Thanks for the replies. Yep, I probably would be able to get the drawings....although I did buy a laser tape measure to eval the house before purchasing, which makes measuring really quick and easy!
My question was more along the lines of using Visio most effectively. Ie, should I simply use exterior and interior wall stencils, with the appropriate dimensions, to build up the drawing rather than whole room shapes? How about different layers for basic floorplan, electrical, plumbing, etc? TIA Ed --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > How old is the House? > > If its a recent house, the drawings were probably created on the computer > using AutoCAD. You may be able to get a set of plans, Hardcopy, from the > Architect. Softcopy, from a disk, does not import into Visio very well. Especially > if the AutoCAD file used XREF's. > They should be able to make copies of it for a nominal fee. Or, get softcopy > on a disk and have a printing company run you off a hardcopy. > But, if it was drawn the old fashion way on paper, they can be scanned in, > then reprinted. > > You can use the drawings with dimensions and recreate it in Visio. You would > need to set up your Visio page to the scale of the original drawings. > > I had to do this with an old set of drawings of a rec centers gym floor for > the purpose of a local county fair showing the exhibitor booth layout. My > problem was that the old drawings I was given did not have the dimensions on it. > I had to use a scale ruler, measure the wall lines, then draw it in Visio. > Tedious work, but was successful. > > I use Visio on a daily basis for network drawings. Floor plans, rack > elevations, system and circuit diagrams down to the cable pin level. > > Skip > Configuration Management/CAD > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Microsoft_Visio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
