- 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.
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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 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™
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- 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.
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- 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.
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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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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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 ad value to your home – 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 architects and designers
have used 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.
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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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