"Best Software for Modern Building Maps?" Topic

I'm looking for suggestions for software to make floor-plan style maps such as those from Horrorclix. Are there any good programs out there?

Thanks!

Photoshop.

Dedicated programs are Shuffler and Paper Make-It!

Also Dundjinni, but I never figured out how to use it :)

Edit: Also check out my modern maps made with a 3D program and assets from the Left 4 Dead games:

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Here is my review of Paper Make it…

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and some of the buildings I made with it:

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Thanks gents. It's looking like I'll be spending a good amount of time in Illustrator and Photoshop to get what I need.

I'm very late to this thread, but you could also use Google Sketchup plus the millions of free models in their warehouse, then export a parallel top view.

All the lighting and shadows will be done for you automatically.

There's a variety of textures included with Sketchup, and you can, of course, import others. No bump or normal mapping, though.

Alternately, you could export the sketchup file to a 3D renderer like Kerkythea, in which case you have more lighting and texture options.