It looks like I'll finally be building a shop/garage come spring. (hurray... 2 yr w/o a shop) Anyway I'm looking for recommends on design software. If anybody has firsthand exp. with a decent piece of software lets hear about it. I need to layout a smithy and welding shop. The power hammer and the plasma table all need to find a home that won't bother the infloor radiant heat so I need to nail down my layout pretty well before I place tubing. The site will lend itself to a "bank barn" style building and I envision the metalwork's on the downside and the garage and wood shop/studio space above. I will be consulting an architect on the structural issues and my have him do the finial plans but I don't see any reason to pay him to move tools around for me. I figure I can build a few shops on paper find what works and have the architect fine tune the structure and do the final drawings. I googled the group and found lots of shop tips and such but
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