I ran a 1- 2 man custom homebuilding company for 25 years. From the office, management, and design standpoint everything was old-school. I use a zillion Excel spreadsheets for estimating, billing, etc. most of which I created. Our designs were hand-drawn by my draftsman, we had no stock plans and changes took forever.
We're considering re-creating our company from the ground up utilizing technology to our best advantage. I'm looking at Builder-Trend Management Software and SoftPLan for our designs and plans.
I have lots of business and building experience but no CAD drawing experience at all. I'd like to be able to input 20 or so of our past projects in SoftPlan as a starting place for our offerings. What do you folks think the likelihood is that I will be able to get this up and running within a reasonable period of time.
I love the idea that we'd be able to create new designs in-house, renderings for marketing , and estimates and material lists.
It sounds like a complete game changer to me and the possibilities re-ignite my enthusiasm for building homers. Am I expecting too much or is SoftPlan really that good?
Any and all thoughts are appreciated.