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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
HOW
TO GET THERE:
Driving on Route 22 West: Turn right at the
light at Milltown Road. Go to the end of the street. The church is
directly across the street.
Driving on Route 22
East: Continue past Milltown Road (no left turn allowed) to the
Route 28 off ramp (next exit). At the end of the ramp turn left onto
Route 28 and continue about 0.6 miles to the church (on your
right).
NOTE: The church is exactly one mile East of the
main entrance (at Orr Drive on Route 28) to Raritan Valley Community
College. |
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. |