Home Designer Essentials 2012 [Old Version]

Home Designer Essentials 2012 [Old Version]
Chief Architect

October 11th, 2011

Price: $59.99

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Home & Hobbies

Rating: 3.3 / 5.0 (7 votes)

Released: 2011-10-11
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Home Designer Essentials 2012 [Old Version] by Chief Architect

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Brand: Chief Architect	Media: DVD-ROM	Hardware Platform: PC	Operating System: Windows 7

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Home Designer Essentials by Chief Architect Software is our entry level DIY home software product that can help you with the basics to design, remodel, interior design or landscaping project. Visualize everything in 3D before you start your project. The House Wizard and over 500 viewable sample plans will help you get started quickly and easily. Try Home Designer today!

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Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Product Features

Entry-level DIY home software for designing, remodeling, interior designing and landscaping
Visualize home-design projects with 3D models and virtual tours before getting started
House Wizard and 500+ viewable sample plans; floor and space planning
Choose from 500+ realistic landscaping plants; automatically generate a cost estimation
How-to tutorials, 25+ step-by-step training videos, live online training webinars, and more

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Create your dream home with advanced design tools. View larger.

Use floor and space planning to size and visualize rooms for remodeling–design your dream kitchen! View larger.

Chief Architect Home Designer Essentials 2012

Home Designer Essentials by Chief Architect Software is our entry-level DIY home software product that can help you with the basics for designing, remodeling, interior designing or landscaping. Visualize everything in 3D before you start your project. The House Wizard and over 500 viewable sample plans will help you get started quickly and easily.

Home Design

Creating your dream home has never been so easy. Visualize what your home design project will look before you build or remodel with 3D models and virtual tours.

Visualize your project with 3D models and virtual tours. View larger.

Floor and space planning–use to size and visualize rooms for remodeling or redecorating
Quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, furniture, create decks and landscaping
Automatically generate a cost estimation and materials list for your project
Design in 3D and 2D Plan: view simultaneously and visualize your design ideas
Easy-to-use automated building tools for roofs, stairs, framing, cabinets and more

Over 500 realistic landscaping plants. View larger.

Experiment with a variety of chairs, tables, fabrics, and accessories. View larger.

Design the virtual look and feel of your backyard, deck, patio, pool or other outdoor project. View larger.

Choose from thousands of colors, materials and textures. View larger.

House Wizard and 500+ viewable sample plans make it easy to get started. View larger.

Remodeling

Visualize your next remodeling project before you begin and save time and money. Move a wall, change a color, add a room, redesign a kitchen and estimate the costs–all before you remodel.

Adjust room and wall sizes by clicking on the wall and moving or by entering a specific dimension
Insert doors, windows and skylights with One-Click tools
Use the Color Chooser to create the perfect color for your walls, floors, furniture and accessories
Assign costs for materials with descriptions and quantities to estimate your project
Create a virtual tour by recording your camera movements
Build floors automatically with floor and ceiling structures

Interior Design

Experiment with your interior design ideas using 3D models, virtual tours and advanced design tools. It's easy to make your decorating ideas come to life.

Choose from thousands of colors, materials and textures to apply to your rooms
Choose from a variety of latest interior items–including cabinets, chairs, tables, sofas, fabrics, and accessories
Advanced 3D camera tools: Glass House, Doll House and Final View for truly photo-realistic 3D images
Cabinet Designer tools: choose from over 1,000 cabinets–customize using a wide variety of styles and colors

Landscaping & Decks

It's easy to quickly design the virtual look and feel of your backyard, deck, patio, pool or other outdoor project. Create the virtual look and feel before you build.

Create custom landscaping or site plans in 2D and 3D
Choose from over 500 realistic landscaping plants
Design single- or multi-level decks including free-standing, tiered and post-and-beam
Create driveways and sidewalks
Define decking materials, place and arrange outdoor furniture to correctly size your deck or patio

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Get Started Quickly!

The Quick Startup Options Guide will help you begin with “How-To” tutorials based on the type of your project. You can also choose from over 25 easy “step-by-step” tutorial training videos that will quickly get you started on your next home design project. Live online training webinars are available on a weekly basis and you can access this training via the Internet. Home Talk is a User Forum you can ask question from the community of users. Finally we offer great technical support by qualified in-house professionals.

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Publisher: Chief Architect	Category: Home & Hobbies	Binding: DVD-ROM	Language: English

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