3D Home Design Suite Deluxe 4.0

by Riverdeep

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000639WS
• Item model number: 385030
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 20, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,298 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Five programs in one package, this product is billed as the complete solution for home and landscape design. On the positive side, the design portions of the product are easier to use than earlier versions, and useful resources are plentiful. On the negative side, the design tools and process are so powerful that the learning curve is steep. Plan on spending some time learning the ropes. 3D Home Architect Deluxe 4.0 lets you create customized contractor-ready plans for additions, remodeling projects and new homes. You can specify every detail, from plumbing to electrical, paint to fabric. The house wizards in this program are a big help, providing you with three different levels of design assistance. 3D Home Landscape Designed 4.0 allows you to design your ideal yard around a virtual image of your home. You can use the program's plant encyclopedia to pick the perfect shrubs, trees and flowers, and can view your creation in 3D. Black & Decker Everyday Home Repairs gives you step-by-step instructions on how to fix everything, from major repairs to simple maintenance. 1,500 Best Selling Home Plans offers lots of ready made plans that you can view and then order, and Personal Home Inventory 4.0 helps you keep track of items like warranties, insurance, credit cards, and oil changes. Handy.

Amazon.com Product Description

3D Home Design Suite Deluxe 4.0 is a complete solution for home and landscape design. Build your dream home from scratch, plan a complete kitchen remodel, decorate your new living spaces, or create an entirely new landscape around your house. Learn invaluable home improvement tips and keep tabs on your assets. The suite includes 3D Home Architect Deluxe 4.0, 3D Home Landscape Designer 4.0, Black & Decker Everyday Home Repairs, 1,500 Home Plans, and Personal Home Inventory 4.0.

Use more than 7,500 plants, trees, and shrubs to plan your ultimate landscape design. A plant encyclopedia and plant-care calendar will help make sure you pick the right plants for your region. Or design your ideal home using more than 1,600 ready-made plans in 2-D and 3-D views. Construct interiors, decks, and patios with 2,650 2-D and 3-D objects and textures. Plus, learn to make home repairs and make a personal home inventory report.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

108 of 112 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoy this software, August 5, 2002

By 

L. Pennington "melodylight" (Hartsel, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3D Home Design Suite Deluxe 4.0 (CD-ROM)

My husband and I have completely gutted a very old house and needed some help visualizing the re-building process. I bought this in spite of the bad reviews because I could find no similar programs that anyone seemed to like better. Therefore I was not expecting much and have been pleasantly surprised! The only reason I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 is the annoying AOL stuff. I go through a great deal of trouble to keep my PC's AOL-free. The learning curve was substantially less than many things I have used. My husband and I both did the tutorial, which took a couple hours and got us up-to-speed in no time. Any new software takes some time and patience to learn. It was incredible to see our new-old house take shape! Some things we thought would work, we have reconsidered. And we got some new ideas. I have not tried the landscaping feature yet, but the inside of the house comes first. It is only my opinion, but I think this is a pretty good program that has done exactly what we wanted it to do with a reasonable learning curve.

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Loads your PC full of AOL advertisements, June 24, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: 3D Home Design Suite Deluxe 4.0 (CD-ROM)

The software itself is not that bad. But what annoys me is that when you install the software, the program takes the liberty to clutter up your PC with advertisements on your PC. This, in my opinion is absolutely SHAMEFUL!! Not only this, but every time you install a different utility, the program re-installs all the advertisements.
The software itself, as I said, is not terrible. But by no means is it the best.

56 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Surpisingly cumbersome and unintuitive, May 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: 3D Home Design Suite Deluxe 4.0 (CD-ROM)

The good:
- good software performance
- good software garantee
The Bad:
- cumbersome and non-intuitive drawinf tools
- no capability for a grid background of any type
- no ruler bar or any type of static measure facility
- no right-click properties on objects so I didn't find where to set wall height.
- incomplete help index i.e. terms used in pop-up messages that are not in the book or help.
- 3d view was excessively cumbersome, would've been nice to have single-click mouse control

I was very disappointed