"Do it Yourself" Floorplan Design

[Paladin]

What do you use/recommend for software? do you stick to graph paper? Freehand? Other? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[aspqrz]

What do you use/recommend for software? do you stick to graph paper? Freehand? Other? Inquiring minds want to know.

Campaign Cartographer 3 with Cosmographer.

Phil

 

[DirkD]

You can make excellent maps with a normal graphics program like Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or Gimp (free!). It has the disadvantage that you don't have the big libraries of map-elements, but you can find a lot of stuff on the net and you can use these programs for other things, too.

You can find a decent look into the basic map-making functions at this short tutorial: http://www.the-holocron.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=48 (even though some images are missing).

 

[RandyT0001]

Might want to check out these two threads:
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=36415&highlight=deckplans
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=35530&highlight=deckplans
Hope it helps.

 

[hdrider67]

Graph paper because I absolutely positively STINK at using map software.

CC3 and Cosmo were my worst RPG related purchases ever . Not because they don't do the job but because I don't have the talent.

 

[Patron Zero]

I still rough out most everything on graph paper, old habits die hard !

 

[RockViper]

Autorealm is free and already has a few sci-fi and traveller icons, but it has a few quirks that annoy me and might drive away a new user.

The Bat in the Attic blog just did a post on a free vector drawing program (similar to adobe illustrator or corel draw) called inkscape that you might want to look into as well.