- Get Started Quickly and Easily
Watch the step-by-step video instructions on Designer Pro and
enrol in the online CAD-Level-1
training to learn your 2D CAD tools fast. Comprehensive manuals
and videos are also provided for quick reference to every command.
You'll be designing in 3D in minutes... really!
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- Get Supported
If you feel you want extra help choose full expert technical
annual support with the support
subscription plan for total peace of mind. We can assist
you with practically any question.
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- All-in-One Building Design Solution
Because Designer Pro PLUS is two programs in one bundle, you
can choose to engage another person to complete the 2D documentation
of your designs, freeing you to do the things you like the most
and helping you to win more business.
Or if you like to take complete control yourself then Designer
Pro PLUS gives you the best and fastest 3D building modeller
in the world with the easiest professional 2D drafting tools.
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- Head Start
Designer Pro PLUS lets you import
maps, aerial photo's and satellite images including Google Earth,
then scale and work over them as part of your drawings. Directly
import survey data or other CAD created drawings to get a head
start on the design process.
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- Template
Begin your design by choosing from style templates that range
from traditional to contemporary, complete with colours, cabinets,
and moldings, or simply start from scratch. Works equally well
in Canada or the USA as it does in Australia, New Zealand or
the UK.
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- From Domestic to Commercial
Whether you're involved in domestic projects or light commercial
enterprise, Designer Pro PLUS provides the right tools to get
the job done fast. Time is money, with Designer Pro PLUS you'll
be using the fastest building design program on Earth.
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- Powerful Design Software
Enjoy powerful automated building tools like automatic roof generation,
stairs, decks, framing, dimensioning, realistic 3D rendering
and more... Or take complete control of every aspect of the software
with manual placement and editing of every feature. Either way,
all your views update at the same time.
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- Space Planning
Maximise the use of a site whilst maintaining a full visual understanding
of proportions, access points, overshadowing and environmental
impact. Rotate you design and shift individual items or complete
projects to make best use of each canvas.
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- Existing Floor Plans
Need some fresh ideas?. Select from over 1,500 sample plans or
use the design wizard to draw the house from scratch by answering
a series of questions, or simply open sample plans and customise
to your clients specific needs. Leverage from the work of hundreds
of designers without compromising your own artistic input.
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- Customise Designs from the Library
Quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, cabinets, and
architectural objects from a library of over 4,300 items built-in
to the software or choose from an inexhaustible online library
to create a comprehensive detailed 3D Model in minutes.
- Use the Library content to size your rooms,
evaluate traffic flow, and create a visual model of your design.
And because you'll read in objects from the worlds largest 3D
online architectural library you will never run out or components
to use in your designs.
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- Estimate and Check
Whilst it doesn't replace the quantity surveyor, Designer Pro
PLUS automatically generates a materials
list for project cost estimating and includes a Plan Check™
tool to automatically validate the design against common building
principles.
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- Every Style
Designer is not limited to set
styles. Create the internal space that you need with the look
and feel you know you or your client wants. Unlike basic retail
store products, with Designer Pro you are not limited
to preset design styles.
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- Material Painter™
Point and click to choose from
thousands of colours and textures or import your own for walls,
floors, bench tops and more! Your design combinations are limited
only by your imagination. Changes are instant.
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- Kitchen Planning Centre
Practicality and style blend seamlessly
in a great kitchen. We've gathered the information you need to
plan a perfect workspace, plus plenty of examples of kitchens
that put those principles to work beautifully.
Design kitchens that will help sell your designs – move
walls, drop in cabinets, add fixtures – it's easy to plan
the perfect workspace.
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- Bathroom Planning Centre
Bathrooms may be the smallest rooms
in the house, but that doesn't mean you can make them an afterthought
in the planning process. We'll show you how to make the most
of a limited space and explain the features that will add the
most to your design.
Plan the layout of your bathrooms with custom cabinets, sinks,
showers, jetted tubs etc. It's easy to visualise your ideas in
3D.
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- Exterior Planning Centre
Your building's exterior is the face of the building displayed
to the world. Discover the secrets that other architects and
designers have use to create beautiful and easy-to-maintain exteriors
by using the built in Exterior Planning Centre.
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- Visualisation Tools
Create a virtual walk through of your design by selecting various
camera views or create a virtual tour with an AVI movie.
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- Create Lighting Effects and Shadow
Drawings
Change from a day to a night view with a single click. Add lighting
fixtures from the library and create dramatic views. Visualise
in the day with realistic sun shadows.
- Even create automatically generated shadow
diagrams and sun studies for any time of the year, anywhere on
the planet.
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- Deck Design Tools
From a simple single level to a multi-level, you can automatically
create a deck with the deck tools. Use a post and beam structure,
design with or without a railing. Create the exterior shell of
the building to visualise your deck design.
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- Multi-tier Decks
Produce realistic images of your exterior projects using a plan
layout and the advanced camera tools to produce realistic images
you can use to market your projects.
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- Create Custom Landscaping
Create Plot and Perimeter Plans on flat or hillside lots and
automatically generate a 3D model of the actual terrain. Use
the Terrain Feature tools to create fences, gardens, driveways,
paths, and more. Build a simple landscaping plan by marking the
property boundaries and selecting from the landscaping items
in the Library. Design in Plan View or a 3D View to create the
landscaping that’s right for you
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- Terrain Tools
Designer Pro PLUS has hill and valley tools to help you define
your unique terrain features. Use the terrain tools to create
pathways, fences, ponds, gardens, and more.
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