Home Design - Remodeling - Landscaping - Decks - Cost Estimating Home Designer is the best software tool for your home design projects, combining the leading-edge home design software from Chief Architect with the consumer design expertise from the editors of Better Homes and Gardens magazine. All products are fully compatible with 3D Home Architect version 4. 0 and earlier as well as the Chief Architect professional product line. With Home Designer you can add as much or as little detail to the design as you want it's fun and easy. Design Planning Center provides inspiring design and product material information from the editors of the magazine Better Homes and Gardens. Project Cost Estimator automatically generates a materials list for budget planning. Export Material Lists to spreadsheet programs including Microsoft Excel. Save snapshot Material Lists for different stages of the project. Allows you to evaluate different ideas, compare cost differences, or plan stages of construction. Add detail to each individual component in the material list for a comprehensive cost estimate breakdown. For example, assign components to your cabinets, such as doors, pulls, and hinges and assign costs for each component. Master List allows you to store and manage commonly-used material prices. Manual and Automatic dimensioning, including one-click Automatic dimensions. Advanced dimensioning tools including angular, end-to-end, and interior dimensions. Fully editable dimension lines, and configurable dimension editing. Change where dimensions locate walls, windows, doors, and other objects, both when generating dimensions automatically or manually. Manually enter dimensions (lengths or angles) to precisely position walls and objects. Use dimensions to quickly position objects in the plan by typing in where they should go. Automatic Roofs: gable, hip, shed, dormers, and more. Create any custom roof plan with the Manual Roof tools. Edit and create roof planes to create a roof of any pitch and shape. Start with an automatic roof and then add custom details, or create the entire roof manually. Basic CAD tools to detail your designs. Advanced CAD tools to detail cross-section views with insulation, cross-boxes, and more to detail your designs. Advanced CAD editing tools such as replicate, line weights, and custom patterns. Compatible with AutoCAD patterns. CAD-to-Walls -- Convert CAD lines from DXF file format to walls. Convert existing plans from other CAD programs. Layers can be used to separate key building components such as electrical or framing. Display or hide features of your design, set colors, lock layers, and use reference layers for precision editing. Automatic building tools for roof generation, stairs, framing, dimensioning, foundations, electrical, and more. Advanced building tools to fully customize floors and ceilings. Full control over ceiling shape and height such as a coffered ceiling. Use any floor specification you like, including layers |
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