Best program to design a base with? Could use tips on it too

[ArgentRhapsody]

My first base turned out kinda...bad because I just winged it and I was completely new. I want to make a new base somewhere new on another character that I can use as a more permanent main base.

Any real preferences? Any good freeware? What are some common pitfalls in base design I should be aware of?

[insiqmeyer]

Excel cell?

[TotalyMeow]

Yeah, I always just make my excel cells square and then make colored blocks for all the things.

[Heffernan]

https://code.google.com/archive/p/anno-designer/

[Kandarim]

i always end up just using paint.NET or similar for this kind of thing. That ANNO is preferable, but then someone would have to create the building templates

[DarkNacht]

graph paper, compass, ruler, and pencil

[jophbot]

Yeah, I always just make my excel cells square and then make colored blocks for all the things.

This ... but beware, you can end up going into dreamland and designing fantastically complex spaces that you will never do, when you should be spending that time building

[Taipion]

Yeah, I always just make my excel cells square and then make colored blocks for all the things.

This ... but beware, you can end up going into dreamland and designing fantastically complex spaces that you will never do, when you should be spending that time building

This....both....

[Nephilim]

Hey my excel design took some time but I finished it. Now I am expanding

[ceromaster]

Excel + keep in mind the necessary spaces between structures.