| | |  | Home Business | Home » » 3d Home Architect Deluxe | | | | | | | Description: | | Outstanding product for the price. Its old but its as good as most of the more expensive software for sale at home improvement and software stores. | | | Features: | |
• allows 3d view object manipulation
• diagrams you can build from faster
• some good basic materials planning.
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 5.5 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 15 reviews |
| | | System Requirements: | | | Media:
| CD-ROM | | Item Quantity:
| 1 |
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17 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 In a few words "Old but Powerful"May 14, 2005
By August Neverman
Outstanding product for the price. Its old but its as good as most of the more expensive "junk" for sale at home improvement and software stores.
Versions: 3d home 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 are from the same company 5.0 is NOT the same and is incompatible. The newest version is Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Suite 6.0 (much more expensive but has materials application options)
About 3.0
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3d. Its stable (3d modeling works but is not "realistic"). It is good enough to get a 3d feel though. 3.0 allows 3d object manipulation (drag or "resize" windows, doors, cabinets in 3d) and its done in 2d simultaneously).
Design is Straightforward. You should read the manual though if you want hip roofs with gable ends (roofs are trickier than walls). The stair tools are fairly straightforward but do not allow curves.
It would give it six stars ;-) if it had:
>> more than the basic snap on angles forces standard variance (45, 90 and 22.5 and such)
>> more objects in its library (very limited)
>> better rendering (its rudimentary compared to cool tools available today).
>> round or curved walls or stairs (you can approximate curved walls with short wall sections but oh what a pain)
Summary:
Overall even though it's a few years old and has a few problems I rate it 5 stars because its: DIRT CHEAP, fast, easy to use, good enough 3d rendering for space planning, allows 3d view object manipulation. It gets you up to speed with home design concepts very quickly and will get you diagrams you can build from faster than any other product I have seen. + does some good basic materials planning.
Definitely 5 "value" stars, you should be able to get it for under $10.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
OUTDATED BUT STILL GREATJul 05, 2006
By Paul Allen
"Z"
I have had version 3.0 for almost 10 years and I still use it today. For conceptual design work it is easy to learn and has a great set of features. 3D rendering is not as realistic as current design software, but the design tools on this product are pretty much the same as newer products and probably easier to use than most. I use it for initial design work on remodels for kitchens,bathrooms, basements, and additions. Roof design takes some patience but you can do fairly complex roofs with practice.
If you want the best 3D rendering look for newer software, but if you just need an inexpensive, basic design tool this works very well. You should first make sure that your operating system will be compatible.
Now so dirt cheap, it is an outstanding value.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
The easiest house plan program everJan 16, 2009
By V. Moe
It's a great program! Everything is super simple, from drawing walls to resizing windows, doors, furniture, etc. Very good for beginners. I used to have it years ago, then lost the CD somehow. I tried other, much newer programs, but they were all so aggravating in comparison. With this one, you can get started right away without having to check the manual every few seconds. The graphics are not top notch, and it can be finicky with drag and drop item placement, but other than that, it's great.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Great software and easy to use NEED TO KNOWAug 27, 2009
By Jeremy Fuqua
"jfuquafamily"
This software is very easy to use! I lost the original disk when I bought my new computer. I went out and bought the Punch Home Design Platinum! Although 3D Home Architect is outdated it is still better! The NEED to KNOW is that the new Windows 2000 and newer DO NOT have a driver called d3drm.dll to run the software. This is very easy to fix...you can download the driver for free online. Once you download the driver move it to windows/system32. DO THIS BEFORE INSTALLING CD-ROM and everything will be fine! AGAIN THIS IS VERY EASY TO DO! ENJOY
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Best VersionMar 03, 2009
By Anastasia
Just a quick review to say that this is the only version of this software I can recommmend. The later versions fixed things about this program that were NOT broken.
This software is VERY user friendly and if you don't want or need all the 'fluff' that comes with the 'upgraded' versions (like color choices and misc. furniture selections, etc) then it's not worth having to navigate through the endless, complicated tutorials that are necessary to draw out a simple room.
I also use this software when considering additions to our home or workspace; I even use it to draw out an existing room before I buy new furniture and wonder how it would all fit properly since you can virtually lay out everything on paper without having to move a thing (or re-move it, again and again). It's easy to see how large a piece of furniture you can buy that would fit the space your looking to fill.
I am a home-user only and I love this program.
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