Better Homes & Gardens Home Designer Suite 7.0

Powerful Home Design Software

Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Suite 7.0 is software developed by Chief Architect for home enthusiast remodeling and home design projects. This software helps you design the home of your dreams with 3D models, virtual tours, even more library items, easy to use building templates, a new Plant Encyclopedia and landscaping features with over 1,000 plant terrain and outdoor items. Combining the leading-edge home design software with the consumer design editorial expertise of Better Homes and Gardens, Home Designer Suite 7.0 is the best software tool you will find anywhere for home and remodeling design.

• Remodeling
  What will my remodeling project look like and how much will it cost?  Home Designer knows!
  
• Kitchens and Baths
  Design the kitchen of your dreams!  Use the Cabinet Designer tools to create thousands of cabinet styles and combinations.
  
• Home Design
  Design and visualize in 2D and 3D for accurate floor plans.  Point and click camera tools let you see your new design or take a virtual walk-through.

No matter your level of design expertise, Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Suite 7.0 will get you moving toward a stunning visualized design of your dream home. The Getting Started Tutorial will guide you through basic design projects. Watch more than 30 videos for step-by-step instructions. Select from over 1,500 sample home plans or use the House Wizard to design your house. You can create your dream home today with the look and feel before it is built with styles, colors, wallpaper, flooring, and materials. Plus, you can quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, cabinets, and architectural objects from a library of over 4,300 items to create a 3D Model in minutes. Use the Library content to size your rooms, evaluate traffic flow, and create a visual model of your design.

• No Design Experience Needed
• Realistic 3D Modeling
• Powerful, Fun, and Easy
• Kitchen and Bath Design
• Over 1,500 Sample Plans
• Software by Chief Architect

• Exclusive Design Tips from the Editors at Better Homes and Gardens Magazines
• Get Started Quickly and Easily
• 3D Models and Virtual Tours
• Automatic Building Tools
• Doors and Windows
• Library Content Items
• Powerful CAD Tools
• Dimension Tools
• Deck Designer Tools
• Roof Designer Tools
• Landscaping
• Terrain Tools
• Stair Designer Tools
• Wall Tools
• Fence Designer Tools
• and much more!

Create your Dream Home
Design your dream home today with Home Designer. Quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, cabinets, choose colors, place furniture, create decks and landscaping. Design and visualize your home with 3D Models and Virtual Tours.

Choose from Design Templates
With Home Designer, you can quickly place and arrange walls, windows, doors, cabinets, choose colors, place furniture, create decks and landscaping.

Powerful Home Design Software
Enjoy the same building and design tools the professionals use--Home Designer is made for the home enthusiasts. Powerful building tools like automatic roof generation, stairs, decks, framing, CAD, dimensioning, realistic 3D models, and Plan Check makes it easy for anyone to use.

Create Floor Plans
Select from over 1,500 sample home plans or use the House Wizard to design your house.

Design Tools
With the program's Planning Center, you can use Material Painter to create a virtual look and feel of the design before it is built. You can test your design with actual colors, wallpaper, flooring, furniture, windows, and even window treatments.

Building Tools
You'll have complete automatic building tools for roof generation, framing, dimensioning, foundations, and more at your fingertips. You can even automatically generate a materials list for project cost estimating. The software includes a complete set of CAD (Computer Aided Design) tools to detail designs and Plan Check, which automatically validates the design against the most current building standards.

• Exclusive Better Homes and Gardens Design Planning Center - Expert Design Advice
• Better Homes and Gardens Home Design Style Templates
• Automatic building tools for roof generation, stairs, framing, dimensioning, foundations, electrical, and more
• Automatic Roofs: gable, hip, shed, dormers, and more
• Manual and Automatic Dimensioning. Includes One-Click dimensions
• Material Painter, Material Eyedropper, Color Chooser
• Decking and fencing tools
• Design Inspiration Gallery
• One Click Auto Dormer and Auto Roof Returns
• Auto Rebuild Roofs Tool
• Virtual Graph Paper
• Standard CAD tools to detail your designs
• 6,000 Library Items to customize and create designs
• 1,500 Free sample home plans
• 1,000 Landscaping plants
• Plant Encyclopedia
• Plant Chooser
• Advanced Landscaping Terrain tools - Hill and Valley tools for terrain features
• Define custom terrains including sloped lots and input elevation points
• Create split-entry homes with daylight basements
• Export DXF
• Automatic Materials Lists by room and by floor
• Program Training Tutorials with "how-to" videos

• Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista
• 400 MHz processor or greater
• 64 MB of RAM or greater
• 800 MB Hard Drive space
• CD-ROM drive