Design your Dream Home! Is there a website or software I can download to creat my dream home?
Question:I want to build my dream home on my computer and was just wondering if anybody out there knew of a web site or software that I could do that with.
Answers:
There is a huge range of options available from "free" to $Thousands ... so it depends how serious you are.
One of the best programs is Chief Architect. A functional demo is available free, but the real thing is expensive. An educational version -- which puts a watermark on plans but otherwise is fully functional -- is available for a lot less money.
Others include Cadsoft Build, Punch, 3D Home Architect, IMSI FloorPlan 3D, Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer, and a "free" one --- Design Workshop Lite.
A major concern should be whether you simply want to draw 2D floorplans to take to a real designer / architect to show your ideas, or you want to do final quality plans in a format that can be shared / edited by an architect / designer (and which allow 3D relationships to be visualized and even allow walkthroughs and costing, etc.
Punch and 3D Architect are pretty good for the $$, while Chief Architect would be my choice for "serious" work.
See the links for some further info.
Hope this helps.
I have and have used this program many times
http://www.punchsoftware.com/index.htm...
examples of what you can do with it here
http://punch-alternatives.com
I wish I did
there is a website in yahoo do a search
Try out the website for Smartdraw7. I used this when i built my home. I still use it for building decks, and plubing and other stuff. You can get a free trial download of it. http://www.smartdraw.com/ Good luck, and have fun!!
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