Impressive Sketchup House model needed

Double Espresso

Again, I'd suggest to go with Lavazza or Illy.

Considering your moniker, I thought this would be your coffee of choice.

Al Hart

With products like these we won't need designers.

Gus R

A couple of years ago I took over some contruction drawings from an architect for a small home. The design was nothing to crow about but it seemed to have a flow and interesting features. It was hand drafted and to say the least the details were weak if not showing a lack of understanding of common balloon framed construction features. The elevations were poorly done and the overall quality of the job I would rate as less than satisfactory.

Total fees to the client amounted to thirty-thousand dollars ($30,000).

My fee for creating new drawings from the ground up that can be submitted to the city and built in the real world? $2,000.

Never have I charged 30 grand for a small single family home or anything for that matter. In fact I have made less in one year than what this architect charged to her client.

toxicvoxel

@unknownuser said:

Never have I charged 30 grand for a small single family home or anything for that matter. In fact I have made less in one year than what this architect charged to her client.

I remember sitting in a meeting a few years ago where the project manager of one of the largest UK contractors was complaining about the poor quality of construction drawings & documentation from the office of probably the most famous modern British architect. It is however a fact that when this architect is associated with a project it adds immediate value to the venture, irrespective of the technical merits of his information.

Value in the design world is a perceptual entity. Unfortunately some designers undermine this truth by selling services based on price and not on value.
When you can convince your clients that you are adding value to their projects, price becomes a secondary issue. This is a skill that only a small minority of designers understand and exploit.

Some do excellent work but never achieve the association with value and therefore have to work for very low fees. Others like those above are in a position to sell their services at higher remuneration despite deficiencies in their production flow. What we need to aspire to as designers, is creating an association of our services with perceptual value based on a foundation of real competency.

Jackson

@al hart said:

With products like these we won't need designers.

@unknownuser said:

If you are serious than that is lame to say...at least.

I'm certain Al wasn't being serious, that's what his wink was for.

sepo

Hence ..if you are serious...but I have heard so many times "Who needs architects"...

sepo

@al hart said:

With products like these we won't need designers.

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If you are serious than that is lame to say...at least.

and...DE is capuccino made with kopi luwak called crapuccino?

Double Espresso

@sepo said:

...DE is capuccino made with kopi luwak called crapuccino?

Al Hart

@unknownuser said:

Are you serious?

The "Works with Win95" comment on the one box should have been a hint. We put these two products out about 15 years ago. But it was fun to walk into Walmart, and other stores, and see our products on the shelf. (Thanks to Augie Grassis and Dave Arnold for making this happen).

I just felt that this thread had become a chance for anyone and everyone to ramble on about old memories in the design world.

We marketed "Softdesk Pro Builder" to anyone who ever had a desire to design or build their own house. It turned out that this included almost everyone. Almost everyone has thought about designing and building their own house, and was therefore interested in the product.

However, these two products disappeared after SoftDesk was gobbled up by AutoDesk. Thankfully AutoDesk was not able to gobble up SketchUp.

Insitebuilders

This thread is hilarious. Having just come up for air after 6 months modeling, writing and finally publishing another book, I was just checking to see what was happening in the SU community. Good to see all remains lively...

We could not stop laughing...thanks!!

/Dennis