Home Designer Suite 6.0

Home Designer Suite 6.0 offers useful set of tools for Home Design, Remodeling, Interior Design, Kitchens, Baths, Decks, Landscaping and Cost Estimation.

Major Features:

1. Powerful, Fun and Easy Home Design Software
   • Exclusive Better Homes and Gardens Design Planning Center for expert design advice
   • Choose from over 1,500 Sample Plans
   • Design Inspiration Gallery contains photos by type for design and inspiration design ideas
   • Choose from built-in home style templates, create your own custom home design or use the House Wizard™
   • Powerful building tools like automatic roof generation, dormers, stairs, framing and foundations
2. House Wizard and Tutorial Videos Make it Easy!
   • The Quick Startup Options Guide will help you begin with "How-To" tutorials based on the type of your project
   • Use the House Wizard™ for quick and easy layout of your rooms
   • Select from the pre-designed Home Design, Interior and Landscaping Style Templates complete with colors, cabinets, decks and more
   • Exclusive Design Planning Center for up-to-date How-To and Design Tips from the experts to help in your design process
   • Includes Step-by-Step Tutorial DVD Packed with over 30 easy "step-by-step" tutorial training videos that will quickly get you started on your next home design project
3. Kitchens, Baths and Custom Cabinets
   • Design the Kitchen of your dreams – move walls, create new cabinets, add appliances – Design your perfect workspace!
   • Plan the new layout of your bathroom with custom cabinets, sinks, showers and garden tubs. It’s easy to visualize your ideas in 3D.
   • Create custom cabinets in minutes by choosing your own colors, countertops, door styles and more
   • Design your new kitchen or bath using the Cabinet Designer™ Tools
   • Use the Cabinet Designer™ tools to create unlimited cabinet styles. Choose your own colors, countertops and door styles.
4. Interiors and Exteriors
   • Use the Better Homes and Gardens Design Planning Center to help guide your designs with ideas, tips and expert advice
   • Design Inspiration Gallery – gallery of photos will help you to jump start your design and decorating style ideas with inspirational photos by rooms
   • Material Painter® lets you apply colors and materials quickly and easily
   • Choose from thousands of colors and textures or create your own materials using a digital photograph
   • Design for your lifestyle and personality – change colors, add lighting and choose furniture to accent your new room
5. Decks and Landscaping
   • Powerful deck and patio tools allow you to design and visualize your new deck with 3D models and can help you estimate the costs
   • Design single or multi-level decks complete with automatic deck framing
   • Quickly lay out your deck with stairs and arrange furniture
   • Deck foundations automatically generate to match sloped lots
   • Exclusive Better Homes and Gardens Plant Encyclopedia
   • Choose from over 1,500 plants with the Plant Chooser™
   • Pathways – Use the Pathway tool to design curb-appealing landscaping using stone, pavers or sidewalks – line with trees, shrubs, flowers and more
6. 3D Models and Virtual Tours
   • Design in 2D and 3D. 3D Views are automatic with a point-and-click of the camera tool.
   • Glass House™ View provides a full translucent view of your design
   • Doll House™ View, a 3D overview without the roof, is an effective tool for space planning of furniture placement and traffic flow
   • Create a Virtual Tour – draw your record line to Automatically Generate; or record your camera movements
   • Visualize your home with day and night views
   • Assemble a scale model of your design with Model Maker™
   • Generate shadows from the sun for realistic 3D views
   • Point-and-click to remove wall surfaces, or use 3D Cross-Section Elevation Slider™ to quickly create a 3D slice of your desired view
7. Site Planning & Estimating
   • Use Automatic Build Terrain and Terrain Perimeter tools to create flat, irregular shaped or sloped lots – use a GPS to import or enter elevation data
   • Create plot and perimeter plans; automatically generate a 3D model of your actual terrain
   • Make your backyard design come alive using several easy-to-use terrain and landscaping tools. Add a pool or pond and visualize in 3D.
   • Fences and Driveways – With the Fencing tools you can choose a variety of fencing styles and custom gates. You will also find driveway, sidewalk and curbing tools
   • Hill and Valley tools make it easy to add gardens, beds and slopes that automatically appear in 3D views. Choose from landscaping style templates or create your own.
   • Cost Estimating – Don’t be surprised by the cost of your project. Automatically generate a complete spreadsheet for your project costs, broken down by category. Calculate the amount of lumber for your deck or concrete required for that new patio.

Requirements:

• Windows XP/Vista
• 1.2 GHz processor
• 2 GB of available disk space
• 512 MB of Memory on XP
• 1 GB of Memory on Vista
• DVD drive