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Better Homes and Gardens Interior Designer 8 0

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Better Homes and Gardens Interior Designer 8 0




Give your dream home the look and feel you want with Better Homes and Gardens Interior Designer–choose from thousands of styles, colors, wall coverings, flooring and materials. Experiment with your interior design ideas using 3D models, virtual tours and advanced design tools. Choose from over 1,000 sample plans to inspire your ideas or create your own. Quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors and cabinets. Find the perfect colors and materials for your design from brand-name manufacturers or import your own. It’s fun and it’s easy!

Give your dream home the look and feel you want with Better Homes and Gardens Interior Designer. Click to enlarge.

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Experiment with your interior design ideas using 3D models, virtual tours and advanced design tools. Click to enlarge.

Design your new kitchen or bath using the Cabinet Designer tools. Click to enlarge.

Add accessories to create that perfect look and feel for your rooms. Click to enlarge.

Create and take a Virtual Tour of your home. Click to enlarge.

Add a new addition onto your existing home–visualize what your new room will look like. Click to enlarge.

Visualize Your Design Projects

Interior Design

  • Exclusive Design Planning Center for expert design advice from Better Homes and Gardens magazine editors
  • Virtual-Walk Through–draw your record line to automatically generate a virtual tour of your design
  • Over 5,000 items in the built-in library: furniture, lighting, appliances, cabinets, windows, materials and more
  • Download FREE name-brand library items from the Home Designer website

Kitchen & Bath Design

  • Choose from a wide variety of appliances–easily change the colors to match your room’s needs
  • Design your new kitchen or bath using the Cabinet Designer tools. Create thousands of cabinet styles and combinations.
  • Visualize new countertops–choose from laminate to solid surfaces or import your own custom material and color
  • Use the 3D camera tools to create an elevation view for added cabinet details in your kitchen or bath project

Room Decorating

  • Choose from a variety of furniture styles including chairs, tables, sofas and more–easily change the size, color and fabric to create your own style
  • Add accessories to create that perfect look and feel for your rooms
  • Update doors and windows for that perfect look–wood, casement, moldings, lites, shutters, window treatments and more
  • Import your digital photos and personalize your room with artwork and family pictures
  • Choose from thousands of colors and materials from name-brand manufacturers or create your own using the Color Chooser

Remodeling

  • Add a new addition onto your existing home–visualize what your new room will look like
  • Choose from several 3D design tools including Glass House, Doll House, Final View and more
  • Arrange walls, windows, doors and furniture then automatically generate 3D models from any angle
  • Select from several styles of lights from the library to create a custom design

Floor & Space Planning

  • Design in a 2D plan view with virtual graph paper to create accurately scaled floor plans
  • Use one of the Better Homes and Gardens style templates–each one comes complete with colors, cabinets, flooring, doors and window styles
  • Automatically generate a complete spreadsheet of your project costs, broken down by category
  • Choose from over 1,000 sample plans to inspire and provide ideas for your design
  • Over 30 Free How-To Tutorial Videos

Furniture, Fixtures and Accessories

  • Browse furniture and accessories libraries with sofas, chairs, tables, beds, desks, storage items, home office items and more
  • Choose from pre-arranged furniture groupings, including bedroom sets, dining and living areas and more
  • Resize furniture to create any custom size–change the height, width and depth of any item

Project Cost Estimating

  • Quickly determine costs with the built-in Materials List–do calculations for carpet, hardwood, countertops, windows, cabinets and more
  • Assign costs for materials: descriptions, quantities, unit costs and more
  • Never be surprised by the cost of your project! Interior Designer will help you plan your budget.

3D Models and Virtual Tours

  • Create and take a Virtual Tour of your home
  • Import your own digital photos
  • Design in both 2D and 3D
  • Visualize realistic lighting with interior shadows

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Excellent Product
I have really enjoyed this program. I am using it just for fun. Over the years I have purchased several of these by different companies. All were hard to use and frustrating. This is easy to use and works like the tutorials show. The tuorials are short and on just one small topic. This makes it easy to follow. I was able to create a complete dream house, including kitchens and bathrooms, after watching about 5 of them. The 3D navigation is easy to use and very beautiful to see what you created. I highly recommend this product.

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3D Home Architect Home and Landscape Deluxe Suite Version 9

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

3D Home Architect Home and Landscape Deluxe Suite Version 9




3D Home Architect Home & Landscape Design Suite 9 does a lot more than lay out your home and landscape designs. It gives you the ability to fine-tune every element of your home design or landscaping project. The wide range of tools & wizards will help you achieve your goals fast. Unlimited customization guarantees that your dream home will be perfect in every detail. Easy to use, yet powerful enough to generate buildable blueprint-style plans, it’s the only design program you’ll need. Accurate top-down representations of furnishings and other design elements in 2D Designer’s View Enhance your home’s interior with stylish furniture, lighting fixtures, customized cabinets, new appliances & more Make the ideal landscape to complement your home - complete with plants and trees, slopes and grades, fencing, even gazebos & pools Includes Plant Encyclopedia - Learn about plant care, growth zones, plant diseases, soil concerns and more

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star Total waste of $10.00
I thought I was getting a super bargain on some older software. No. Whatever company is making this has just taken the brand name. I was looking forward to replacing a program I had used in the past. This was completely different. The menus and tools don’t make any sense. I can’t drag walls to where I want them to be; everything ends up with crazy angles. Cheap software made for a quick buck. No effort of any kind went into making this product. I’m just going to throw it away. Would not burden anone with such a useless “gift”.

4 Stars Christmas Gift
Amazon gave fast service. Arrived at my home within a few days. Gave this to my son as a Christmas gift and he is really enjoying it.

5 Stars Excellent Service
Was extremely happy with the service from this supplier. Goods arrived in Australia very quickly and in excellent condition. Would not hesitate in using them again.

1 Star 3D Home Architect Home & Landscape Deluxe Suite Version 9
Where’s the manual???? A manual is not included with this software. The help files are not helpful either. I don’t even know where to begin. I’m very disappointed.

4 Stars Great Product
I got this for my dad for Christmas and he has had a great time creating ideas for his next home.

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