bitplanmap

You know that useless Paint program on your computer you wish could do more and instead just seems like a glorified pad of paper minus the mildly interesting phone call that's needed to really get your doodle on?

Well, let me tell you something about that useless program: it rocks! See for yourself. Obsessive? You bet, but much more flexible than the graph paper I almost started to use for the same job. In the original bitmap, each pixel represents an inch.

The full plan was developed over time. Initially I needed a quick way to make alternate designs for the 3rd floor. You may recognize the look from an earlier post. Once the basic dimensions were in place, it was "easy" to create another plan for the 2nd floor. These were immeasureably (pun!) helpful in working out stairway details. Then it just seemed silly not to do a plan for the 1st floor too. I thought I was done... but the bay and dormer still begged for details that couldn't be rendered in a floor plan so I did a front elevation and a side elevation. The rear elevation completes the set (i hope).

Which isn't to say all questions have been answered, not by a long shot, but for now, I'm happy to arrange digital furniture.

Comments

[charlie]

because you don't have t.v., right?
actually, hats off, the plan looks great - clear and very readable - and the design as well.

[douglas]

seems cheaper than a CAD program, too. obsessive? awww. after the deliberations and consultations, things look really good. now, toby, where's that mpp file?

[toby]

Douglas you joke about the mpp (for those of you playing along at home that's a Microsoft Project Plan) but along those lines we did get a whiteboard for the kitchen.

As you might guess a long list of tasks (first one: make list, checked that one right off) immediately appeared with the requisite check boxes. The sadest part was when I started drawing lines between tasks (dependancies) and suggesting groupings ("while your out" critical path lines) to make things a bit more efficient.

Alas, mpp is only a matter of time.

[rebecca]

i don't think lack of t.v. has anything to do with it...
i would say, more along the lines of ocd.

(for those of you playing at home, that's obsessive complusive disorder...)

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