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Chief Architect Home Designer 9.0 Upgrade Windows Download
Fun & Easy Home Design Software Chief Architect Home Designer is our entry level title that can help you with the basics to design, remodel or add landscaping to your home. With over 4,000 items you can create your perfect design. There are 500 sample plans all of which allow you to create a virtual walk-through of your home. The program enables you to easily visualize your project in 3D.
Home Design Software Floor and space planning – use to size and visualize rooms for remodeling or redecorating Quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, furniture, create decks and landscaping Easy to use automated building tools for roofs, stairs, framing, cabinets and more Generate various styles of Automatic roofs for your home 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 your new patio. Use House Wizard™ to choose your rooms and then drag them to your design layout configuration to generate a floor plan Choose from over 500 sample floor plans to help generate ideas
Remodeling Software Move a wall, change a color, add a room, redesign a kitchen and estimate the costs – all before you build. Home Designer makes it easy to see and visualize your design ideas on your next remodeling project. Material Painter™ – point-and-click colors for walls, floors, countertops and more Use the Color Chooser™ to create the perfect color for your walls, floors and more Insert doors, windows and skylights with One-Click™ Create the Virtual Look and Feel Before You Remodel! Automatically generate a cost estimation and material list for your project Assign costs for materials: descriptions, quantities, unit costs and more Materials automatically update as you design
Interior Design Software Material Eyedropper™ – choose your own or manufacturer colors and textures 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 Generate new floors automatically based on your current floor plan design Drag and drop thousands of items from the Library Browser. Choose great looking furnishings including tables, chairs, sofas and more. Easily change the size, color or material. Visualize your new Kitchen or Bath Create and take a Virtual Tour of your design Cabinet Designer™ Tools – choose from over 1,000 cabinets – customize using unlimited styles and colors
Deck and Landscape Software Create custom landscaping plans in 2D and 3D Over 500 realistic landscaping plants in the library to choose from Use the Deck Designer™ tools to quickly design the layout of your deck Design single or multi-level decks including free-standing, tiered and post-and-beam Create driveways, sidewalks and pathways Use the automatic tools for adding stairs, deck railings and roofs Define decking materials, place and arrange outdoor furniture to correctly size your deck or patio
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 Select from the pre-designed Home Design and Interior templates complete with colors, cabinets, decks and more The online help system provides detail information on all types of building projects Includes over 25 easy "step-by-step" tutorial training videos that will quickly get you started on your next home design project
Design Tools Advanced 3D camera tools: Glass House™, Doll House™ and Final View™ for truly photo-realistic 3D images Choose from several home style templates – Colonial, Arts & Crafts, Traditional and more to start your next home project Design in 2D and 3D. 3D Views are automatic – just point-and-click with the camera tool – you can even use Glass House™ view to see through surfaces. Create a Virtual Tour – by recording your camera movements Visualize designs with day and night views Generate shadows from the sun for realistic 3D views
New Features in Home Designer 9.0
Updated Library Browser makes arranging and organizing library objects easy Improved Speed for Library Searches 500+ New Library Items to customize your designs Rotate Previews in the Library Browser to examine items before you place them in your plan Enhanced editing feedback - preview the placement and orientation of objects while moving your cursor makes adding and moving items easy and fast Ability to display the countertop edge in relation to the cabinet in plan views Default controls for Soffits - preset size and color to your design needs Cabinet Countertop layer allows separate control of countertop display in 2D and 3D Use layers to control the display of labels in plan views - Architectural Blocks, Cabinets, Electrical, Fixtures, Funiture, Shapes, Hardware, Millwork, Plants, and Sprinklers Show or hide Electrical Connections, Architectural Blocks, Hardware, Schedules, and Light Sources using layer controls Enhanced Texture Filtering gives you smoother, higher quality renderings when you create 3D views Create Rendered Cross-Section and Elevation Views with photo-realistic textures Elevation and Cross-Section cameras show the foundation in the view - see your basement, slab, or crawlspace in a section view Change the size of lights and electrical objects - height, width, and depth Accurate Move Dimensions - move object accurately by typing the actual distance Rich Text tools allow varying formats, colors, and fonts in a body of text Use Edit Area to select, move, edit, and copy entire regions of your design Use the Move to Front tool to control the display of stacked objects in plan view Distribute Objects in Garden Beds - fill in your garden planting automatically Show plants with filled colors in your 2D landscape design New plant symbol types allow you to customize the look and feel of your landscape and plants Lock and Reset the aspect ratio for plants and images - choose to stretch or resize plants and images based on your design needs Compatible with Chief Architect® Version X2 Online Training Tutorias with "How-To" videos Searchable Training Videos - use keywords to find exactly the help you need Windows 7 and Vista Compatible Chief Architect 2010 Technology
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
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