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You have a few options: Freecad with Architecture workbenches. Rhino (used by most architects for exploratory modelling) *BlenderBIM (its called something else

You have a few options: Freecad with Architecture workbenches. Rhino (used by most architects for exploratory modelling) *BlenderBIM (its called something else now) If you're talking to architects and they're talking about Autocad, and lines...they may be of the old guard. Most large/modern projects are Revit based. TBH any engineering drafting in 2024 using autocad is ridiculous. Something which takes 1-2 hours in a parametric modeller can take a day! Co-ordinating architecture, project management, structural engineering, facade engineering, and MEP specialties is non existent in Autocad - Revit is built for this. Revit is built to "know" and "understand"...is more or less the de-facto standard for building information modelling. If your pockets are deep enough - i'd recommend it - they have an LT (light) version which is more affordable and may do everything you want - but it's still pretty expensive for a fun little side project.

michaelt 2y ago
> If you're talking to architects and they're talking about Autocad, and lines...they may be of the old guard. [...] any engineering drafting in 2024 using autocad is ridiculous. At least in my country, there are a lot of small-project architects. You're converting a loft into a bedroom? Building an extension to your house? You'll need to do the calculations to make sure the beam holding up the roof is strong enough, and some paperwork so the inspector can see the calculations have been performed, and enough plans that the builders know what to build. Basic requirements that AutoCAD can take care of just fine. And of course these small-project architects are the only architects 99% of people will ever work with - far fewer people will ever work with an architect on a 100+ person building.
- an_aparallel 2y ago
  Indeed - Revit is overkill for smaller projects :)

michaelt 2y ago

> If you're talking to architects and they're talking about Autocad, and lines...they may be of the old guard. [...] any engineering drafting in 2024 using autocad is ridiculous. At least in my country, there are a lot of small-project architects. You're converting a loft into a bedroom? Building an extension to your house? You'll need to do the calculations to make sure the beam holding up the roof is strong enough, and some paperwork so the inspector can see the calculations have been performed, and enough plans that the builders know what to build. Basic requirements that AutoCAD can take care of just fine. And of course these small-project architects are the only architects 99% of people will ever work with - far fewer people will ever work with an architect on a 100+ person building.

an_aparallel 2y ago
Indeed - Revit is overkill for smaller projects :)