Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Aug 03, 2010 3:13 pm Which is the best home design software available? I am a homeowner with no experience of autocad or any engineering software. All I want is a program that can show me the layout of the house in 3D and the interiors so I can choose colors and fittings. Thanks Re: Home design software 2Aug 03, 2010 3:22 pm bats37 Which is the best home design software available? I am a homeowner with no experience of autocad or any engineering software. All I want is a program that can show me the layout of the house in 3D and the interiors so I can choose colors and fittings. Thanks Google Sketchup is pretty good for the average punter. Building The Chesterfield Grande with McDonald Jones https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=33587 Re: Home design software 4Aug 03, 2010 7:02 pm Just about anything is better than the ad-soaked My Virtual Home, Visio is excellent for 2D, Punch is OK for 2D and 3D and there are *lots* of online browser-based 2D and 3D design tools. Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: Home design software 6Aug 06, 2010 12:12 pm Get this, it has a free 15 day trial which is all you need and the software is absolutley brilliant http://www.imsidesign.com/Products/TurboFLOORPLANSeries/tabid/395/Default.aspx Our Build https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36661&start=40 Land Settlement - 19/07/09 Building Deposit Paid - 14/02/10 Site Scrape - 25/08/10 Slab - 01/09/10 Frame - 15/09/10 Roof - 21/09/10 Pre Wire/Plumbing - 23/04/09 Bi-Folds - 24/09/10 Bricks - 13/10/10 Plastering - 13/10/10 Cornice, skirting, shelving - 14/10/10 Re: Home design software 8Aug 07, 2010 3:23 pm I didn't see anything about a trial period? Also is from the US... so has all their standards Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Home design software 10Aug 07, 2010 10:56 pm Sweet Home 3D. Free, with lots of extra downloadable textures. Re: Home design software 11Aug 10, 2010 9:16 pm Has anyone used both Google Sketchup and Sweet Home 3D? I'm just wondering what is easiest to get to grips with. I've found Sketchup fairly easy to master on the 2D front, but I just can't quite manage the fantastic 3D models some people seem to. Probably because I don't have the spare time to practice! :S Re: Home design software 13Aug 12, 2010 11:44 am Chief Architect is a great package. Pretty easy to use after a bit of practise and the 3D side of things is amazing you can basically do anything and render your images in photo realistic impressions. Takes a fair bit of playing around to get to this quality though. The full package is about $2k. Budde Design 3D Architecural Visualizations, Architectural Rendering, Artist Impressions, 2D & 3D floor plans http://www.buddedesign.com nathan@buddedesign.com Re: Home design software 14Aug 23, 2010 8:11 pm Having now given Sweet Home 3D a go, it's pretty good for a free product and very easy to use. Can't work out why my walls are a different length when I use the dimension tool to what the wall thinks it is, or how to split an open plan area into two 'rooms' without adding a (very small!) wall, but much easier to get to grips with initially than Sketchup was. Re: Home design software 16Sep 03, 2010 2:56 pm I've finally gone in for Chief Architect's Home Designer Suite and must say its pretty easy to use even for a beginner. I got the designs up and running after only two days of fiddling around. However I should have gone in for the Pro version as the present one does not allow one to customize the windows to a great extent. Thanks for all your feedback. Re: Home design software 17Sep 10, 2010 6:43 am bats37 I've finally gone in for Chief Architect's Home Designer Suite and must say its pretty easy to use even for a beginner. I got the designs up and running after only two days of fiddling around. However I should have gone in for the Pro version as the present one does not allow one to customize the windows to a great extent. Thanks for all your feedback. Nice one..... Let me know if you need any tips or help with anything. Budde Design 3D Architecural Visualizations, Architectural Rendering, Artist Impressions, 2D & 3D floor plans http://www.buddedesign.com nathan@buddedesign.com Re: Home design software 18Sep 11, 2010 7:29 am hellokitty Sweet Home 3D. Free, with lots of extra downloadable textures. Thank you for sharing this website http://www.sweethome3d.com , I have a 3D program already, but this one is very simple (better than GSU imo) plus because it's free I can pass it on to my clients for them to have a tinker. Thanks again. ideal house depends on the site and location as much as internal floor plan....what is the distance from the house to all four boundaries, where is north, describe your… 3 15165 Thank you so much for the effort. We will use it to talk with builder. We also had idea of building duplex instead and seeking suggest ions. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=106744 11 13843 |