Seed Eco-Home Design Workbench
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Design workbench in FreeCAD that allows for ready creation of modified versions of the Seed Eco-Home. Intended for builders, contractors, architects, and other critters. The simple breakdown is as follows:
- Foundation: - foundation form plan and staking, footer, rebar pattern, etc for any specific footprint of the Seed Eco-Home. Includes rough plumbing design. Outputs a set of technical drawings with annotations regarding sequence for stringing, squaring, and other important notes.
- Sill Plate: - generates technical drawings for the sill plate including anchor spacing and specification.
- 1st Floor Framing: - generates the framing, sheathing, and apertures for the first floor wall modules and garage modules. Generates one technical drawing for each module. Considers the 1300 sf version symmetry 2' filler modules)
- Top Plate
- First Floor Ceiling Platform + subfloor
- 2nd Story Framing - including exterior penetrations
- 2nd floor top plate
- 2nd Floor Ceiling platform
- Roof assembly -tapers, insulation box, sheathing, EPDM
- PV - pv runners, gravel, gravel lock, PV mounts, PV panels
- Electrical - adds all electrical boxes based on wall location and code compliance, allowing for the side-to-side shifting of boxes as needed.
- Wiring - adds all wires based on design rules, optimizing routing
- Canopy, Deck, Landing designer
- Vinyl siding Designer
- Window Designer
- Trim Designer - exterior
- Door Designer
- Beadboard designer
- Beadboard ceiling designer - garage and 2nd floor
- Interior trim designer
More:
- Floor plan generator
- Elevations generator
- Rendering automation
- Site plan generator
- 3D elevation model generator - via aerial or terrestrial drone surveying
- Engineering drawings generator - for engineering package
- Detail generator - for the multitude of architecture details
- Plumbing generator
- Water system generator
- heat pump design generator
- Power Center Generator - inverter and all other detail
- Kitchen cabinets generator - multiple cabinets, should break this down further
- Flooring generator - down to start/end point, tongue and groove detail
- Bathroom cabinet generator