Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 18, 2009 2:24 pm Has anyone used this to see what their new house would look like or what colours they might like to have? I am wondering if its worth downloading or it might be a bit too difficult to use? If you have used it and picked up some tips - please feel free to share Re: My Virtual Home - software 2Nov 18, 2009 2:58 pm Ms Builder Has anyone used this to see what their new house would look like or what colours they might like to have? I am wondering if its worth downloading or it might be a bit too difficult to use? If you have used it and picked up some tips - please feel free to share I found MVH very hard to use and ended up using Google SketchUp instead. Much easier to use and there are heaps of training videos out there as well as a huge array of models to use. Re: My Virtual Home - software 3Nov 18, 2009 3:02 pm jubacca Ms Builder Has anyone used this to see what their new house would look like or what colours they might like to have? I am wondering if its worth downloading or it might be a bit too difficult to use? If you have used it and picked up some tips - please feel free to share I found MVH very hard to use and ended up using Google SketchUp instead. Much easier to use and there are heaps of training videos out there as well as a huge array of models to use. Does google sketchup cost anything? Also, does it have paint colours you can use, I think my virtual home you can use dulux colours?? Re: My Virtual Home - software 4Nov 18, 2009 3:09 pm MVH is not too hard to use, just takes some getting used to, I have built 3 houses in the program (we had a shortlist of 3 houses) and it good to get a feel for what the house will look like. Just note that the colours that you select realy aren't anything like the real thing, so you really can't use it for colour selection. Current status: Busy making the house our home Built PD Francis 29 on our 576m2 block at Reflections in Tarneit Reflections Estate Thread Our Build Thread Re: My Virtual Home - software 5Nov 18, 2009 3:17 pm Sketchup is no cost...hahaha but you will find something else that consumes your time LOL Beware... can be addictive. I find it very helpful. I can produce a 3d image of a form structure ie benchtops etc. in an hour or so.. then everything is exact to the mm. 'cept nothing much you buy these days is to the mm .. Onc Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: My Virtual Home - software 6Nov 18, 2009 3:19 pm Our house is a custom build so seeing what its going to look like would be awesome (although imagine if I spotted something we wanted to change but it would be too late for that ) Main reason was for colour selection need to pick a roof colour in a couple of weeks and still dont know what we are gonna go with Re: My Virtual Home - software 7Nov 18, 2009 5:35 pm We found MVH reasonably easy to use, cheap (no more than $5), and great for seeing the project in 3D and walk around all the rooms. The only sad thing is that you can't print out the results, or even the floor plan (as far as we can work out. Another good thing is links directly into various manufacturers' databases, such as bricks, tiles, colorbond, etc. As for colours, absolutely nothing on the Internet or on a computer should be used for colour choice when it comes to building - always get real samples. Re: My Virtual Home - software 8Nov 18, 2009 10:06 pm [quote="cyberman"]The only sad thing is that you can't print out the results, or even the floor plan (as far as we can work out.[quote] Have you tried using screenshots and then pasting into MSpaint? From here you can save it as a new image file. Simple as hitting "print screen", then opening mspaint and "paste" (or ctrl-v) As long as you can see it on the screen, you can save or print anything this way. Re: My Virtual Home - software 9Nov 19, 2009 5:44 am thanks for the suggestion, but screen resolution is only 72dpi while normal printing is at least 300dpi, and even my biggest screen is not as big as A3 paper that plans are usually printed on, so the print quality would be woeful when enlarged to A3. Re: My Virtual Home - software 10Nov 19, 2009 8:28 am cyberman We found MVH reasonably easy to use, cheap (no more than $5), and great for seeing the project in 3D and walk around all the rooms. The only sad thing is that you can't print out the results, or even the floor plan (as far as we can work out. Another good thing is links directly into various manufacturers' databases, such as bricks, tiles, colorbond, etc. As for colours, absolutely nothing on the Internet or on a computer should be used for colour choice when it comes to building - always get real samples. Yeah I understand that - and we are getting sample pots of paint to have a look at the colours in "real life" but I really want to see my house with a couple of different colour combinations, being dune roof with say surfmist render and some grey then the opposite with a surfmist roof and then dune and white render. I guess its going to give me a general idea and give me an idea of whether my choices are going to look too busy. I have downloaded MVH and I will have a play with it on the weekend. I hope I can work it out ok! Re: My Virtual Home - software 11Nov 19, 2009 8:44 am You could also try 'Snipping tool' if you are using vista Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: My Virtual Home - software 12Nov 19, 2009 9:11 am onc_artisan You could also try 'Snipping tool' if you are using vista Yep using Vista but have no idea what the snipping tool is... Could you possibly point me in the right direction?? Re: My Virtual Home - software 13Nov 19, 2009 10:22 am I have uploaded my floor plan, think I have put the boundary pegs in for the right size but when i add a room, how do i customise the size of the room? Re: My Virtual Home - software 14Nov 19, 2009 10:26 am Ms Builder onc_artisan You could also try 'Snipping tool' if you are using vista Yep using Vista but have no idea what the snipping tool is... Could you possibly point me in the right direction?? Press your Start button in bottom left. 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