Home Designer Suite 2016 | PC/Mac Disc
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Product Description
Home Designer Suite is 3D home design software for DIY home
enthusiasts. Created by Chief Architect, so you can enjoy the same
type of tools that the professionals use for home design, interior
design, and outdoor living. Home Designer Suite offers intuitive
design and smart building tools for your home projects. Home
Designer Suite makes it easy to design and visualize your ideas with
smart building and powerful design tools. The tools have commonly
accepted defaults for most building practices to assist you in your
home design projects. Home Designer automatically creates a 3D model
as you draw the walls. And, in 3D you can continue design work -
adding cabinets, placing furniture, painting walls or just
visualizing your project. An extensive 3D Library of over 6,500
architectural objects make it easy so that styles, finishes and
other design details can be accurately visualized. Home Designer
uses smart design objects, such as cabinets, to quickly and easily
create various styles, shapes and sizes. Create any style of cabinet
by choosing colors, countertops, door styles, backsplash, crown
molding and hardware. Home Designer includes automated tools to
create site plans, landscaping, decks and patios. There are over
1,500 plants with detailed information about each plant including
integrated Hardiness Zone Maps. Decking tools include automatic deck
framing and a materials list for estimating. Get started quickly
with easy how-to videos that offer step-by-step instructions; and
free technical support. All Home Designer products include a 30-day
money back guarantee.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #158 in Software
- Brand: Chief Architect
- Model: ST2016-18-D
- Released on: 2015-03-26
- ESRB Rating: Everyone
- Platform: Windows 10
- Format: DVD-ROM
- Dimensions: 5.38" h x 7.50" w x .75" l,
Features
- Software for home design, remodeling, interior design, kitchens and baths, decks and landscaping, and cost estimation
- Take a virtual tour and use 3D views to know exactly what your project will look like before you build
- Design in 2D and 3D or both simultaneously; built-in style templates; 6,000+ library items
- Intuitive design and smart building tools for your home projects; powerful deck and patio tools; Plant Chooser offers 1,500+ plant options
- Get started quickly with easy how-to videos that offer step-by-step instructions; includes free technical support
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
44 of 46 people found the following review helpful.
Success via good planning with good software
By Ken Gibson
I am doing a major renovation and from past experience know the
importance of having a good plan. This has been an ongoing project.
Over the years I have used other software to do design. Since I was
planning a major renovation I felt it was time to get the latest and
best. In web reviews Chief Architect seemed to come out on top. In
the past I used 3 D Home Architect (2001 software). I could bring
these files into the Chief Architect Home Suite which gave me
options. I used Punch (2005 software) and felt the older 3D Home
Architect was better. After trying Chief Architect's demo version I
soon purchase the Home Designer Suite. Like any software, especially
software with allot of power and versatility there is a learning
curve. The online help videos and reference manuals were very
helpful. In a short time I was able to model an as built replica of
my house which formed the basis for my renovation. The as built
looks like my house. Once done I was able to model and visualize
various renovation options from which to make decisions and share
with friends to get suggestions. The software is easier to use and
more versatile than other software I have tired. I give the software
5 stars. My advise if you have a major project -take the time to put
together a good plan and the time to learn the Chief Architect
software to take advantage of its power and versatility.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
Unfortunate Version Limitations
By Mark
There is a lot to like about this software, but there are
significant disappointments as well. Creating a floor plan is fairly
straightforward and the software is reasonably capable. Some things
are a challenge, like which direction a pocket door slides, however.
And there are some major limitations in this version, including
fixture selections, fireplace layout, roof types and slopes, and
especially an open beam ceiling. To match up to reality, you would
need the expensive ($500) version unless you had plain vanilla
everything-- and therein lies my biggest disappointment. For all of
the capabilities shown on the website, what is not revealed is that
you need the expensive model to do most of the things shown. The
ability to look through a 3-D version of what you created is very
cool; however, the inability to create what I wanted (because of
version limitations) prevented me from making my intended use of the
software and seeing my proposed changes-- And for not much more than
$500 (for the capable version) I can pay someone else to do what I
want and save the time and effort. I returned it.
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful.
Nice application
By Sam
I'm not an architect by any means and I don't have any previous
experience with CAD, but I was hoping to find a software application
that I could use to start putting together a somewhat cohesive plan
for the builders to use on my next home. Sort of a brain dump to get
all my conceptual ideas on a computer screen so I (and eventually
the builders) could visualize what I want, and potentially identify
any design flaws and address them in the planning stage. I
researched the various software options and compared the advertised
functionality, then decided to take a chance with Home Designer
2016. They have an extensive knowledge base, impressive collection
of training videos and webinars, a very helpful user forum,
step-by-step tutorials, an in-depth reference guide, and if you
still can't find exactly what you are looking for through all of
these help functions you are encouraged to contact Customer Service
directly. And yes, there is a training curve as you might expect
with any application that can do as much as this one does. In fact,
to be quite honest I initially had a love/hate relationship with it
as I was fumbling my way through my initial tutorial. The first time
I decided to check out the 3-D view and the glasshouse view, I found
that my car and all the cool cabinets and garage stuff had seemingly
dropped through the floor into the foundation (entirely my own
error, and now corrected). I kept pushing through and within a
couple of days I started to get the hang of it. Then I found it to
be so much fun it was almost addictive, moving walls/doors/windows,
adding rooms, building my dream kitchen, customizing a walk-in
closet, furnishing and accessorizing the living room - it has a huge
library of items you can add to interiors/exteriors. It also has a
feature called Plan Check which you can use to see any potential
errors as you are working on your plan. I'm very happy with both the
application, and the responsiveness and professionalism of Customer
Service on the two occasions I've contacted them (so far).
