An icon at the bottom left of the screen allows you to choose to design in metres or feet. For walls, dimensioning can either be from the inside or outside surface of the wall or the center of the wall.

The program features simple dimensioning functionality for showing the distances between objects. In 3D mode, zoom and pan features allow you to look at the design from different angles. Once you have designed your rooms or floor plan you can toggle between a 2D or 3D view of your design. It features a simple tool set with which you can create whole rooms, walls, drag and drop windows, doors, skylights, plumbing fixtures, furniture, stairs, people, cars (even an Alpha Romeo) and more from a library. Reviewsīelow are reviews for the following programs (the stars indicate our rating for each product).įloorplanner is a simple, basic and free floor plan software tool. If you are creating full construction drawings for a new home design, you may be better off looking at some of the more full-featured house design software packages that will make it easier to create multi-story designs, add roofs, show cross-sections, elevations and framing details.Ĭreating full construction drawings certainly is possible using a program such as Google Sketchup but you will need to have the skill of a draftperson and residential designer or architect to create properly dimensioned and accurate drawings. 48 page book, Print or Digital Software for New Home Construction