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3D Home Architect Home & Landscape Deluxe Suite Version 9 |  | From: Encore Software
Category: Software
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $8.49
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Seller: Paradise Computer Solutions
Rating:  22 reviews
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows XP, Mac OS X, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition
Media: DVD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0.1
MPN: 13910
Model: 13910
UPC: 705381139102
EAN: 0705381139119
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | The ultimate easy-to-use home and landscape design solution that will ensure your dream home becomes a reality | | • | An intuitive user interface makes for a quick and pleasurable design experience | | • | Home and landscape design tools will allow you to modify every detail of your home and landscape project | | • | Create blueprints that include every detail of your home design | | • | Templates and libraries help you design your ideal home, room, patio, and more to your specifications |
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Product Description
3D Home Architect Home & Landscape Design Suite 9 does a lot more than lay out your home and landscape designs. It gives you the ability to fine-tune every element of your home design or landscaping project. The wide range of tools & wizards will help you achieve your goals fast. Unlimited customization guarantees that your dream home will be perfect in every detail. Easy to use, yet powerful enough to generate buildable blueprint-style plans, it's the only design program you'll need. Accurate top-down representations of furnishings and other design elements in 2D Designer's View Enhance your home's interior with stylish furniture, lighting fixtures, customized cabinets, new appliances & more Make the ideal landscape to complement your home - complete with plants and trees, slopes and grades, fencing, even gazebos & pools Includes Plant Encyclopedia - Learn about plant care, growth zones, plant diseases, soil concerns and more
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3D Home Architect Home & Landscape Deluxe Suite Version 9 is the ultimate easy-to-use home and landscape design solution that will ensure your dream home becomes a reality. Powered by Punch! Software, this DVD based suite utilizes the latest design techniques and technologies to make your design experience a snap. 
Modify every element of your home with ease. | 
Design your kitchen using a vast library of materials and textures. | 
Choose the roofing material to build the roof you desire. | 
Use the plant library to choose the best landscape planting options. | 
Use the Deck Tool to create the perfect deck or patio. | Take Your Home to the Next Level
Design a floor plan, remodel a room, or create a landscape masterpiece, the possibilities are endless. The new intuitive user interface will make for a quick and pleasurable design experience. You can also look through the library of ready-made plans and rooms. A complete set of home and landscape design tools will allow you to modify every detail of your home and landscape project. - Develop the custom frame for your house using the Framing Tool
- View various remodeling options using the wide variety of material templates
- Browse through the large library of appliances and choose the one that's right for you.
- The Deck Tool allows you to customize your deck to any specifications you desire.
- Create the ideal landscape to complement your home, complete with plants and trees, slopes and grades, fencing, gazebos, pools--even exterior lighting!
Additional Helpful Features - Choose from a wide variety of viewing options as you design the interior and exterior of your home.
- View the outside of your home at night and see how the exterior lighting illuminates your yard.
Take your dream home from an idea to reality when you design it using 3D Home Architect Home and Landscape Deluxe Suite Version 9, the complete and premium quality design solution. Find the architect in you! Design Home Plans & Room Templates
Edit your design plan to your specifications using the provided structural elements. - Adjoining walls
- Windows
- Doors
- Stairs & Railings
3D Home Tour
Take a 3D tour inside of your dream home with photo-realistic visuals. Roofing
Choose the roofing material to build the roof you desire. - Hip
- Gable
- Free Hand Roofing
Home Blueprints
Create blueprints that include every detail of your home design. Interior Design
Every room is your canvas! Reinvent the look of your living space to match both your unique style and life. Utilize powerful yet easy-to-use tools to change every element of your room. Include paint colors, flooring, fixtures, furniture arrangements, and more. - Kitchen & Dining Spaces
- Living & Family Rooms
- Bathrooms
- Bedrooms
- Media Rooms
- Stairways & More
Precision Lighting
Illuminate and create the perfect mood for your space with a variety of lighting options. Create shadows from lighting fixtures or sunlight. - Floor Lighting
- Track Lighting
- Inset Lighting
- Table & Floor Lamps
- Wall Sconces & More
Customize Every Element
- Crown Molding
- Trim
- Window Sizing
- Door Sizing
- Furniture & More
Use a wide range of color palettes, finishes, and texures. - Flooring
- Paint
- Wood
- Stone
- Windows
Landscape Design
Your landscape designs will be true to form with topographical options such as: - Fencing
- Ground Fill
- Edging
- Retaining Walls
- Pathways
- Gates
Expanded Plant Library
Use the plant library to choose the best landscape planting options based on parameters such as terrain, region, climate, and soil conditions. Custom Outdoor Features
Design your outdoor space with every luxury in mind! - Pond
- Pool
- Spa
- Waterfall
- Outdoor Grill
- Greenhouse
- Fire Pit
- Patio Furniture
Decks & Patios
Use the Deck Tool to create a deck or patio perfect for your home and outdoor life style 
Plant Growth Projection Tool
Experiment and preview different plant options until you achieve your ideal combination. view the growth pattern of your landscape over a period of time.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Avoid this product September 24, 2009
Kevin, Kelly, Adam, & Keylow (Portland, OR)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the WORST home design product on the market! It used to be a great product. I have been using the 4.0 for many years. I decided it was time for an update and regret making that choice. The newest version will not import my many, many previously created plans. If I continued to use it, I would have to redraw everything. Whom ever designed the newest version must not know a thing about drawing or designing. Most of the previous tools are either gone or highly "redesigned" so they are hard to use. It seems like every time they update it they make it more and more inferior! PLUS, the company does not stand behind this software. Read the fine print, there are no refunds or returns. They lure you in with fancy promises and then once you buy it and realize it does not do what it is supposed to do, then they tell you "sorry!"
poor May 29, 2009
Mrs. Ludmila Shullen (Los Angeles)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am very disappointed in this product. It is not intuitive, Help is written poorly and hard to follow. In addition, the software registration kept failing and would only proceed in the trial mode, which actually cancels the software's eligibility for tech support. This purchase turned out a complete waste of money for me.
Major Disappointment May 11, 2009
Rachael M. Storey (Silver Spring, MD)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased 3D Home Architect 6.0 several years ago so I could create plans for interior decorating. I found it to be a great product -- a little cumbersome at times, but the ability to specify exact dimensions for a million tiny details was so satisfying. From the odd dimensions of my bed to the precise width of the thick old trim around all my doorways, I got my house looking almost exactly the way it did in life. From there I was able to play with colors, fabrics, furniture arrangements, you name it. I sometimes wished for a better way to create custom 3D objects, and the 3D rendering engine was pretty behind the times, but for a $30 product it was a damn good value.
Then I moved, and somewhere along the line, I lost the disk.
Thinking that the latest version could only be an improvement upon the product I had known and loved, I purchased the new version 9.0 online. From the very beginning it was a headache. I couldn't get the product to download on my home PC, and it took me over an hour to find a way to email the company for help. I still have not heard back from them. I later tried downloading it from my work computer, and was at least able to retrieve the download file that way. I transferred it to my home PC and installed it.
I have seldom been so disappointed by a product in my life. The robust environment I'd been accustomed to in version 6.0 was gone, replaced by a minimalist tool tray and an anemic selection of 3D objects.
Creating walls is easy, but good luck getting them spaced correctly. In the old version of this software, you could click on the wall-to-wall dimension, enter a number, and the program would automatically reposition your wall. Not anymore. Click-and-drag with your mouse, watch the numbers, and hope you have a steady hand.
I used to be able to double-click any object and edit fifty different aspects of it. Now I can scale them up and down, but I can't specify that I want a 30" wide stove. I can rotate them, but I can't make them lock to a grid. I suppose I could approximate my measurements by creating walls of the correct size, putting my appliances next to them, and scaling until they look like they match, but who wants to go through that much effort to get their dishwasher to be the right dimensions?
I still have not successfully applied paint to my interior walls -- if I am reading the help file correctly, paint will ONLY apply to EXTERIOR walls! The ability to apply fabrics and patterns to furniture seems to be gone as well. Quite honestly, I am pretty sure the beautifully rendered rooms offered as "gallery" images with this product are fakes, because after several hours of frustration, I still cannot apply any kind of color to my interior objects.
The 3D walkthrough feature is a tragedy unto itself. Where once I could set multiple cameras and edit nearly every aspect of viewing through them (Want a fisheye view? 6.0 would let you do it!), now I have one camera with a set perspective. Version 6.0 had a toolbar of move options to let you walk, pan, rotate, or flyaround; a pain at first, but powerful once I got used to it. Version 9.0 attempts to interpret my intentions based on mouse movement, resulting in a lot of walking away, turning around, and walking back as I attempt to view a room from a particular angle. The 3D viewing window automatically opens every time I click the camera, making it impossible to click-and-drag the camera to reposition it in 2D view with any modicum of accuracy. As for the 3D rendering itself, it looks about as pretty as a white, gray, and beige room can be. I'd be interested to see what the 3D engine can do with paint, fabric, carpet, and light sources, but I seem to lack the necessary cheat codes.
All in all, this product represents an incredible step backwards for the 3D Home Architect line. It performs adequately if all you want is a 2D floor plan layout tool, but why spend $30 for that when you could get it at floorplanner.com for free? Better yet, download Cadsoft Envisioneer Express, also free. It doesn't have as many features as 3DHA 6.0 had, but many of the tools work the same way, and you won't kick yourself for spending $30 on this piece of garbage.
 Christmas Gift January 6, 2009
Pamela Hemphill
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Amazon gave fast service. Arrived at my home within a few days. Gave this to my son as a Christmas gift and he is really enjoying it.
 Excellent Service December 21, 2008
Linda Walker (Melbourne, Australia)
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
Was extremely happy with the service from this supplier. Goods arrived in Australia very quickly and in excellent condition. Would not hesitate in using them again.
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