Ideal Home 3D Home & Garden Design Suite Delux 12

 

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Design and create your dream home and garden

The complete, easy-to-use home and garden design solution from Britain’s No1 Homes Magazine and IMSI/Design – a world-leader in CAD software
Whether you want to start a serious building project, or simply experiment with home and garden design ideas, Ideal Home Design Suite (containing 3D Home Design Deluxe and 3D Landscape Design Deluxe) will help you every step of the way. Simple and easy-to-use, you can transform your home and garden into the surroundings you’ve always dreamed of. With a comprehensive object library and a 3,500 plant encyclopedia, you can custom design every aspect of your interior and create the garden of your dreams. Sophisticated 3D viewing options let you take a virtual tour of your new house and garden so you can really visualise the end result – all before you’ve had to spend anything on materials!

3D Home Design Deluxe 12 - Everything you need to plan, design and create your dream home, all from the comfort of your armchair!

New Features

• Real-time lighting - insert and move lights and see the results instantly
• Extra 3000+ 3D symbols included
• Object wizard - import files for use in your project, offering you unlimited content
• Print at any scale - on any paper size, across pages or create files for professional printing

Powerful Design Tools
Copy designs to multiple floors
Type in precise measurements and co-ordinates
Multi-level rooms
Instant Staircase Builder
Automatic roof creation in a variety of shapes, styles and colours
Change colours and finishes with the "point and click" materials paintbrush

Easy-to-Use
Includes sample floor plans for design inspiration
Project-based tutorials, "how-tos" and advanced features
Get started quickly with project-specific wizards
Scan in a layout, sketch or plan from another program and trace over it to create scalable, editable plans
Create a room and the program automatically builds a floor and ceiling

Detailed Design and Editing
Dynamic dimension editing lets you change the measurements of any wall - the surrounding walls, doors, roof and windows then automatically adjust to fit. Design and Edit in both 2D and 3D modes, with unlimited Undo and Redo so you can experiment to your heart's content.

Extensive Customisation
Easily add objects and architectural features to your designs.
Craft your own doors, unusual windows and rooflines.
Insert your own background image i.e. your garden or existing house.
Customise surfaces, paint colours, décor and mouldings.
Define the size, scale, rotation and position of any material.

Comprehensive Home Object Library
Kitchen Appliances, Tables and Chairs, Windows and Doors, Sofas and Beds, Home Office Furniture, Floors and ceilings, Cabinets, Decorative Objects; picture frames and mirrors etc, Plumbing and electrical fixtures, Roofs and skylights, Lighting, Stairs and railings, Fireplaces

Budgeting Help
Calculate square footage, determine material requirements and record and monitor project costs

Professional Viewing
'Walk Through' your finished home with 3D RealView for photorealistic results - it's the next best thing to being there. View from any angle with multiple camera locations, or explore your plans in 3D with dynamic Walk Around, Fly Around and Look Around tools. Create side-on elevation views or 'slice' your design to create a section view from any angle.

3D Landscape Design Deluxe 12 - Create a garden worthy of your dream home! Whether you envisage a simple garden design or a majestic landscape, you'll find everything you need to create and maintain it for years to come.

New Features

• Shed Builder Wizard
• Advanced Zooming - see your project up close
• Print at any Scale - on any paper size, across pages or create files for professional printing
• Object Wizard - import files to your project offering you unlimited content

Different Views
Use the exclusive 2D Designer's View to work with accurate top-down representations of plants and flowers.

View your garden at different times of the year, to see how it will change through the seasons.

See your garden in changing light - day or night.

Use powerful Walk Around, Fly Around and Look Around tools to move through your design in 3D - it's the next best thing to being there!

Watch Your Garden Grow
Set the age of each plant to represent seedling or mature growth, then grow your whole garden at once, to see how it will look in 5 or even 10 years' time

Deck Builder
Use the convenient Deck Builder Wizard to generate structurally sound, fully-framed decks that complement your home; Multi-Level Decks, Porches, Diagonal Decking and Balconies




Terrain
Surround your home with the depth and beauty of natural slopes and rises, sculptured walkways, retaining walls and more.
Incorporate functional items such as paths and driveways
Include irrigation into your landscape plan
Create raised flowerbeds, retaining walls or other decorative features

Extensive Garden Object Library

• Edging
• Pools
• Lights
• Paths / Driveways
• Gates / Fences / Walls
• Sheds and Gazebos
• Barbecues
• Fountains and Bird Baths
• Playgrounds

Perfect Plants
Use the Plant Encyclopedia and Plant Care Calendar to help your garden flourish. Find the tools you need to protect and maintain your garden - Features include Plant Diseases, Growth Zones and Pruning. Choose from over 3,500 plants to find the perfect choice for your garden, including annuals, perennials, shrubs and fruit trees.

System Requirements: Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP4), XP (SP2) or Vista, 500MHz or higher processor, 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended), Video Card with OpenGL driver and 32MB RAM (64MB RAM recommended), Colour monitor with 1024 x 768 resolution or higher, 750MB free hard drive space, DVD-ROM drive, Windows-compatible mouse, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher, Mozilla Firefox to access online features (optional). Please note this product contains IMSI/Design TurboFLOORPLAN Home and Landscape PRO.