Curious to know what people would currently recommend for designing games rooms - last time I used one was 9 years ago and I can’t remember what it was !
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- Thread starter Julian Hepworth
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I quite like Sweet Home 3D - knocked these up with it (& now I've just realised I'm gonna have trouble getting the glass out with this arrangement). What I liked about it was that I could click an object & set dimensions by typing into a dialog. It also allows you to build objects in Blender (which I'm less fond of, but some people on here can do magnificent things with) & import them, as I couldn't find pre-build pin tables or arcade cabinets.
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Thanks - I’ll check that out. I like the way you’ve modelled your dog in there !
I've used 'Sketchup' a few times when I've wanted to do stuff like this. https://www.sketchup.com/try-sketchup#for-personal
Fairly steep initial learning curve, but if you can spend an hour or two experimenting with the tutorials you'll quickly get up to speed. And once you start to become familiar with it then it's a really powerful tool with tons of support for fancy features (like Occulus Rift and things like that so you can look around what you've created).
Plus it has a massive library of objects that people have prebuilt, including a huge number of pinball machines that I know Dan Bradford used to contribute to (https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search/?q=pinball machine&searchTab=model)
But yeah - I'm biased because this is all I have ever tried to use!
(Planning for NLP show in 2017:
Fairly steep initial learning curve, but if you can spend an hour or two experimenting with the tutorials you'll quickly get up to speed. And once you start to become familiar with it then it's a really powerful tool with tons of support for fancy features (like Occulus Rift and things like that so you can look around what you've created).
Plus it has a massive library of objects that people have prebuilt, including a huge number of pinball machines that I know Dan Bradford used to contribute to (https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search/?q=pinball machine&searchTab=model)
But yeah - I'm biased because this is all I have ever tried to use!
(Planning for NLP show in 2017:
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Anyone used "Home Design 3D" at all??? (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/home-design-3d/9nblggh2r5wf?)
I'm very much a novice, but have used the free version of Sketchup too.
It's worth watching some intro videos on YouTube. The first few by this guy give a good idea of the basics. You really do need this to get an idea of how it treats areas, surfaces, shapes etc..
I hadn't thought to look for pre-made pinball machines so ended up measuring one and making my own! Same for the pool table.
With a little bit of time, you can do some reasonable models to scale. The following are ideas for our garden patio re-build and log cabin (if we can get a decent builder/groundworks person who's actually available)!
It's worth watching some intro videos on YouTube. The first few by this guy give a good idea of the basics. You really do need this to get an idea of how it treats areas, surfaces, shapes etc..
I hadn't thought to look for pre-made pinball machines so ended up measuring one and making my own! Same for the pool table.
With a little bit of time, you can do some reasonable models to scale. The following are ideas for our garden patio re-build and log cabin (if we can get a decent builder/groundworks person who's actually available)!
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