Set Design and Construction: Any set design software available?

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Any set design software available?

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Forum Name: Set Design and Construction
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Topic: Any set design software available?

Posted By: red diva
Subject: Any set design software available?
Date Posted: 3/03/07 at 4:30pm

I can't claim to be a computer genius....as a matter of fact, I can barely claim to be computer literate, so please forgive if this question is a bit naive:

Is there any software out there that can be used to create floor plans, set designs, etc? I do quite a bit of designing, and wondered if there were a more efficient way of going about it using the computer. I would love to create scale drawings of our stage on the computer, place set elements on that drawing, move them around, have templates for furniture pieces, etc., etc.

OK, all you computer wizzes.....tell me what you know. But keep it in layman's terms, please!

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"I've worked long and hard to earn the right to be called Diva!"

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Posted By: Gaafa
Date Posted: 3/03/07 at 7:36pm

Red try this site;-

http://www.amdram.co.uk/index.html

On the HOME page there is an advert for ‘Turbo Cad’ which was developed by a member of a community theatre & marketed by the theatre group thru various outlets:-
http://www.turbocad.co.uk/shinfieldplayers/

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Joe
Western Gondawandaland
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Posted By: suzecue1
Date Posted: 3/04/07 at 9:36am

I love this program. Easy to use and FREE! Can't beat that!

http://sketchup.google.com/product_suf.html - ttp://sketchup.google.com/product_suf.html

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Sue
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Posted By: EddyZ
Date Posted: 3/22/07 at 10:13pm

I second sketchup. I use it quite extensively.

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EddyZ
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Posted By: eagle10
Date Posted: 4/16/07 at 4:48am

I think sketchup is easy to learn and easy to use and allows you to measure what you have created and do things on scale. Less complicated than programs like CAD etc.

Posted By: tblan
Date Posted: 4/20/07 at 11:17pm

Depending on how serious you are, it might be worthwhile to learn to use a CAD program. Right now I'm using MiniCad (which is now sold as Vectorworks, but the program is identical). The possibilities are endless, and the benefits of having a good piece of drafting software definitely make it worthwhile to learn.