer. Funny thing that I am an architect. Should we start hating each other now/ ?

>>456613
We shall hate each other in a fitting thread.

>>456609
#REVKT

I'd recommend solidworks if you're designing straightforward shit like that. It's rendering software is kinda lame tho so you may want to pick up 3ds max or something to use as a rendering tool.