Home Designer® ESSENTIALS
UPC 750839012902
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Home Design Software
- The Fun & Easy Way
Home Designer Essentials by Chief Architect Software is a DIY home software tool that can help you with the basics to design, remodel, interior design or landscaping project. Visualize everything in 3D before you start your home project. The House Wizard and over 500 viewable sample plans will help you get started quickly and easily. Download Home Designer and get started today!
Home Design Software
- Floor and space planning – use to size and visualize rooms for remodeling or redecorating
- Quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, furniture, create decks and landscaping
- Easy to use automated building tools for roofs, stairs, framing, cabinets and more
- Generate various styles of Automatic roofs for your home
- Automatically generate a complete spreadsheet for your project costs, broken down by category. Calculate the amount of lumber for your deck or concrete required for your new patio, or generate cut and buy lists for your decking projects
- Use House Wizard™ to choose your rooms and then drag them to your design layout configuration to generate a floor plan
- Over 500 sample floor plans for design inspiration
Remodeling Software
- Move a wall, change a color, add a room, redesign a kitchen and estimate the costs – all before you build. Home Designer makes it easy to see and visualize your design ideas on your next remodeling project.
- Material Painter™ – point-and-click colors for walls, floors, countertops and more
- Use the Color Chooser™ to create the perfect color for your walls, floors and more
- Insert doors, windows and skylights with One-Click™
- Create the Virtual Look and Feel Before You Remodel!
- Automatically generate a cost estimation and material list for your project
- Assign costs for materials: descriptions, quantities, unit costs and more
- Materials automatically update as you design
Interior Design Software
- Experiment with your interior design ideas using 3D models, virtual tours and advanced design tools. It’s easy to make your decorating ideas come to life
- Create rooms or an entire floor plan. Great for space planning or remodeling
- Choose from thousands of colors and textures or create your own materials using a digital photograph
- Choose from a variety of latest interior items--including cabinets, chairs, tables, sofas, fabrics, and accessories
- Easy-to-Use 3D camera tools: Glass House, Doll House and Final View for truly photo-realistic 3D images
- Cabinet Designer™ Tools – choose from over 1,000 cabinets – customize using unlimited styles and colors
Deck & Landscape Software
- Create custom landscaping plans in 2D and 3D
- Over 500 realistic landscaping plants in the library to choose from
- Use the Deck Designer™ tools to quickly design the layout of your deck
- Design single or multi-level decks including free-standing, tiered and post-and-beam
- Create driveways, sidewalks and pathways
- Use the automatic tools for adding stairs, deck railings and roofs
- Define decking materials, place and arrange outdoor furniture to correctly size your deck or patio
- Create a custom Pergola, Patio cover or Deck cover
Design Tools
- Advanced 3D camera tools: Glass House™, Doll House™ and Final View™ for truly photo-realistic 3D images
- Choose from several home style templates – Colonial, Arts & Crafts, Traditional and more to start your next home project
- Design in 2D and 3D. 3D Views are automatic – just point-and-click with the camera tool – you can even use Glass House™ view to see through surfaces.
- Create a Virtual Tour – by recording your camera movements
- Visualize designs with day and night views
- Generate shadows from the sun for realistic 3D views
Get Started Quickly & Easily
- The Quick Startup Options Guide will help you begin with "How-To" tutorials based on the type of your project
- Select from the pre-designed Home Design and Interior templates complete with colors, cabinets, decks and more
- The online help system provides detail information on all types of building projects
- Includes over 25 easy "step-by-step" tutorial training videos that will quickly get you started on your next home design project
Includes Free Online Tutorial Videos – with over 25 How-To Videos
System Requirements:
- Windows® 7 / Vista / XP**
- 2.4 GHz processor
- 4 GB of disk space
- 2 GB of Memory (32 bit)
4 GB of Memory (64 bit) - 256 MB of dedicated video memory, supporting OpenGL 2.1 or higher
- High speed Internet for: registration, video access, content download
- DVD drive (if software purchased on DVD)
- How to run on a Mac **Windows XP, 32 bit Only
Made and supported in the USA.
