Why I buy this one ?
- Quickly create accurately scaled floor plans in minutes that automatically generate 3D models
- Use advanced 3D camera tools: Glass House™, Doll House™, Framing, Cross-Sections, and Virtual Tours
- Includes the exclusive Design Planning Center from the editors of Better Homes and Gardens® magazines – for expert design guidelines, tips, and advice
- Create the virtual look and feel for your design before it is built with actual colors, cabinets, flooring, furniture, doors, windows, landscaping, and more
- Includes over 1,500 Free Sample Plans

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What our customer's say!

"Works for me!", I bought this program after giving up on Punch. Wow! What an improvement. First off I haven't noticed the massive number of bugs that were in Punch. Secondly this program is much easier to use. It does take some getting use to and requires a bit of computer savvy. However I was well into designing my house within a day after buying it. My biggest recommendation is to make good use of the video tutorials and documentation. They are invaluable in getting up to speed. I have noticed a few negative comments here and I think some of them are based on lack of understand of the software. For instance I did not have near the trouble with roofs that some folks here evidently did. Again, USE THE VIDIOS AND DOCUMENTATION.

"Not Easy", Steep learning curve, not easy to use, plus they make you use a key in one of your USB ports at all times when you want to use the software. As a paying customer this type Key offends me. I have other things pluged into my usb ports, so looking for this little key all the time is a pain. Besides I paid good money for the program.

"Amazing Program", Home Designer Pro 7.0 is addictive. Watching your home "come to life" in 3-D color is absolutely amazing. Even though the software tackles extraordinarily complicated functions, most of them are shielded by intuitive icons. For example, there's the parent/child concept. "Wall" is the "Parent" and "Child" is "Exterior" vs. "Interior" vs. "Foundation" wall. But, because the software is so powerful, plan on investing some time figuring out how the program "thinks." It's the 80/20 rule. The first time you do something complex, it takes a while. The second time, it's generally a snap. For a couple of items, I finally gave up and contacted technical support. I got immediate answers - what a pleasant surprise! The only area where I got really frustrated involved complex roof lines. So, from a "baby boomer" non-technical female who "hates" computers, this software gets an "A."

"roof lines difficult", I had another version of home designer and had already created my plan with it. I purchased Pro because I wanted to create plans to submit to my county for adding onto my home. I was able to use the plan I created in my lower version and use the Pro features to complete it for submission to my county building department.

Generally the program worked great. My only difficulties were with designing the roof. The auto roof feature only draws hip roofs and to make my design with only gable roofs was convoluted. I tried using their methods to get the auto roof to draw gables by labeling the walls and using the gable roof tool but I never could get the right gables and ended up placing each roof plane manually. It was more time consuming than I thought it should have been. I had a very basic addition plan and I don't think it should have been so diffiult. The auto roof feature should be able to draw other roof types. A menu choice for the auto roof feature should include both hip and gable choices and then draw them automatically with only a couple of clicks.

My next obstacle is apparently a common one and that is printing the plan in a larger format to use for submission to builders and building departments. I tried and tried to print to a pdf file as suggested but I never could get it to work right. If you have a pdf file you can use that doesn't involve advertising it would be fantastic. I finally got frustrated and talked with my county officials and they accepted my plans on regular 8.5 x 11 paper that I printed at home so I never did figure out the "print from pdf". The plans passed county review without a problem.

The purchase price of 500.00 was steep but not when compared to the home designer who was going to charge 1000.00 for the same plan I created and submitted. Now I can use it for other projects we may take on.

"HOME DESIGN SOFTWARE", I am very pleased with the software and it's capabilities. It is relatively user friendly but does take some time and effort to get up to speed. Happily, the time invested is well worth the results produced.

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"It's the product my business needed....", I have bought many products for putting my customers desires to paper. None were able to do so in the range that this product is capable of. I am more than completely happy with my purchase. I am a General Contractor in Tennessee and use it to convey the ideas to a model for work such as future expandable areas for home owners. It has been the difference in that I would win the bid just for how professional my bid presentation was in showing in detail how their home could look. A + If you have no back ground in building than it will be more challenging to operate professional working drawings that work in practical use.

"More than I expected", Home Designer Pro 7.0 has a fairly steep learning curve, but is very easy to use afterwards. The reason for the learning curve is the fact that building design is not simple - to get meaningful results, you need to know a lot of specifics. If you get frustrated with any aspect of this program, watch the tutorial for that task! There are many short tutorials rather than a few long ones, so you can target your problem area very quickly. The manual contains the same information as the tutorials. Everything is high quality, except some pops and static in the tutorial soundtrack. And not only can you get detailed building plans (layouts) from this software, you have complete control of the plans' content. I started with an architect who came highly recommended, but realized that I wanted the type of control that this software provides - I saved money, too. Check your local building codes - they may be different from the defaults.

"So far, does all I need", Upgraded from the non-Pro version. Pro expands on a huge amount of functionality and makes many of the tasks that you could do with the earlier version much simpler. Roof's (my nemesis in the $100 version) are manageable. Dormers are easy. Centering a door on a window on the opposite wall is automated. Defining half-height wainscotting is now do-able. Haven't tried the CAD functions and I'm hoping I won't have to, because it looks like Pro doesn't have much beyond simple shapes, plus being able to read CAD designs from the $1300 version.

The video tutorials are a bit slow, but very useful. 2 hrs of them. There are also sites to go for help and to download custom item CAD files. Will post more when I have completed this house design.

My real need for this project is to show my architect that it is actually possible to turn-around design changes in hours rather than weeks. My permit office requires architect sign-off on pretty much everything. Worth many times more than $500 to my project.

"Does Everything You Want", This program does everthing you could want. You will have to do a LOT of reading to do what you want (IT CAN BE DONE)You can develop blueprints with this program, if you know exactly the products that you will be using in your construction. You have to know alot to show alot.

"Better Homes and garden Home designer Pro 7.0", As a small remodeling firm we needed a program to fit all of our design, layout, and 3D needs. This program does it all and is very easy to use if you have any experience with design/ cad programs. The price point is great considering all of the design tools in the package.