Building construction extensions
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Hello wise sages of sketchup.
I've started working with a company that designs and constructs timber framed buildings in the UK and I'd like to know which of the various extensions are the most efficient. I'm currently modelling everything as efficiently as possible using components and a free extension called Open Cut List to create a materials list, but I've seen videos for the Medeek suite, PlusSpec, Quantifier Pro etc and I want a budget friendly solution that will help me model and quote faster. I'm assuming that the aforementioned and others can also be set to metric from the default imperial measurements, that's essential, plus I need to be able to alter the construction specification to how we do things.
I'm leaning towards Medeek presently, but I'd welcome any input from experienced users. I'm more accustomed to landscape/garden design work so I need all the help I can get.
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I'd say trial them all to find the one that ticks the most boxes.
Quantifier and ProfileBuilder are probably the most cost efficient and customisable. But you do need both to be the most productive.
PlusSpec doesn't have the same parametric abilities that ProfileBuilder does but automates others areas very cleverly. It does alot more than PB3/Q Pro though.
MeDeek I'm not too familar with. He does have a bevvy of tools to pick from.
There's FlexTools too. Its focus is Dynamic Components based responsive modelling so its very non-destructive.
In short, I've not really answered your query......
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