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Best product for young students

Anonymous
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ok folks, I am putting this out here in hopes of a little guidance. I have a 13 year old daughter who is very interested in architecture and I want to encourage her interest. We have tried a number of the free programs but they are so very limited in what they allow. I know we can sign up for a free year of archiCAD but I am not sure we are quite ready for that. Are there any products you would recommend that she could use to design with. They do not have to be free though I am not willing to spend thousands just yet

thanks for the advice
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Laszlo Nagy
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Try SketchUp, it is very much liked by a lot of people. It is very easy and intuitive to use.
It has a free version, but even the Pro version is below 1000 USD in price.
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Anonymous
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My child have tried that particular SketchUp, so far it works good. I would say it is effective.
DGSketcher
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Sketchup would be an ideal starting point, my son took to it like a duck to water.
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