3D Home & Garden Design Suite

Design and create your dream home!



Ideal Home 3D Home & Garden Design Suite is the complete, easy-to-use home and garden design solution.  Whether you want to start a serious building project, or simply experiment with home and garden design ideas, Ideal Home Design Suite will help you every step of the way.  Simple and easy-to-use, you can transform your home and garden into the surroundings you have always dreamed of.  With a comprehensive object library and a 7,500 plant encyclopedia, you can custom design every aspect of your interior and create the garden of your dreams. Sophisticated 3D viewing options let you take a virtual tour of your new house and garden so you can really visualize the end result - all before you have had to spend anything on materials.

• Home Design Deluxe 6
• Landscape Design Deluxe 6

Home Design Deluxe 6

Home Design
From your initial design ideas through to your final blueprints rely on Ideal Home Design Suite for the tools tips and inspiration you need.

• Scan in a layout, a sketch or plan from another program and trace over it to create scalable, editable plans.
• Create a room and the program automatically builds a floor and ceiling for you.
• Use Dynamic Dimension to change the measurements of any wall.  The surrounding walls, doors, roof and windows will automatically adjust to fit.

Re-Designing
You will have complete creative freedom to transform your existing layout, making it ideal for home makeovers and extensions.

• Easily add objects and architectural features to your designs.
• Transform basic doors, windows and staircases into custom crafted designs.
• Custom design your  own decor.
• Define the size, scale, rotation and position of any material.
• Design and edit in both 2D and 3D modes.

Interiors
Refine every detail of your home's interior to your precise specifications.

• Comprehensive object library of appliances, furniture and accessories.
• Unlimited undo and redo, so you can experiment to your heart's content.
• "Walk through" your finished home with 3D TrueView, for photo-realistic results.  It's the next best thing to being there!

Landscape Design Deluxe 6

Garden Design
From a library of over 7,500 plants to a Plant Care Calendar, you have got everything you need to create and maintain a garden to match your dream home.

• Work like a Pro, with 2D Designer's View, for an accurate top-down representation of plants and flowers.
• Import an actual photo of your existing house as a basis for your garden design.
• Includes a catalogue of over 7,500 plants, so you can find the ideal choice for you.
• Use the Desk Builder tool to generate structurally sound, fully-framed decks that complement your home.
• Extensive object library of garden furniture, walls, gates and much more.

Various Views
You have the tools to view your newly designed garden throughout the seasons, years and even in changing light.

• Set the age of each plant to represent seedling or mature growth, then grow your whole garden at once, to see how it will look in 5 or even 10 years time.
• See your garden in changing light - day or night.
• View your garden at different times of the year and see how it will change throughout the seasons

Terrain
Surround your home with the depth and beauty of natural slopes and rises, sculptured walkways, retaining walls and more.

• Incorporate functional items such as paths and driveways.
• Create raised flowerbeds, retaining walls or other decorative features.
• Incorporate irrigation into your garden plan.
• Document your property by creating blueprint-style plans which detail elevations, property lines and other landscape characteristics.

• Sample floor plans
• 7,500 plant encyclopedia
• Comprehensive object library
• Plant care calendar and demos
• Customize objects, colors and textures
• "Walk through" tools to view your design in 3D
• and much more!

• Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 (SP4), XP (SP1)
• Pentium 500 MHz processor or higher
• 256 MB of RAM
• 700 MB free Hard Disk space
• 4X CD-ROM drive or faster
• Color monitor with 1024 x 768 resolution or higher
• Video Card with Open GL driver and at least 16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended)
• Windows compatible mouse
• Internet Explore 5.5 or above
• Optional:  Internet service required to access online features