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    Quote Originally Posted by blue View Post



    Looks nice
    very minor point , but
    the master bedroom is 4.85
    the master washroom 2.20
    = 7.05
    but should it not add up to 7 ?


    A good tool is SketchUp , you can draw the house up, to exact scale and then pan around inside and out in 3D and have a good look .
    The free version now called Make, I think its the same as the pro , but just for personal use.
    SketchUp | 3D for Everyone

    plenty of videos showing how to use it , only takes a few hours to get the basics.
    Really advanced and easy to use
    A few months ago I made a couple of videos posted on YouTube to instruct some friends on how to convert a floor plant to a 3D model using sketch Up.
    I tried to keep it simple .If any one is interested below are links to them.
    Please excuse the poor sound.I did it on a free video capture program.
    if anyone is interested and have any additional questions, PM me or we could start a separate thread.
    how to import a floor plan in to sketch up - YouTube


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    Quote Originally Posted by blue View Post



    Looks nice
    very minor point , but
    the master bedroom is 4.85
    the master washroom 2.20
    = 7.05
    but should it not add up to 7 ?


    A good tool is SketchUp , you can draw the house up, to exact scale and then pan around inside and out in 3D and have a good look .
    The free version now called Make, I think its the same as the pro , but just for personal use.
    SketchUp | 3D for Everyone

    plenty of videos showing how to use it , only takes a few hours to get the basics.
    Really advanced and easy to use
    A few months ago I made a couple of videos posted on YouTube to instruct some friends on how to convert a floor plant to a 3D model using sketch Up.
    I tried to keep it simple .If any one is interested below are links to them.
    Please excuse the poor sound.I did it on a free video capture program.
    if anyone is interested and have any additional questions, PM me or we could start a separate thread.
    I hope these videos help
    how to import a floor plan in to sketch up - YouTube







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    ^ very nice!

    The link "how to import a floorplan" doesn't work for me. I see that you're using either pdf or jpeg files, that works ofcourse but might not be 100% accurate.

    If you have autocad, the easy way to import (and 100% accurate) is like this:
    -save the .dwg file somewhere
    -open sketchup
    -make sure units are in mm (else you will get a very very big building )
    -file --> import --> select dwg file
    -done!

    Why use a .dwg file over a photo? Because you can explode the drawing and push-pull all of the walls in just a few seconds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Koetjeka View Post
    ^ very nice!

    The link "how to import a floorplan" doesn't work for me. I see that you're using either pdf or jpeg files, that works ofcourse but might not be 100% accurate.

    If you have autocad, the easy way to import (and 100% accurate) is like this:
    -save the .dwg file somewhere
    -open sketchup
    -make sure units are in mm (else you will get a very very big building )
    -file --> import --> select dwg file
    -done!

    Why use a .dwg file over a photo? Because you can explode the drawing and push-pull all of the walls in just a few seconds.
    Sorry ,I did not notice that the link was broken,
    The process is really very simple,lust make sure to properly scale the JPEG as I explain in the video


    My apologies to the OP , I did not mean to hijack your thread, if there is interest, we can perhaps continue the conversation on an other thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai
    My apologies to the OP , I did not mean to hijack your thread, if there is interest, we can perhaps continue the conversation on an other thread.
    yeh sorry too Mr Bettyboo , for Sketchup-ing your nice thread .
    So I started a new one here.


    https://teakdoor.com/construction-in-...ml#post2502267 (Using Sketchup for floor plan / 3D model)

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    no problem, gents - these things happen...

    I got some more architect designs through last night (some more should be coming today): .PDFs, so I can't post them at the moment. I have many plans, elevations, side, front, rear views and 3d stuff going on...

    I left Bkk at 5am with the missus heading towards the place in the country, decided to use Google Maps on the Xperia Z and take a better looking route heading around my side of the river towards BangPa-In then cut across. Worked like a charm, got there in just under an hour and a half.

    Showed FiL the various plans on the computer. Head scratching and general disinterest... Wasn't looking good. He walked me out to the land and started telling me that this will face the front, this wall can be here, we'll build a road here, a car port will fit in here, etc - all in Thai, so I only understood about 25%; slightly less when the missus tried to translate. I was trying to explain the overhanging roof I wanted, outside areas, internal room structures and sizes, etc... All seemed a bit of a loss....

    So he walks me 2 mins through the jungle into someone's backyard and starts looking at the new house they've built, they were nice as pie, came out, showed us around, told us the costs, and what they like about it what they don't. All very useful stuff because it's a newbuild similar in many ways to what I want. Then I start chatting with the dad about the terraces and the roolines, internal rroms, etc... After 20 mins of looking at a few houses he takes me back to his place and gets a stick then draws my plan in the dirt; fuk me if he didn't have it spot on. Then, and this bit amazed me... he picked up a machete, cut down a piece of bamboo, cut it into shards and started sticking them in the plan he'd made in the dirt saying these will be the supports. Then he goes and puts the roof structure on too - and it was exactly like the bloody plans I had pulled together... A smart bastard, he is:







    Now it's not a complex structure, the pics don't do his art much justice, and bits of the frame kept falling off as the missus poked 'em... But, I was pretty impresed. The lot is very nice, twice the size I need. I've seen the standard of the local fit and finishing - it was good. We chatted about costs and he suggested 350cms between the supports would be a good balance between space and cost - which leaves me with over 100 metres of internal living space, and plenty of scope for expansion.

    He's about to get on with it, and I feel slightly optimistic. He's a pretty basic countryside chap, but he's pretty sharp...

    Came back via the bloody NN to Rangsit road, traffic... then went in the far right lane all the way under the old airport expressway to DinDaeng then straight up the expressway to Dao Kanong then off to Pharam2. Very happy with the day thus far...
    Cycling should be banned!!!

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    ^Sometimes you just have to let nature take its course. Nice work Pa!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post
    How do I post these pictures???..
    easy to post the PDF plans as jpegs
    when you open them on your computer, do a screen capture and save the screen capture as a JPEG .
    If you are running windows 7 you have a screen capture tool in your accessories ,
    it is called Snipping Tool , if you do not have a screen capture tool, you can download one for free at Cnet.
    I have being told that Jing free screen capture tool is a good one, I have never used it because I have the snipping tool
    you can download JING at
    Download Jing, Free Software for Screenshots and Screencasts
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    Or open in Adobe Acrobat and export as PNG files (which are better for images of this ilk).

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    Thank you, gents.

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    November 12th.

    If they turn up... pics from then on in...

    I will have zero control; everything left to the locals.

    Enjoy.

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    Your gonna be starting the build about the same time as us Betty

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    ^ do you mind going across once a week to Nakon Nayok and just checking up on the job for me, Nige?

    Had an argument with the missus today; the FiL has bid the builders down to 600,000 baht for the job - I told them I will be paying 700,000 baht and expect to get what I planned; don't want to pay less and get less than I planned...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post
    Blimey - that's massive bike at the bike and I would not want to meet the bugger that uses that saw!

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    ^ yes, the FiL made this comment too, so we are adapting the plan - building out to the roofline (still with a shady overhang), and having separate outside areas like a sala to relax - one thing we don't lack isplot space...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai
    if you do not have a screen capture tool
    you can press the prtsc ( print screen ) button which will copy the screen to clipboard and then ctrl-v into paint

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai
    if you do not have a screen capture tool
    you can press the prtsc ( print screen ) button which will copy the screen to clipboard and then ctrl-v into paint
    Hit the Start button and search for the snipping tool.

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    Been delayed to 13th December start... They reckon it'll be complete in 2 months; the FiL reckons 650k all in. We will see...

    In the mean time, nice to see Nige's place moving forward well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    Why is the kitchen outside Betty?

    Is that normal?
    For a Thai that's normal. They say so bad smells won't be in the house.

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    That's it Ralph, , put the kitchen outside to eliminate smells then install a shit tank connected directly to the shower hole, complete with no U bend.

    Never mind those nasty cooking smells are outside.

    Chok dii Betty, , come on mate were pulling away here

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    Both those bathrooms look a tight squeeze

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    Love the FiLs mini mock up.

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    Yeah, it's all far from perfect, and I won't be around, so I'm expecting a rather ugly, but functional box which'll just serve a function - somewhere for the MiL to live, it's a kinda duty that's completed, and I might stay there from time to time (who knows...).

    If it ends up 50% like I planned then I'll be surprised.

    The missus said yesterday they'll start on the 12th December.

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    Did she! !!!!!! ^ You mind asking her for next month's lottery numbers?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo
    The missus said yesterday they'll start on the 12th December.
    A very auspicious day indeed!

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