Out of curiosity, is anyone using any apps, tools, websites or programs to help plan future builds?
Would you mind sharing some of those with us? Drop a link if you can.
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I like to use XiB circles for minecraftfree a great tool , u can find it on Windows store just seargh for XiB Circles
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I use Reddit to get ideas but other than that i free hand/use grid graph paper when I wanna learn to do something
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I have gone through a LOT of grid paper over the years for this game. I’m currently out.
I found a circle generator on google that I use a lot. Xib looks a lot more advanced. Thanks for the tip.
I don’t often plan builds ahead very much at all, but when I do I either do it on paper or using MagicaVoxel, which has always felt pretty versatile to me. Can take a while to get used to some UI stuff though.
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I’ll check images of minecraft builds for inspiration, then use this free interactive graph paper website to work out the how to make that idea fit my space 
https://print-graph-paper.com/virtual-graph-paper
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Don’t forget our very own tool, you all have access to 
Creative Universe
Perfect for 1:1 prototyping and designing work 
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Actually I don’t even plan much ahead, I just go by the flow and sometimes work with real life images as a reference.
There are cases where I might need actual spheres or an ellipsoid where I tend to use external tools like https://www.plotz.co.uk/ (which can create 3D objects and offers a slice view - I can also avoid looking up circle spreadsheets by just using this one in its 2D view). It’s only doing the rough view tho since I tend to chisel my builds like a madman.
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I haven’t used it for some time, but MagicalVoxel was standard a couple of years ago https://ephtracy.github.io/ it has great copy/paste to repeat sections and it seems to have added many features.
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I personally use Magicavoxel for planing my builds.
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