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What about freecad ? It's closer from CATIA than autocad in term of use. Which would be a long way behind autocad
Ill look into them, but arent they mostly 3d programs?
Like maxmal said, FreeCAD has an Architecture (and BIM) workbench, which is heavily developed by one of the main FreeCAD Devs. Try it out and see if it works for you
Calling the architecture workbench a plugin is technically correct, but a bit misleading, as all core features are technically plugins(workbenches). The Architecture workbench is a built-in default feature
Indeed, Freecad is 3D, which is more suited for "let's design a crank and gear system" than "let's re-design a kitchen", but not sure how you would use autocad to do so.
Afaik, Freecad has an architecture module/plugin.
Normally autocad is used to make top down floorplans, with measurements for almost everything, so that you can build what is drawn, with horizontal detail drawings of those things that require detail drawings of how its constructed, from the bottom of the foundations, to the top of the roofs.
In other words, a drawn detailed description of the job as a whole.
Wow... my final exam assignment is still online: https://bygud.praxis.dk/course/view.php?id=16 Its in danish, but you can see the blueprints im talking about.