Floor plans

christian_jørgensen

Hi
Anybody tried to use OnShape for creating floor plans (housing)? Any "best practices" here? 

I have previously used Sketchup for this, but thought I would give OnShape a chance  

/Christian

pete_yodis

This has some interest to me, too.  More than just floor plans, though right?  Full 3D model of the structure?

3dcad

I've modeled ca. 5000m3 storage building with onshape, no problems.

But when I inserted pallet shelves (detailed models), it slows down opening the model. Once fully loaded, no problems with editing.

3d mouse and perspective view can give you very good experience like walking inside the building.

I'm currently in the beginning (first floor sketches) with new house. I have already sketched premises using satelite image on the back.

Only thing I'm missing while working with physically big models is that Onshape would render only currently visible stuff.

pete_yodis

I've seen your work on another thread @3dcad Very nice work!

3dcad

@pete_yodis Thanks!
And it has been very useful for me, I hate those big sheets they print out from archicad.. I prefer grabbing ipad with me when I visit construction site and check if everything is done as planned. I will try to remember taking some screenvideo of moving inside the building - I think it's stunning (for mcad).

3dcad

christian_jørgensen I don't know about best practices, I did complete 2d sketch at first and then extruded the walls. I kept top plane as floor so I could easily access model also from bottom.

Are you planning just for yourself or are you going to use the model as formal document? I'm thinking of modeling everything from driveway to fireplace but will take as minimal formal documents as possible from architect (for authorities).  

pete_yodis

@3dcad, if it's alright, maybe you invite @christan_jorgensen into one of your designs, or start a new one with him.  Maybe the follow mode works really nice here?

pete_yodis

3dcad said:

@pete_yodis Thanks!
And it has been very useful for me, I hate those big sheets they print out from archicad.. I prefer grabbing ipad with me when I visit construction site and check if everything is done as planned. I will try to remember taking some screenvideo of moving inside the building - I think it's stunning (for mcad).

Yeah, the ipads are really awesome for that.  Imagine if spatial awareness of ipads could be tied back into the model view...

christian_jørgensen

Thanks for the input!
I will use this as a private person - I am planning som major changes in the house, tearing down walls etc - hence being able to plan the job virtually first is very useful to get a feeling of how the end result will be. 

Here is the initial work done
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6b60aeebeefd4a2e8bc315b3/w/8ae884d92a754e668ff48048/e/012d46b263cd4c3aa55d6118

After doing my first initial drawings of the structure I have following questions
* how to best set up the frame of the house - sketching of walls, door openings etc. Sketch with door openings or sketch frame complete and then extrude door openings? I ended up doing the first to get door openings out in drawings
* how to "connect" parts of the house when you have door openings - I chose to extrude 10x10cm cubes in all door openings for this. Alternative is to extrude a floor first to make the part complete
* how to best draw several floors in a house 
* stairs? best way to generate?

When it comes to "decorating" the house (wall painting, furniture etc) I still think Sketchup is better for this work. However a quick export to STL from OnShape can be imported directly - model will be lihtweight since in 3D terms a house is not complex  

Further I would say for the designing OnShape is much better than Sketchup. Key is parametric designing - being able to easily change the measurements without complete redesign is really timesaving. Just created the raw design and then jogged around with a lasertool to get all the measures...brilliant!
 
Brgds
Christian