2nd Wednesday

 Meeting Agenda

June 14, 2006

SOCIAL TIME
6:15-6:45 PM

 Random Access
6:45-7:30 PM

Investment Club
7:30-9:00 PM

MEETING PLACE:
North Branch Reformed Church
Route 28
Bridgewater, NJ

Chief Architect Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Suite 6.0
by Rich Byrne

Rich Byrne will demonstrate Chief Architect Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Suite 6.0

http://www.homedesignersoftware.com/products/

This is a nearly complete home architectural design program that allows you to design and build a home on "paper" and view your results from many angles both inside and out. The main benefit is that you can make many changes in your plan without paying a professional to change the original plans and re-draw the design.

Rich is designing a Lake front home for a site in Vermont that has several design restrictions due to lot size and Zoning requirements. He has gone through at least 10 substantial design changes and has 4 alternative plans that result from negotiations with the Zoning Board and consultation with family and friends. This number of changes would have been impossible to handle with an architect doing all of the design and drawing. Then depending on the skill level of your builder you can opt for final drawings and specs from an architect.

Rich suggests that The Better Homes and Gardens version of Chief Architect gives the individual home designer the kind of flexibility that Turbo Tax gives the individual taxpayer.

This year is also the 25th anniversary of the NJCC. Rich will lead a discussion of the origins of the NJCC and will add to the recollections of some of the early members of the club.