Though not previously experienced with any CAD products, I was able to model everything in this room including a couple of odd corners and the two exposed beams on the ceiling. Not the most complete CAD package according to a buddy who would know, but definitely workable with some diligence.
BR>BTW, my system is set up along the 19.5' wall. A neat feature is the ability to do a 3-D walk through of the modeled space. Mine looks alarmingly like my room. Except my speakers aren't blue. ;-0 Which reminds me of a bugaboo in CARA. Be careful when defining the regions in which speakers or listeners can be moved during optimizations. If these overlay a 3-D object (sofa, rack, TV, etc.) the speaker or listener will be raised above that object. To avoid this I always do a 3-D walk through before running any calculations.
Ran the calculations once without realizing this had happened and got great reference numbers. Turns out the speakers and listener were suspended about six feet in the air! Haven't figured out how to make stuff float in the air quite yet...
BR>BTW, my system is set up along the 19.5' wall. A neat feature is the ability to do a 3-D walk through of the modeled space. Mine looks alarmingly like my room. Except my speakers aren't blue. ;-0 Which reminds me of a bugaboo in CARA. Be careful when defining the regions in which speakers or listeners can be moved during optimizations. If these overlay a 3-D object (sofa, rack, TV, etc.) the speaker or listener will be raised above that object. To avoid this I always do a 3-D walk through before running any calculations.
Ran the calculations once without realizing this had happened and got great reference numbers. Turns out the speakers and listener were suspended about six feet in the air! Haven't figured out how to make stuff float in the air quite yet...