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| From: Chief Architect
Category: Software
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $45.97
You Save: $14.02 (23%)
New (6) Used (2) from $29.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 452
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows Nt, Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 12 x 10.5 x 3
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 045100L
Model: 045-100L
UPC: 750839031248
EAN: 0750839031316
ASIN: B000AA879Q
Release Date: August 31, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Good for general layout purposes but limiting May 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The product is very easy to use. You don't need to read the manual or do the tutorials to figure it out. There are a lot of things you can do. However, it is also very limiting. Things that should be very simple are difficult. For example, you put an area rug in a room, and then you want to put furniture on top of it. That sounds like something simple but it is not easy. The program will not let you put any piece of furniture on top of something else. Instead you have to place the furniture off to the side, and then either edit its properties, or go into 3D view and lift the furniture off the ground a little, then slide it over the rug. Copying and pasting has a really stupid implemention. It is unconventional and clunky. Also, there is no way to copy multiple items and past them. For example, if you made a room layout you like, and you wanted to move all the stuff from one room to another, or from one floor to another, you cannot select all, copy, then paste. In fact, there is no easy way at all to do it. The frame rate was not so hot in 3D view mode either after filling it with furniture, windows, window treatments and everything. This makes it very difficult to have a smooth walk through of your virtual room. With frame hitching as you walk through the room, it is extremely distracting, and you cannot get a good feel for the space. I do not think it is my computer either. I do not have the most up to date computer, but I do have a Pentium 4 and a pretty good graphics card. They say this works with Windows 98. I'd like to see that actually happen. All in all though, I was able to get enough out of this program to have a good idea of what things will look like when I lay out my furniture in different arrangements, and it helped me figure out if I had enough space to place certain things. Mild thumbs up.
 Better Homes and Gardens Interior Designer March 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Verry Good Product. Easy to use and a lot of fun! I would DEFINATLY recomend this.
$50 well spent February 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm renovating a bathroom and decided to GC the project myself. This software allowed me to create an accurate drawing of the room (suitable to present to the municipal authorities for electrical and plumbing permits). In addition, it was a lot of fun to try out different interior design elements (pedastal sink vs vanity, etc.) to create the desired final look. The materials list generated by the program was also very helpful. FInally, it was easy to point and click through and I mastered it quickly. Given that the overall cost of this project is many 1000s of dollars, it was worth the extra $50 to do be able to do the design work myself.
Home Design Program February 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This program is fairly easy to use with a little trial and error. The renderings available as work is completed allow for relatively good representation of what you should see in real life Very useful for designing traffic flow patterns and placement of furniture prior actual placement. Allows for realistic room design. Image on image, a table on a rug or vase on a table for example, should be less convoluted and easier to accomplish as well as not having to connect all four walls to do flooring and several other things. Overall, I was mostly pleased with the program.
 Very Frustrating January 13, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I tried to use this product in order to create some visualizations for our kitchen redesign. After sepnding a lot of frustrating time learning the product and building up the room dimensions, doors, etc... I found that the library is EXTREMELY limited in terms of the types of sinks, ranges, etc... you can put in. The result it it is worthless for actually visualizing what appliances, cabinet colors, etc... would look like. The product may be fine for laying out rooms and the like but I would have expected a version called "interior designer" to have a *much* greater selection of objects to be even mildly useful. I'm returning it if I can.
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