hooovahh Posted May 19, 2022 Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 I wanted to have a 2D drawing of my house's layout, so I could find have a clear picture of what outlets and lights were on what breakers. I ended up using PowerPoint because it had tons of shapes and was easy to use. I tried a couple of other 2D drawing things first but for a one off I figured it was easy enough. I showed it to a friend who was impressed that it was PowerPoint. Here it is, not quite finished. But this reminded me of a presentation I saw a couple years ago about how PowerPoint has lots of unused powerful features. It is an hour long, so maybe skip out on some in the middle. But experimenting with the morph features, 3D models, fractals, context aware designs, and using it for full screen programs are some of the topics. I especially love the library of 3D models. 2 Quote Link to comment
LogMAN Posted May 19, 2022 Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 Don't tell him about Excel... Quote Link to comment
DTaylor Posted May 19, 2022 Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) What awesome thing(s) do you have in the basement? Or is that a garage? Edited May 19, 2022 by DTaylor Quote Link to comment
hooovahh Posted May 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 I knew if I posted this image, there would people over analyzing it...because that's what I'd do. The downstairs is actually the kids play area, and a utility room with laundry, water heater, and furnace. There isn't much furniture like the other rooms because it is just a place for large amounts of coloring, painting, and toys. But it isn't done yet. I also have the reverse of this, which is the traditional breaker list, with words describing what it controls. The garage is a separate subpanel but I don't think I'll do the layout on it since it is so simple, and I can turn the whole thing off if I need to work on something. I don't plan on moving for a while, but I hope whoever gets this house after me appreciates this. Quote Link to comment
JKSH Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 14 hours ago, LogMAN said: Don't tell him about Excel... Nothing wrong with Excel! https://interestingengineering.com/80-year-old-japanese-man-uses-excel-to-create-dazzling-paintings Quote Link to comment
gleichman Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 How do you handle scaling? Quote Link to comment
hooovahh Posted May 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2022 On 5/20/2022 at 9:55 AM, gleichman said: How do you handle scaling? By standing farther away. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Porter Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 On 5/23/2022 at 11:27 AM, hooovahh said: By standing farther away. Same as LabVIEW's zoom feature 1 Quote Link to comment
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