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Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Pro 8.0
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Our Price: $479.99
List Price: $495.99
Your Save: $ 16.00 ( 3% )
Sales Rank: #281 (lower is better)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Chief Architect
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Brand: Chief Architect
EAN: 0750839015101
Format: CD-ROM
Manufacturer: Chief Architect
Model: HP80-MN-0AZ1
Release Date: 2008-04-15
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.35
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Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Pro 8.0 Features
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- Professional features such as blue prints, manual framing, roofing; Advanced CAD editing tools such as replicate, line weights, point-to-point move, custom patterns and more
- Fully editable dimension lines and configurable dimension editing allow you to change where dimensions locate walls, windows, doors and other objects
- 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
- Use the Cabinet Designer tools to create unlimited cabinet styles; choose your own colors, countertops and door styles
- ICC Residential Design Checklist will allow you to check your plan against national building codes
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Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Pro 8.0 Description
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Designing like a professional has never been so easy! Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Pro 8.0 is professional home design software for the serious home enthusiast. Enjoy the same tools that the professionals use for home design, remodeling, interior design, decks, landscaping and cost estimation. Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Pro has all the same great features as Architectural Home Designer, Interior Designer, Landscaping and Deck Designer plus advanced CAD tools, advanced building tools, the ability to create blueprints, manual framing and roofing and much more.
Integrated Design Tools Home Designer Pro makes it easy to design and visualize your ideas on your next home or remodeling project with over 8,000 powerful integrated tools. In addition, the Design Planning Center provides advice, decorating guidelines, tips and techniques from the editors of the Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Create accurately scaled floor plans that automatically generate 3D models in minutes. Create any detailed view of your design using advanced 3D camera tools like Glass House, Doll House, Framing, Elevation and Cross-Sections Quick Startup Options Guide will help you begin with How-To tutorials based on your type of project Use the House Wizard for quick and easy layout of your rooms Select from the pre-designed Home Design 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 70 easy step-by-step tutorial training videos 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 Create any custom roof or ceiling plan with the Roof Design Tools
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Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Pro 8.0 customer reviews:
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The Home Designer Pro software is a cut-down version of the full Chief Architect product (allowing a building to be drawn that is less than 4 stories tall). It is a good product for professionals in the residential construction field -- WAY better than the others available. If you have version 7.0, Chief Architect's website would be a good visit -- they update to version 8.0 for products purchased between certain dates.
Great Product
Product is great - much better and more powerful tool than 7.0 or Designer Suite.
Pro 8 is a very good deal
I have been an avid user/teacher of Chief Architect Inc software since 1995 (I mainly use Chief Architect X1 in my /drafting and design business) but the line of consumer software like Home Designer Pro 8 is a great way to introduce yourself to professional level output. Yes it is a cut-down version in terms of choices and productivity tools that are available in its "Big Brother" (Chief X1) but at 1/5 th the price it makes up for the extra steps its economy warrants. The only thing that is more difficult to do in Pro than Chief X1 is curved roof planes, other than that it can easily do what programs costing many thousands more can do.
David J. Potter
Forgett Autocad !!!!!
I've been using Autocad for +20 years, and taught Autocad for 4 years. I JUST PUT IT TO SLEEP after using Home Designer Pro 8.0 !!!!!! If you are into designing Custom Homes, the software pays for itself on the preliminary design phases. Designing in 3D is a wonderful experience!!! However I did purchase it considering it as a full trial before purchasing (+2000 dlls) the full blown version Chief Architect for detailing the design. Once I buy it I will still use HD 8.0 for designing interiors, remodeling or landscape jobs.
IT IS THE BEST SOFTWARE I HAVE EXPERIENCED.
After so many years, Autocad is too big and complicated rocket science tool, expensive, 2D process, time consuming, if you are designing Custom Homes. With HD 8.0 I feel liberated and enjoy designing, with Autocad, you never finish feeding the beast!!!
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