

You can easily move walls as you refine your design. The home design programs are great for allowing you to draw floor plans in 2D then visualize them in 3D. Rather a good approach if you want to keep costs down is to do some drawing with design software and some hand drafting. I am not suggesting to stay away from home design programs entirely.

This is where you may have to make your own blueprints by hand or use a more full-featured (and more expensive home design program). What views remain are the cross-sections, elevation views, and any necessary framing plans. But for some programs this is as far as you can go with the construction drawings. Most of the home design programs can produce accurately dimensioned floor plan drawings of the quality required for your building permit.
