HGTV Home and Landscape Platinum Suite

Create Your Dream Home with Help from HGTV. Take a fresh approach to the way you live with HGTV Home & Landscape Platinum Suite, from the #1 home improvement television network.

Create Your Dream Home with Help from HGTV.

Are you looking to update a living room, bedroom or other space but aren’t really sure where to begin? HGTV Home & Landscape makes the process a cinch. Easily draw out your room. Then choose materials and furnishings just by dragging and dropping.

This new software is perfect for creating a new living space; adding a fireplace; making your home energy efficient with new appliances; replacing countertops, cabinetry and fixtures; enhancing any room in your house with a brand new look; and adding decks, fountains, patios and gardens. You can import digital photos of your home’s exterior or interior and instantly change paint colors. You can even design your dream home from scratch.

Easily draw out your room. Then choose materials and furnishings just by dragging and dropping. Click to enlarge.

Design your dream home from scratch. Click to enlarge.

Import digital photos of your home’s exterior or interior and instantly change paint colors. Click to enlarge.

Add value with a luxury bathroom. Click to enlarge.

HGTV Home & Landscape software makes it easy to design the kitchen of your dreams. Click to enlarge.

And it’s easier than ever–no design experience necessary! Just point and click!

• Room Makeovers
• Interior Design and Remodels
• HGTV How-To Video Library
• Kitchens & Baths
• Landscaping & Decks
• Home Design
• Cost Estimating
• 7,500 Plant Encyclopedia

Easy Room Makeovers with multiple options–or you can start with your own digital pictures. Import digital photos of home furnishings–or family photos–into your one-of-a-kind design!

Hundreds of 3D Appliances, Furnishings, Lighting and More! Customize your space by selecting countertops, furniture and appliances in every style imaginable. Everything you need to plan, design, customize and create.

HGTV Home & Landscape software makes it easy to design the kitchen of your dreams. Easily refinish cabinets, replace countertops, update appliances, and more. Even add decorative hoods and backsplashes and more functional eating areas.

Plan Your HGTV Green Kitchen. Kitchens are the energy hog of the home. Between refrigerators and the ovens, cooktops and dishwashers, microwaves and small appliances, it’s easy to see how a kitchen can cook up most of your energy bill. HGTV Home & Landscaping software will help you to plan and visualize a new, updated kitchen, complete with new, more energy-efficient appliances.

Wizard-Driven Interface makes any project fast and easy. There’s even free tech support!

Photorealistic 3D Technology for unparalleled visualization capacity. 3D Real View makes it possible to conduct your own virtual walkaround.

Get Professional Tips from HGTV’s Video Library and a printed user guide to get you started and keep your creativity flowing. A variety of important topics are included, all to ensure your home improvement project turns out just as you dreamt it! Subjects include ?

• Interior Paint Finishings
• Improving Your Kitchen
• Artistic Backsplashes
• Framing Windows
• Eco-Friendly Carpets
• Mold Prevention Methods
• And Much More

Landscaping & Deck Design
There’s never been an easier way to plan and visualize beautiful, functional landscape than with HGTV Home & Landscape software. Includes fencing and gates; pathways and driveways; lighting and irrigation; gardens and gazebos; water features; barbeques and patio furniture.

Design Your Dream Home From Scratch
10,000+ Home Plans to get your started. Why not start with an example from our library of home plans. You set the number of floors, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and home style.*

Create your own floorplan in minutes or, create your own door and window styles, cabinets, lighting and window coverings. Build in everything from electrical outlets and switches to home networking and theatre systems. Plus ? automatic roof placement, complete HVAC and plumbing, easy material selection–brick, stone, siding–and more.

Plan and visualize a new, updated kitchen, complete with new, more energy-efficient appliances.

There’s never been an easier way to plan and visualize beautiful, functional landscape. Click to enlarge.

Design landscapes in 2D or 3D with a bounty of helpful tools. Click to enlarge.

Summary of Features–Home Design and Remodeling

Flexible Interior Design Features

• Replace Paint and Fabric:
  Take a digital picture of any room and visualize your new space.

• Flooring Materials Library:
  Woods, tiles, carpets and more Countertops Library, including granites and marbles
• Brand Name Content and Materials
• Complete Furniture & Appliance Library:
  Hundreds of 3D models to choose from

Realistic Visualization Features

• Design in Photorealistic 3D:
  The changes you make in 3D are simultaneously made to your 2D plan–automatically.

• 3D Walkthrough:
  Create virtual tours to visualize your finished living space before you ever start your project.
• Accurate Natural Lighting:
  Visualize your home’s interior at different times of day.
• Easy Zoom and Navigation
• Add Digital Photos:
  Add photos of any home furnishing to your 3D home designs. Even add a photo of your family.

Powerful Home Design Features

• Intelligent Walls:
  Easily draw interior and exterior walls that automatically connect and repair.

• Doors:
  Use the Door Wizard to add simple doors, bi-fold doors, French doors, sliding doors, garage doors and more.
• Windows:
  Just click along a wall to insert casement, hung, sliding, bay, vent, hopper or louvered windows, plus windows in virtually any shape.
• Hundreds of lighting fixtures

Includes fencing and gates, pathways and driveways, and more. Click to enlarge.

Design Your Dream Home From Scratch! Click to enlarge.

Automatic roof placement, complete HVAC and plumbing, easy material selection and more. Click to enlarge.

Create your own floorplan in minutes. Click to enlarge.

Summary of Features–Landscaping and Decks

Powerful Drawing Features

• Terrain Modeling Tools:
  Design your home anywhere, regardless of topography.asily draw interior and exterior walls that automatically connect and repair.

• Collision Control:
  Prevents objects from being inserted where they do not belong.
• Garden Beds, Ponds and Edging
• 3D Real View:
  Exclusive technology assures photorealism.

Advanced Landscaping Features

• Terrain Modeling:
  Easily specify hills and valleys

• Complete Plant Encyclopedia:
  7,500+entries with lighting and watering requirements
• Garden Visualizer:
  View plant growth and seasonal changes.
• Plant Care Calendar:
  Identify the optimal times for planting, watering, pruning, fertilization and spraying.

Complete Hardscape Features

• Fences and Gates in a large number of styles

• Sidewalks, Pathways and Driveways
• Lighting and Irrigation
• Accessory Library:
  Includes fountains, waterfalls, barbecues and patio furniture.

Features for Outdoor Living

• Deck Builder Wizard:
  Automatically build decks and patios in virtually any shape, size or material.

• Gazebos and Sheds
• Retaining Walls
• Add New Landscape to Your Own Digital Photos

*Requires Internet connection

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great for Landscaping Layouts
My background is in Architecture and I have been using similar products for over 12 years. I have am not a representative of either HGTV or Nova Development but I did extensive work, based on my background, on the images used for the advertising of HGTV Home Design series.

I can say that there is no product at this price range that is as user friendly. It is both extremely easy to use and extremely flexable. But do not think that it cannot do more advanced and complicated projects. The great aspect of HGTV Home Design series is that it is realtively new compared to others on the market. This then allows for the latest innovations to be built into the code base.

Commands as simple as using a Paint Brush to apply textures to walls and the ability to select/ right click and ‘REPLACE’ an object with a new one without deleting the old, are examples of how new innovations are being implimented. Curving a wall and having the roof automatically adjust to that new wall configuration are not available in some older code based programs.

The terrain tools and related ‘plants’ are easy to use and designed to make fast work of rendering with Real View. There are some ‘tricks’ that are useful when adjusting terrians but they are not hard to impliment. Because all the plants are image based, you don’t have the long wait associated with ‘3D’ plants when rendering with sun and shadows.

Anyone having a problem using the program must realize that such 3D programs can eat up your computer. You MUST have the latest Graphics Card Driver on your machine and the more memory you have the better off you are. Older machines can run these 3D programs but faster is better.

I highly recommend this product.

Jack Zimmer

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HGTV Home Design and Remodeling Suite

Design Your Dream Home with Help from HGTV. Take a fresh approach to the way you live with HGTV Home Design & Remodeling Suite, from the #1 home improvement television network.

Design Your Dream Home with Help from HGTV.

Easily draw out your room. Then choose materials and furnishings just by dragging and dropping. Click to enlarge.

Perfect for creating a new living space. Click to enlarge.

All the tools for creating winning kitchens & baths. Click to enlarge.

Are you looking to update a living room, bedroom or other space but aren’t really sure where to begin? HGTV Home Design & Remodeling Suite makes the process a cinch. Easily draw out your room. Then choose materials and furnishings just by dragging and dropping.

This new software is perfect for creating a new living space; adding a fireplace; making your home energy efficient with new appliances; replacing countertops, cabinetry and fixtures; and enhancing any room in your house with a brand new look. You can import digital photos of your home’s exterior or interior and instantly change paint colors. You can even design your dream home from scratch.

And it’s easier than ever–no design experience necessary! Just point and click!

• Room Makeovers
• Interior Design and Remodels
• HGTV How-To Video Library
• Kitchens & Baths
• Landscaping & Tools
• Home Design
• Cost Estimating

Get Professional Tips from HGTV’s Video Library and a printed user guide to get you started and keep your creativity flowing. A variety of important topics are included, all to ensure your home improvement project turns out just as you dreamt it! Subjects include:

• Interior Paint Finishings
• Improving Your Kitchen
• Artistic Backsplashes
• Framing Windows
• Eco-Friendly Carpets
• Mold Prevention Methods
• And Much More

Easy Room Makeovers with multiple options–or you can start with your own digital pictures. Import digital photos of home furnishings–or family photos–into your one-of-a-kind design!

Create virtual tours to visualize your finished living space before you ever start your project. Click to enlarge.

HGTV Home Design & Remodeling software makes it easy to design the kitchen of your dreams. Click to enlarge.

Hundreds of 3D Appliances, Furnishings, Lighting and More! Customize your space by selecting countertops, furniture and appliances in every style imaginable. Everything you need to plan, design, customize and create.

HGTV Home Design & Remodeling software makes it easy to design the kitchen of your dreams. Easily refinish cabinets, replace countertops, update appliances, and more. Even add decorative hoods and backsplashes and more functional eating areas.

Plan Your HGTV Green Kitchen. Kitchens are the energy hog of the home. Between refrigerators and the ovens, cooktops and dishwashers, microwaves and small appliances, it’s easy to see how a kitchen can cook up most of your energy bill. HGTV Home Design & Remodeling software will help you to plan and visualize a ne, updated kitchen, complete with new, more energy-efficient appliances.

Wizard-Driven Interface makes any project fast and easy. There’s even free tech support!

Photorealistic 3D Technology for unparalleled visualization capacity. 3D Real View makes it possible to conduct your own virtual walkaround.

Sample Home Plans for a fast start and virtually limitless creative options and innovations. Create your own floorplan in minutes or, create your own door and window styles, cabinets, lighting and window coverings. Build in everything from electrical outlets and switches to home networking and theatre systems. Plus: automatic roof placement, complete HVAC and plumbing, easy material selection–brick, stone, siding–and more.*

Landscaping Tools
Choose from hundreds of plants, fences, gates and more to plan beautiful, functional landscapes.

Plan and visualize a new, updated kitchen, complete with new, more energy-efficient appliances.

It’s easy to plan even the most challenging project. Click to enlarge.

The changes you make in 3D are simultaneously made to your 2D plan–automatically. Click to enlarge.

Hundreds of 3D models to choose from. Click to enlarge.

Summary of Features for Makeovers and Remodeling

Flexible Interior Design Features

• Replace Paint and Fabric:
  Take a digital picture of any room and visualize your new space.

• Flooring Materials Library:
  Woods, tiles, carpets and more
• Countertops Library, including granites and marbles
• Brand Name Content and Materials
• Complete Furniture & Appliance Library:
  Hundreds of 3D models to choose from

Realistic Visualization Features

• Design in Photorealistic 3D:
  The changes you make in 3D are simultaneously made to your 2D plan–automatically.

• 3D Walkthrough:
  Create virtual tours to visualize your finished living space before you ever start your project.
• Accurate Natural Lighting:
  Visualize your home’s interior at different times of day.
• Easy Zoom and Navigation
• And Much More!

Powerful Home Design Features

• Intelligent Walls:
  Easily draw interior and exterior walls that automatically connect and repair.

• Doors:
  Use the Door Wizard to add simple doors, bi-fold doors, French doors, sliding doors, garage doors and more.
• Windows:
  Just click along a wall to insert casement, hung, sliding, bay, vent, hopper or louvered windows, plus windows in virtually any shape.
• Hundreds of lighting fixtures

*Requires Internet connection

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great program for the price
PROS: very full featured; easy to use; great price

CONS: my version lacked the insert floor option, but customer support solved that problem for me. Manual could be better.

BOTTOM LINE: I highly recommend this product.

OK, it’s not SolidWorks or AutoCAD, but who needs or wants a general full-featured solid modeling program with a big price tag and big learning curve to accomplish a very specific task - home design. The HGTV product is fairly simple to use and amazingly complete. You build 3D models with simple tools and then you can do realistically rendered views and walk-throughs. Once the model is complete, you can produce 2D dimensioned floorplans and elevation drawings from it. I am using it for high-level design and will leave the rest to an architect but you can do everything yourself including framing, flooring, roofing, electrical and plumbing.

I encountered a bug in the version I received, it omitted the menu item to insert floors (although floors are automatically inserted by default, just don’t delete them). When I contacted Nova Software, they acknowleged the problem and upgraded me at no cost to their companion Platinum version that includes landscaping.

To use photo-realisitic rendering requires some fairly serious computing power, especially to produce a walk-through, but if you computer is up to it, the results are great. The good news is that you can do 3D views and walk-throughs without the intensive rendering and you can therefore still get a really good view of how your design ideas shape up in 3D.

The manual could be a bit more complete. You will have to do some experimenting with the program to understand how to use some features. For example, you can use an automated wizard to create a basic house with all framing, roofs, ceilings and floors, but you probably won’t get exactly what you want. You can do the same thing manually, but the manual is not a great help. I recommend you create a house with the wizard and then view the properties of all the elements created to see what is in the model and what you will need to do on your own.

For the cost this is a fantastic product and very full featured - I highly recommend it.

2 Stars Not so user friendly
The program is designed more for someone very familiar with a CAD application. Unless you are very experienced in manipulating it, it gets very frustrating. I also find the help area greatly lacking. I only wanted to design a kitchen. It never lets me in the room to see what it looks like. All I can view is the overhead or a very far off view of the interior. Someone should create a program that allows you to start with a simple box. A box you can put doors and windows in and then decorate. I would not recommend this program unless you have lots of CAD experience.

1 Star So difficult I’ve given up
I was initially excited to buy this software thinking something from HGTV would be a great product & very user friendly. I was greatly disappointed. I’m fairly computer savy with Microsoft type products, but this was different. All I wanted to do was design a simple kitchen remodel. But after spending hours messing with this, I was really frustrated that I still couldn’t view the room. In addition, the cabinet sizes and other items aren’t able to be customized.

I bought this from a local office supply store and I’m hoping they’ll let me return it!

1 Star Easy????
If I could use this program, I would be in a better position to review it. It’s too hard for me. Maybe, eventually, I’ll have the patience and enlightenment to decorate my house with the HGTV progrqm, but I doubt it. I’m very disappointed.

1 Star VERY MISLEADING -Requires add’l purchase of digital fan decks / rebate voids 90 day money back guarantee
I have never felt compelled to write a terrible review for any product, but I feel that clarifying a few points is in order.

Before you purchase this software, be aware that to “paint” your own digital pictures with the “thousands of nationally known brands” as advertised, [...] So if you are trying to choose between different colors that are not on the same deck, or that are not from the same manufacturer, you are easily looking at doubling the cost of the software. I find that very disappointing and misleading. The reality: the program does not include “real paint colors from nationally known brands”, it includes one set of colors from one single brand: California Paints. All other brands (the company does offer many brands) will need to be purchased. Not a big deal for some, but important to know nevertheless, and critical for others.

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All in all, the program may in fact be a decent purchase for you if the paint portion of the program is not that important to you or if you don’t mind purchasing add’l digital fans AND if you do not need any support from the company itself. In our case the bottom line is that the Home and Interior Painter portion of the software was critical but it couldn’t get the job done and we were not willing to spend an additional [...] to make it useful.

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