I really enjoy building in the sims and occasionally I build rooms and houses that I would like to live in. Sometimes realistic, sometimes fantasy. Then I started wondering, if I were to move house or remodel in real-life, would I build something I like and show it to an architect/builder/interior designer?
Sometimes it's difficult to describe what you're after and trawling through multiple websites and magazines can take time, so wouldn't it be easier to just build something yourself as a guideline? There
are specialist programs for this, but you need training to use them and you would just be giving instructions to whomever was operating it while they have no visual. Instead you could just build something yourself, maybe floorplans/interior layout/decorations/garden and just show them. Then they try to replicate it with realistic measurements and see if it works. Of course they'll weigh in with their expert opinions on what's possible, regulations that need to be followed, materials needed, cost, improvements based on their experience, etc. etc. but they'll see exactly what you're after.
There are limitations of course, because we don't have a full variety of building tools like you would in real-life, but at least you have an outline with some details. It's a good starting point.
So my question is, would you do this? Has anyone actually done this in real life? If so, how did it go? If you work in this sort of profession, what would you think if a client gave you a Sims build as a guideline? I look forward to hearing everyone's thoughts and answers
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And yea there are professional programs and apps you can download so you can create your own designs without needing anyone else. But if I needed to do a design and didn’t feel like drawing it freehand, then sure why not. I could see it being more useful for like figuring out the layout of a home/blueprint kinda thing, not so much for furniture design. Maybe for furniture placement, where would a window go, carpet or wood floors... makes sense to me.
I meant for furniture placement when I said layouts, obviously we can't use for design since it's not something we can do in-game.
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For actual building design, I think The Sims is too restrictive to be of any use. Maybe it could be used for just testing out a few basic concepts, but I wouldn't bother showing it to an architect. Even the most basic hand-drawn floorplan with measurements is going to be more useful than a Sims design.
Of course, you'd need technical drawings/floorplan as well.
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