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Architectural Home Designer... your very own
Home Architect
Explore design ideas in full 3D, cost estimate and visualise your designs on any site. Automatically generate plan views, elevations, perspectives and animations then when you have completed your dream home you can send your views to your architect or drafter to create the finished CAD drawings for council/city submission and construction.


Highlights 

  • Get Started Quickly and Easily
    Watch the step-by-step video instructions and you'll be designing your next home in full 3D in minutes... really! 40 videos on DVD are supplied free with the software.

    Architectural Home Designer is incredibly easy to learn and use.
  • 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.
 
  • All-in-One Home Design Solution
    Exclusive Better Homes and Gardens Design Planning Centre for expert design advice
    Choose from over 2,500 Sample Plans. Design Inspiration Gallery contains photos by type for design and inspiration design ideas

    Powerful building tools like automatic roof generation, dormers, stairs, framing and foundations
  • Assemble a scale model of your design with Model Maker™
 
  • Templates
    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.

  • Existing Floor Plans
    Need some fresh ideas?. Select from over 2,500 sample plans or use the House Wizard™ to draw the house from scratch by answering a series of questions, or simply open sample plans and customise to your needs.
  • 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.
  • Estimate and Check
    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.
 
  • Style
    Create the internal space that you need with the look and feel you want. Explore colours before you paint or decorate. Rearrange furniture and try out different looks.
 
  • 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.
  • 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 ad value to your home – move walls, drop in cabinets, add fixtures – it's easy to plan the perfect workspace.
  • 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.
  • Exterior Planning Centre
    Your building's exterior is the face of the building displayed to the world. Discover the secrets that architects and designers have used to create beautiful and easy-to-maintain exteriors by using the built in Exterior Planning Centre.
 
  • Visualisation Tools
    Create a virtual walk through of your design by selecting various camera views or create a virtual tour with an AVI movie.
 
  • 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.
 
  •  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.
 
  •  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.
 
  •  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
 
  •  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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Floor Plan Cost Estimate Design Assistant Space Planning Elevations
Glass House Night Lighting Bathroom Design Kitchen Design Interiors
       
 
Furnishing Traditional Shaded Colour and Texture Outdoor Design Home Cinema Room


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MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
1.2 GHz processor
2 GB of available disk space
512 MB of Memory on XP
1 GB of Memory on Vista
DVD drive


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