Features

• Exclusive All-in-One Home Design Solution
  - Choose from over 2,500 Sample Plans
  - 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
  - Artistic rendering techniques for Watercolor, Glass House™ and Technical Illustration
  
• Get Started Quickly and Easily
  - 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 and Landscaping Style Templates complete with colors, cabinets, decks and more
  - The online help system provides detail information on all types of building projects
  - Includes over 40 easy "step-by-step" tutorial training videos that will quickly get you started on your next home design project
  
• Kitchen and Bath Design
  - 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.
  
• Interior Design
  - 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
  - Choose from a variety of interior items – including chairs, tables, sofas, fabrics, accessories and more. Resize, change colors and materials to meet your exact needs.
  - Import your own symbols from 3D files types including .SKP, .OBJ and .3DS
  - Smart Design Objects, Drag-and-drop from thousands of design objects in the built-in Library organized by category
  
• 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
  - Plant Encyclopedia to learn more about the plants in your designs
  - Choose from over 3,600 plants with the Plant Chooser™
  - Plant Hardiness Zone reference maps
  - See what your plants will look like in 0 – 20 years
  - Pathways – Use the Pathway tool to design curb-appealing landscaping using stone, pavers, or sidewalks – line with trees, shrubs, flowers and more
  
• 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. Choose other Artistic rendering techniques for Watercolor and Technical Illustration views.
  - 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
  
• 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.
  - Sprinkler Designer™ tools to easily layout sprinkler zones
  - 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.
  

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows® 7 / Vista / XP
• 2.4GHz processor Recommended
• 5 GB of available disk space
• 2 GB of Memory
• DVD drive
• Video card with 128 MB for Windows 7/XP; 256 MB Windows for Vista
• Internet for software activation & training video access