CB Structure’s Layout Planner

Posted by 141drew Mar 9, 2010 at 10:44 AM and filed under Featured Spaces

I don’t typically push sponsor stuff in posts, but this is a bit different. CB Structures contacted us about a sponsorship a few weeks ago and while checking out their site (to make sure they were relevant), I stumbled upon a great little online application. Essentially, the CB Structures Layout Planner allows you to generate your floor plan and then populate it with all of the furniture, vehicles, and other objects you plan to outfit your garage/shop with. It’s great for the dreamer or the builder…

Now, I know there are a ton of these little applications out there, but this one is just so simple. You really don’t have to invest anytime to figure out the functionality.

Check it out here.

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Crizzle

Well-known member

Mar 9, 2010

That is pretty awesome. Was just able to do a quick mock up of what I want to the garage to look like when I have everything in place. Plugged in the actual dimensions of the car and the Envoy, same with both workbenches I want and my tool chest and both tool carts. Neat!

global72

Well-known member

Mar 9, 2010

Pretty cool. In just a few minutes I did a mock up of a new office and a few other things.

Rubicon

New member

Mar 9, 2010

Very nice and very easy to use

ket-tek

Well-known member

Mar 9, 2010

After playing with for a little while it is quite nice. And I always like web based programs that I don't have to junk up my pc installing more programs...

The annoying thing I'm trying to figure out now is that the ft'in" numbers when lining up walls and doors and stuff are in a light yellow, and they are very hard to see. I've changed the dimension, text, line, etc color defaults under edit/tool defaults, but they still come up light yellow.

Pretty cool program though, but my bad eyes are hurting trying to line up measurements..

servicerabbit

Member

Mar 9, 2010

This didn't have anything to do with the Garage Makeovers coming out in the magazine did it? The timing is about right. The program looks neat and simple as it should be. I'll have to try this out. For the most part I have stayed away from web based applications because alot of the time I do not have access to the web but in this case I can make an exception.

jeffharbert

Well-known member

Mar 9, 2010

Wow, cool! This is going to come in very handy. Thanks, Ryan!

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swharris

Well-known member

Mar 9, 2010

I am jumping up and down with excitement. Been looking for exactly this type of thing. NICE!!

700807

Member

Mar 9, 2010

grizzzly tools has same type planner also

Buford T. Justice

Well-known member

Mar 10, 2010

Very neat. Also been after this, thanks for posting this!

learfxr

Well-known member

Mar 10, 2010

My wife made fun of me for playing with this, until I mentioned she could layout the living room of the house we are buying. Now she is on her computer making a layout of the living room with our stuff in it.

rburke65

Well-known member

Mar 10, 2010

Yes, I also have not been able to figure out how to change the font color.

swharris

Well-known member

Mar 19, 2010

rburke65 said:
Yes, I also have not been able to figure out how to change the font color.

Easy.

Draw a dimensional line. Then, click on the line with the pointer and a "dimension" bubble with pop up. Click on the yellow box(the current color) and a color pallet will open. Select the color you want. You can also enter a Hex code too in addition to some other line parameters. BTW the box is black in the picture since I changed my lines to black. Also, I do not know how to permanently change it so you'll just have to do it each time.

Now where can I find some work bench/garage cabinet icons for the program??
Their selection is a bit limited....lots of work out equipment for some reason <shrug> :headscrat