Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Pro 7.0 [OLD VERSION]

Advanced Computer Aided Design (CAD) design tools and advanced 3D camera tools make it possible to design -- and see from every angle -- the home of your dreams.

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...And see them come to life in brilliant 3D. View larger.

You can design outdoor spaces, too. View larger.

Advanced Design Tools and Hundreds of Templates
To get started, Home Designer Pro 7.0 features several Better Homes and Gardens home style templates that range from traditional to contemporary, complete with colors, cabinets, and moldings. An advanced "Home Designer" tool that lets you quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, and cabinets, as well as choose colors, place furniture, and create decks and landscaping features. Once you have the basic design elements in place, you can use the advanced 3D camera tools -- Glass House, Doll House, Framing, Cross-Sections, and Virtual Tours -- to "experience" your new home. This will allow you to create the virtual look and feel for your design before it's built with the actual (and expensive) materials.

Overall, you'll have over 8,000 design tools at your disposal, over 9,000 items from name-brand manufacturers to use, and 1,500 free sample plans. Professional CAD tools will prove indispensable when it comes to the details.

Professional Building Tools To Get The Job Done
Creating your design is only the first step of several. Once your design is complete, you'll need to begin the arduous process of creating a materials list to estimate total costs, check your plan against building standards, and so on. Home Designer Pro 7.0 will help you do all of this and more. You can automatically generate a materials list for project cost estimating, and use Home Designer Pro 7.0's tools for roof generation, framing, dimensioning, and foundations. A Plan Check will automatically validate your design against standard building principles, saving you hours of time. And most importantly, an automatic materials lists will help you keep track of your project inventory and cost estimating as your design progresses.

And when it's time to move outside, Home Designer Pro 7.0 has you covered with landscape design tools that can create hills and valleys for custom landscapes, as well as Fence, Garden, Deck, Driveway, Path, and other Terrain Feature tools. The package includes two program CDs, four tutorial CDs that include over 70 "how-to" videos, a "getting started" guide, reference manual, and a USB security lock.