Home Designer Pro 2015 by Chief Architect

Home Designer Pro is professional home design software for the serious DIY home enthusiast. Enjoy the same tools that the professionals use for home design, remodeling, interior design, decks, landscaping and cost estimation. Home Designer Pro offers advanced design and smart building tools to produce detailed construction drawings. Create your dream home today with the help of Home Designer Pro.

House Design

• Powerful building tools – automatic roof generation, dormers, stairs, framing, foundations, dimensions and terrain
• Customizable defaults can be set up to match commonly accepted requirements for most building practices
• Create construction documents using the Layout tool
• Choose from built-in style templates – Home Design, Interior Design, Landscaping, Decks, Patios, and Pools or create your own custom design
• Over 5,000 viewable sample plans for design inspiration
• Automatic and manual framing tools, use structural lumber or trusses
• Advanced CAD tools – geometric shapes, splines, arcs, boxes, replication, and transformations

Remodeling

• Create a new room or addition – add and remove walls, place windows and doors, size your rooms with dimensions
• One-click automatic dimensions, or use advanced manual dimension tools
• Choose from a variety of wall types such as curved, interior, exterior, foundation, and half walls
• Foundations automatically build and update based on the main floor walls
• Automated and manual wall framing tools; define header sizes, metal, wood, or engineered framing members
• Define room structure options for floor and ceiling heights, ceiling styles, molding styles, wall coverings, and others
• Import plans from the Chief Architect Room Planner mobile App

Kitchens & Baths

• Choose from over 1,000 cabinet combinations – easily change door, drawer, and hardware styles
• Create custom cabinets in minutes by choosing your own colors, countertops, door styles, backsplash, counter edge, crown molding, base molding and hardware
• Plan the new layout of your bathroom with custom cabinets, sinks, showers and tubs
• Choose from a Library of fixtures and appliances and place inside or adjacent to cabinets
• Smart cabinet objects know how to bump, merge countertops, and create automatic cabinet fillers
• Create custom shaped countertops
• Choose from thousands of appliances, sinks, fixtures and pre-designed kitchen islands
• Elevation camera tools for details and technical views

Interior Design

• Quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, cabinets, choose colors, and accessories. It’s fun to experiment with various options to create different looks
• Choose from a variety of latest interior items—including cabinets, chairs, tables, sofas, fabrics, and accessories. Resize, change colors and materials
• Import your own symbols from 3D file types including SKP, DXF, OBJ and 3DS
• Choose pre-arranged furniture groupings that are already assembled to help quickly layout rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, offices, and kid’s rooms
• Material Painter allows you to customize the color and material of any object in your design – cabinets, countertops, walls, and flooring
• Choose one of many name-brand colors, including Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore or Behr, and apply as a stain or solid color

Landscape & Deck

• Choose from over 3,600 plants with the Plant Chooser
• Design straight, curved, single level, multi-level, or stepped decks
• Automatic deck framing provides the structural components and foundation supports
• Manual Deck framing tools allow for customizing deck beams, joists and other options
• Generate cut and buy lists for your decking projects
• Use Automatic Build Terrain and Terrain Perimeter tools to create flat, irregular shaped, or sloped lots- use a GPS to import elevation data
• Use the Pathway tool to design curb-appealing landscaping using stone and pavers
• Plant Schedules for a detailed listing of all the plants
• Grow Plants tool to adjust the maturity- visualize how plants look as they mature
• Use a Plant distribute tool to make the garden beds look natural

Automated and Manual Building Tools

• Automatic & Manual Roof tools – hip, gable, gullwing, shed or manually design a custom roof
• Manual framing tools for fully editable framing, including joists, rafters, trusses, posts and beams
• Floors build automatically and match the exterior walls below
• Foundations automatically build and update. Choose from several foundation types – crawl space, full basement, a slab, pier, or a custom style
• One-Click Stairs & Ramps. Place full length stairs with a single click that automatically connect to floors or terrains. Place straight, split or curved stairs
• Place Callouts and Markers in Plan, Elevation, Layout, and Detail views. Adjust fill color, line style, line weight, and double-headed callouts

User Resources

• Download Library Content from the 3D Library
• Online Training Videos & Training Webinars
• Technical Support

System Requirements — PC

• Windows 8 / 7 / Vista
• 2.4 GHz processor or multi-core processor
• 2 GB of memory (32 bit) or 4 GB of memory (64 bit)
• Video Card: 1. Dedicated Graphics with 512 MB memory e.g., NVIDIA or ATI – OR – 2. Integrated Graphics e.g., Intel HD Graphics (driver 2012 or newer)
• 5 GB of available hard disk space
• Internet access*

System Requirements — Mac

• Mac OS X v10.8 (Mountain Lion) or newer
• 2.4 GHz processor or multi-core processor
• 4 GB of memory
• 5 GB of available hard disk space
• Internet access*

*Internet access required for installation, license authentication, deactivation, video and library catalog access. Internet access for license validation is required once every 14 days.

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	Home Designer Interiors	Home Designer Essentials	Home Designer Suite	Home Designer Arhitectural	Home Designer Professional
Home Design	Good	Good	Better	Best	Best
Interior Design	Best	Good	Better	Best	Best
Remodeling	Better	Good	Better	Best	Best
Decks & Landscaping	–	Good	Better	Best	Best
Kitchens & Baths	Best	Good	Better	Best	Best
Professional Tools	–	–	–	–	Best

Platforms

Mac OS X, Windows 8

Product Features

• Professional home-design software for the serious DIY home enthusiast
• Tools for home design, remodeling, interior design, decks, landscaping, and cost estimation
• Create accurately scaled floor plans and elevations that automatically generate 3D models in minutes
• 5,000+ viewable sample plans for design inspiration; choose from 3,600+ plants with Plant Chooser
• Get started quickly with easy how-to videos that offer step-by-step instructions; includes free technical support

More Details
Publisher: Chief Architect	Category: Business & Office	Binding: CD-ROM	Language: English

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