Chief Architect Home Designer Suite 9.0 | Here's a link to see this powerful program in action!

Chief Architect Home Designer Suite 9.0 | Very Powerful Home Design Software

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	Chief Architect Home Designer Suite 9.0 Windows \| Chief Architect, 2009 average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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Suite 9.0 is the latest release from Chief Architect, leader in the Professional Home Design Software Industry, now with a new consumer focus just for you! With over 5,000 integrated tools it is perfect for home design, remodeling, interior design, landscaping, decks, cost estimation, and site planning. Design in 2D and 3D or both simultaneously! HOME DESIGN * Virtual Walk-Through: Draw your record line to automatically generate a virtual tour * Choose from over 6,000 library items or download free bonus items * Use Edit Area to select, move, edit, and copy entire regions of your design * Create Rendered Cross-Section Views with photo-realistic textures * Compatible with Chief Architect® (Version X2) REMODELING * Add lighting fixtures to create dramatic views * Choose from over 1,000 cabinets and customize using any style and color * Create accurately scaled floor plans * Change your colors, countertops, and flooring styles with the Material Painter * Ability to Add items to the Library Browser * Create base, wall, full height, curved, corner cabinets, partitions, shelves, and soffits for your kitchen or bath DECKS & LANDSCAPING * Auto-generate decks with the Deck Railing Tool * Choose from over 1,500 popular plants to place and arrange in your landscaping design * Get detailed information from the plant encyclopedia and learn which ones are best for you using the Hardiness Zone Maps * One-Click Hill and Valley tools for realistic landscape modeling * Design free-standing, post-and-beam, tiered, and multi-story decks INTERIOR DESIGN * Place name brand products in your design * Import your own custom colors or materials from a digital photo or website * Quickly visualize colors and textures for walls, floors, and countertops * Thousands of items in the built-in library: furniture, fixtures, lighting, doors, windows, and more * Ability to Export Custom Libraries - Share your libraries with other Home Designer Users

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[...] Go through some of the many training videos on the Chief Architect web site, [...]. Click on the TRAINING VIDEOS tab. The videos will also help you decide which version of this program you should buy, Suite, Architectural or Pro. The Chief Architect products are less expensive at Amazon compared to buying directly from Chief Architect. I respectfully disagree with some of the other reviewers. I find this program to be very intuitive. It is easy for a beginner (which I am) to learn and use.

Very Powerful Home Design Software

This was my third attempt at using home design software to visualize changes I want to make to my house. It has turned out to be the best of the three. (I tried a "Best" package from a rating of 10 different programs in an article. Boy were they wrong. The one they recommended just wasn't worth the effort or cost.) They provide a very good Users Manual and an equally good Reference Manual. They include a lot of features that truly simplify coming up with a comprehensive plan. The controls are fairly easy to use but you do have to put in the time to learn how to use them. Not difficult and becomes easier as you use the features and learn to look for those elements that you can change. Does it do everything I want it to do? No. But I am assuming I would be able to do those things with their next level package. However, I am not a professional architect and have been able to figure out ways to accomplish what I want done. (Had to do with orientation of the wood flooring in a room. Picky, picky) This is not for someone who wants a simple, pick and place type of design program. You do have to spend some time learning it but that is just several hours of going through their User Manual and finding out what they have and where you have to look for it. They have made home design very easy but the results are very sophisticated. (The other program, no manuals but you could buy training.)

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Great Program

I loved the program, but ended up returning it to Chief Architect for a refund and buying the Architectural Home Designer. For the extra few bucks it costs on Amazon, it's worth having the more flexible program.

Nice

You get to fully decorate so you can see what every room looks like and if you need to make it bigger or smaller

Useful if you have time for it

There's a relatively steep learning curve for this software, but once you get it it's very useful. There are quite a few "quirks" too, snapping can be frustrating and new rooms can pop up when you dont want them to. Forums say there are specific ways to fix these things, but a better solution would be for the software to be a little smarter and more forgiving. Overall i did find it helpful though in remodeling our house.

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