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This is information I wish someone could have given me when I started drafting residential design drawings and construction plans 30 years ago.

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— Robert Houseal
     Architect & Building Inspector

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE WORKING WITH ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.

Homeowners

Architect / Enginner - Become the Expert. Draw CAD House Plans
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ThinkCADD 22 Steps to Digital Drafting Success - Guide to your success with Design-Build CAD. 22 Steps to Digital Drafting Success
House Plan Design — What you need-to-know in just 22 Steps before (Predesign), during (Design), and (Gridsheets), and after you CADD (Design Drawings) & (Construction Plans). Master Design from Floor Layouts to Zoning Drawings, and Building Permit Construction Plans. The illustrated common sense professional 22 Step Guide to your success with architetural CADD: Computer Aided Design & Drafting. Become the Expert.

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MasterCADD Your guide to CAD Drafting Digital House Plans. CADD: Drafting Digital House Plans
How-to-use this essential professional drafting system to Master Construction Plans. Learn CADD Basics with — Action Drafting Cards — Activity Charts — Drafting Guidelines & Check-lists. And fill-out the ready-to-use, time saving CADD Support Standard Sheets — Specifications — Construction Notes — Schedules, with the Standard Construction Details to organize all the information you need in a smooth-flowing system that will guide you to success on every project. It is all here.

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AVOID SURPRISES — DEMAND THE BETTER HOUSE YOU DESERVE.

Design it right; Build it right! The best way to avoid design surprises is to be in control of your own dreams to beams process. Use my first Guide: 22 STEPS TO DIGITAL DRAFTING SUCCESS to inform yourself step-by-step how-to create and then manage your design. Know the difference between $65 a square foot and $165 a square foot.

PLAN, PLAN, and PLAN SOME MORE.

Your affordable house is your house designed right the first time. You decide what you want... what your expectations are. Be sure you meet future requirements, not just your current lifestyle issues. Demand a better home by following the exercises in my Guides. (See www.drawcadhouseplans.com)

USE A #2 PENCIL AND GRIDSHEETS, NOT CAD SOFTWARE.

Design is not the time to learn how to use (or buy) CAD. The first nine Steps in my Guide — 22 STEPS TO DIGITAL DRAFTING SUCCESS are about getting your design correct, not about CAD. The remaining steps inform you about the CAD Design Resolution Drawings and the detailed CAD Construction Plans your Design Professionals must prepare for your review and approve.

WORK WITH DESIGN PROFESSIONALS.

Then, after you design your own house, find an Architect or Building Designer to continue with my second Guide — CADD: DRAFTING DIGITAL HOUSE PLANS. This guide will help you, the homeowner, direct your Design Professionals to finish your design, and establish better quality and value construction. Have more confidence in the select of your Design Professionals when you have a clearer idea of your design. Traditionally, your architect translates your design and budget into construction drawings for your Builder to build from. Recently, Architects are acting as Builders and vice versa. Either way, my Guides are here to help you remain actively engaged in managing the process of designing and building the new home you deserve.

BUILDING CODES PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

Build it right the first time. At a minimum your Designer provides your Builder with “code drawings”. Know when to exceed these minimum code requirements. The almost 900 page IRC (International Residential Code) addresses the required design and construction needed for your health and safety.
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