HOME DESIGN SOFTWARE HELPS YOU DREAM, DESIGN, PLAN

Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Suite 6.0 is software developed by
Chief Architect® for home enthusiast remodeling and home design projects.
Home Designer is based on the award-winning 3D Home Architect® and the
professional Chief Architect® products created by Chief Architect. Combining
the leading edge home design software with the consumer design editorial
expertise of Better Homes and Gardens, we have produced the best software
tool for home and remodeling design.

• Inspire your designs with the Better Homes and Gardens Design Planning
  Center


• Create a Virtual Walk-Through of your home design


• Design and visualize in 3D


• Choose from a Library of more than 4,300 items for your designs


• Generate an Automatic Material List for project cost estimating

3D MODELS AND VIRTUAL TOURS

• Produce realistic images of your designs and remodeling projects


• Glass House™ View provides a translucent view of the interior &
  exterior


• Doll House™ View, a 3D view without the roof, provides a tool for
  space planning


• Create and take a Virtual Walk-Through of your house


• Individual picture (renders) of your design can be saved in any image
  format


• Visualize your home with day and night views


• Print and assemble a scale model of your design with Model Maker™


• Generate shadows from the sun for realistic 3D views

DESIGN TOOLS

• The Design Planning Center helps guide you with decorating guidelines
  and tips


• Over 1,500 sample plans to inspire your design


• Create a virtual look and feel with colors, wallpaper, flooring,
  furniture etc.


• Material Painter™ allows you to apply different materials to
  individual items


• Define your own lighting and electrical plan

BUILDING TOOLS

• Choose from 6 Better Homes and Gardens style templates


• The Build House Wizard™ provides a quick way to layout adjoining rooms
  


• The library contains over 4,300 items including windows, doors,
  cabinets and more


• Automatically generate a Materials List into a spreadsheet for project
  estimating


• Automatic building tools for roof generation, framing, dimensioning,
  foundations and electrical outlet placement


• Easily design kitchens with plans and 3D layouts


• Create complete customized cabinets with drag-and-drop


• Detail cabinets with wood type, countertop material, door/drawer
  styles and more


• A complete set of CAD tools to detail designs


• Plan Check™ - automatically validates the design against standard
  building principles

LANDSCAPING AND DECK TOOLS

• Landscape design tools to create hills and valleys for custom
  landscapes


• Fence, Garden, Driveway, Path, and other Terrain Feature tools


• Create Plot and Perimeter Plans on flat or hillside lots and generate
  a 3D model


• Deck tools; post-and-beam foundation are automatically generated to
  match your lot


• Select from over 1,000 plants, terrain and outdoor items from the
  landscaping Library

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