Do It Yourself Deck Designer

by BIG HAMMER

Product Features

• Create the look you want for your deck -- eight different railing styles to choose from
• Choose your lumber - spruce pine fir, southern pine, western cedar, and redwood each have the own appearance & qualities
• Select your deck height, direction, footing style, loading values, and bracing methods
• The software tells you what materials you need to construct your deck
• Preview a visual of what your deck will look like when complete

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000099SGJ
• Item model number: 0365
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 18, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,809 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time, July 4, 2003

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Ryan (Dearborn, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Do It Yourself Deck Designer (CD-ROM)

This program is good if you want to use one of the pre-existing designs on it. If you plan on building a custom deck it is pretty much useless. You are unable to make the angles you want and you are unable to add specific designs that are fairly common. It is difficult to use and is not worth the money spent. You are better off drawing a custom deck by hand.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely worthless, October 22, 2003

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Joel B. (Oxford, Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Do It Yourself Deck Designer (CD-ROM)

I paid $29.99, but Deck Designer would be overpriced at $2.99. A highschool student could create a better program over a weekend. You can use a pencil, ruler and paper as easily. No way I would build a deck this program creates. It actually put overlapping posts in nearly the same hole, and a third post only inches away. A "door" is literally a hole in the wall. Only one 3D view and it's not in perspective so it looks wrong. There is very little you can do with this worthless program. The only good thing it is easy to use. Too easy! And you still get nothing you can build. Don't waste your money. Even 1 star is too high a rating for this product.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless...absolutely worthless..., March 2, 2005

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KJ Hokie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Do It Yourself Deck Designer (CD-ROM)

Not much more I can say other than this software was of zero value for me building my deck. If you really want it, look at home depot for a down load for much, much cheaper. I think the web designer at Lowes provides the same value as this software....but it is FREE!!!!!!