Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer 7.0 [OLD VERSION] | ![Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer 7.0 [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/611HMWBAC4L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | From: Chief Architect
Category: Software
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $28.00
You Save: $31.99 (53%)
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Rating:  6 reviews
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 9.5 x 2.7
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 100722
Model: 045-500-7-M
UPC: 750839012469
EAN: 0750839012469
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED
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| Features:
| • | Expert design tips from the editors of Better Homes and Gardens magazines | | • | Design and visualize your kitchen, baths or any other room in 3D | | • | Generate an Automatic Material List for project cost estimating | | • | Automatic Roofs such as gable, hip, shed, dormers, and more | | • | No design experience needed |
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Amazon.com
Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer 7.0 was designed for better home enthusiast remodeling and home design projects. It's got more design tools than ever; with it, you can create your dream home with feature-rich tools for home design, remodeling, interior design, decks and landscaping. 
See your floorplans in 3D. View larger. | 
Design exterior spaces. View larger. | 
And plan the perfect kitchen. View larger. | Keep it all within budget using the cost estimation tools. It's the right home design technology for everyday home enthusiasts. Color Chooser creates the perfect color for walls and floors. You can also insert doors, windows, and skylights. Get expert design tips from the editors of Better Homes and Gardens magazines Home Designer 7.0 combines the leading-edge home design software from Chief Architect with the number-one home and garden publisher, Better Homes and Gardens. All products are fully compatible with 3D Home Architect version 4.0 and earlier as well as the Chief Architect professional product line. With Home Designer you can add as much or as little detail to the design as you want--it's fun and easy. Home Designer makes it easy to create your dream home: - Get started quickly and easily: The "getting started" tutorial will guide you through basic design projects. Watch more than 30 videos for step-by-step instructions. Select from over 1,500 sample home plans or use the House Wizard to design your house.
- All-in-one home-design solution: create your dream home today with the look and feel before it is built with styles, colors, wallpaper, flooring, and materials.
- Create your dream home: Design your dream home today with Home Designer. Quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, cabinets, choose colors, place furniture, create decks, and landscaping. Design and visualize your home with 3D models and virtual tours--it's easy, it's fun!
- Choose from design templates: begin your design by choosing from one of six Better Homes and Gardens home-style templates that range from traditional to contemporary, complete with colors, cabinets, and moldings.
- Powerful home-design software: Enjoy the same building and design tools the professionals use--Home Designer is made for the home enthusiasts. Powerful building tools like automatic roof generation, stairs, decks, framing, CAD, dimensioning, realistic 3D models, and Plan Check makes it easy for anyone.
- Create floor plans: Select from over 1,500 sample home plans or use the House Wizard to design your house. Open sample plans and customize to your specific needs.
- Customize designs from the library: Quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, cabinets, and architectural objects from a library of over 4,300 items to create a 3D Model in minutes. Use the library content to size your rooms, evaluate traffic flow, and create a visual model of your design.
- Design tools: Inspire and enhance your designs with the Better Homes and Gardens Design Planning Center. Use Material Painter to create a virtual look and feel of the design before it is built with actual colors, wallpaper, flooring, furniture, windows, and window treatments.
- Building tools: Complete automatic building tools for roof generation, framing, dimensioning, foundations, and more. Automatically generate a materials list for project-cost estimating. Includes a complete set of CAD (Computer Aided Design) tools to detail designs and Plan Check that automatically validates the design against current building principles.
Product Description
Better Homes and Gardens - Home Designer was designed for better home enthusiast remodeling and home design projects. It's got more design tools than ever; create your dream home with feature-rich tools for home design, remodeling, interior design, decks and landscaping. Keep it all within budget using the cost estimation tools. It's the right home design technology for everyday home enthusiasts. Color Chooser creates the perfect color for walls&floors Insert doors, windows and skylights Get expert design tips from the editors of Better Homes and Gardens magazines
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Something to play with while waiting for new home October 25, 2008
AZ Desert Rat
This is a lot of fun to use. You can plot out your entire house exactly, which was surprising. You can put in your furniture (with exact dimensions) and decorate it before you actually buy anything, to see if it will fit. I found this extremely useful and actually saved money by seeing how some of my current furniture would work with the new.
 ok but very limited August 31, 2007
Marilyn A. Johnson
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This product was ok but I was really disappointed by the inadequate graphics available and that this program does so few of the things that they show on the tutorials. If it is this limited they should advertise it as such so it isn't necessary to buy it, reject it and then have to buy the next step up, which I'm reluctant to do because this was wasn't what I expected so I hate to spend more money on the same brand.
On the other hand, it is very easy to learn and use if you just want to design some space and don't need good graphics or want to change your terrain from a flat lot.
Better Homes & Gardens Home Designer 7.0 August 23, 2007
E. Griffin (Sugar Land, Tx)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
The product performs as advertised and comes with a decent tutorial disc. It made me realize I needed the next product level up in order to remodel both the house and the design of the lot the house sets on. For a small amount more the added features of the Suite 7.0 became important for what I wanted to do.
Great, but not as much as I expected ... June 27, 2007
AmazonAddictinAlabama (Alabama)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a great product for someone who really enjoys "playing" with a variety of design techniques. My few "issues" with it are the somewhat limited selection of materials and the fact that it can be a bit cumbersome to get detailed design plans to work out "just right."
A bit bummed by limitations on this program June 7, 2007
Christopher Seal (Lynden, WA, USA)
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I was hoping for something more than a floor plan to 3D generator. I wanted to print out structures in the vertical and I wanted to design some arbors, sheds, and gazebos. Not with this program. What it does it does very well - none better. It is just more limited than I was hoping for.
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