Home Designer Architectural is powerful home design software for DIY home enthusiasts. Our Home Designer Architectural offers smart building tools to create 3D models, scaled plans and elevations for your home projects.
Home Designer Suite is our top‑selling home design app for DIY home enthusiasts. Created by Chief Architect, so you can enjoy the same type of tools that the professionals use for home design, interior design, and outdoor living. Home Designer Suite offers intuitive design and smart building tools for your home projects. DIY Home Design Software
Home Designer Architectural / Suite is our most popular and best‑selling home design app. Discover why millions of do‑it‑yourselfers use Home Designer as the product of choice to create their dream homes.
Why Choose Home Designer Suite?
Home Designer Suite is our best‑selling home design software for DIY home enthusiasts. Watch the overview video and see why Home Designer Suite is a top‑selling and top‑rated app on Amazon.
Automated Building Tools
One of the most powerful features in all Home Designer products is accurate automatic building tools consistent with the home building industry. Most home design apps are published by vendors that are not in the housing industry. Home Designer is produced by the creators of Chief Architect; the same software professionals use. Home Designer's Automated Building Tools include:
• Automatic Roofs
Roofs are simple, accurate, and update as you make changes to your design. A variety of roof styles are available with simple step‑by‑step instructions. Roofs frame accurately for every style.
• Automatic Ceilings
Ceilings generate automatically for each room. Home Designer Suite offers several options for creating cathedral, shed, or vaulted ceilings. Ceiling heights can be adjusted easily room‑by‑room.
• Automatic Foundations
Foundations automatically generate with footings and update as the main floor plan changes.
• Automatic Floors
Floors and floor platforms generate automatically and include structural components and floor finishes. Floors can easily be raised or lowered.
• Automatic Framing
Home Designer Suite generates accurate framing automatically as you draw.
Cabinets are Smart Objects
Cabinets automatically conform to common kitchen and bath standards — e.g. when a cabinet is resized from 24" to 36", the door will become a double door. When you place cabinets in a corner, they automatically become corner cabinets. Cabinets are fully customizable with 24 door/drawer styles and can be edited in both 2D and 3D views. There is a wide variety of built‑in islands and pre‑designed kitchens that can be placed directly into your drawing from the Library.
Stairs are Smart Objects
Automatically connect floor‑to‑floor. Stairs have an auto stairwell tool that produces an opening with railing. Add L‑shaped, U‑shaped, and curved stairs with a single click. Customization of stairs allows you to create a variety of styles and options.
Doors & Windows are Smart Objects
When you place a door or window in a wall the program automatically frames that opening accurately — including the header. There are a wide variety of options and shapes that can easily be customized.
Deck Railings Automatically Generate
Auto‑generate the deck framing and roof over a deck. Flexible style options for planks, rails, and panels. Generate a complete materials list.
3D Models and 3D Renderings
3D navigation, rendering, and editing is a clear advantage with Home Designer. You can show reflections, ambient occlusion, and bloom; all of which greatly improve the overall rendering quality. 3D navigation is natural and easy. You can edit in both 3D and 2D simultaneously using a split screen view. See examples in the Home Designer sample gallery.
360° renders can be exported to the Chief Architect Cloud (free) and then viewed or shared with virtual reality goggles such as Google Cardboard.
Export 3D Viewer models to the Chief Architect Cloud (free) and then view on the web, or on your mobile device with virtual reality goggles such as Google Cardboard.
Why Choose Home Designer Architectural?
In addition to all the great features found in Home Designer Suite, consider the following added features when you purchase Home Designer Architectural.
Cross-Sections & Elevations
Create detailed cross‑sections and elevations that include notes and dimensions.
Advanced 3D Rendering Techniques
In addition to Standard, Physically Based, and Glass House rendering techniques, Home Designer Architectural can create artistic views of your designs with Watercolor, Technical Illustration, and Vector techniques.
Record 3D Walkthroughs
Record your walkthroughs in stylized views with various rendering techniques.
Custom Wall Types
Create, copy, or delete wall types and define all the layers that make up their construction. All of your custom‑defined wall components are included in the materials list.
Custom Countertops
Create custom countertops with unique sizes, shapes and waterfall styles.
Custom Backsplash
Click the Custom Backsplash tool to generate a backsplash that automatically fits around cabinets, openings, and appliances.
Deck Designer™
Control the orientation and size of deck planking, including gap, width, overhang, direction, and border planks.
Custom Lighting
Define the shadows and intensity of your lighting. Locate lights by their name or room location in the Adjust Lights dialog.
Auto Place Corner Boards and Quoins
Automatically add or remove trim details to wall corners.
Patterns and Fill Styles
Patterns and fills are integrated into the Library. Apply these fills with the Fill Style Painter.
Import/Export DWG and Collada Files
Home Designer Architectural can import or export AutoCAD DWG and Collada DAE files.
Additional Library Items
An additional 2,300 library items are available to Home Designer Architectural over Home Designer Suite.
Stair and Ramp Tools
The stair and ramp tools support accessible design features that conform to ADA standards.
Design up to Five Levels
Use Home Designer Architectural to create up to five floors, including a basement and an attic level.
Multiple Wall Framing Layers
Create wall types with multiple framing layers and automatically generate framing for both layers; ideal for furred basement walls.
Plant Schedules
Generate a list of all the plants used in your design. Use different schedule callout shapes as reference labels for different plants in the design.
Home Designer 2021 New Features Summary:
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