House Design Software - 3d Home Design Software

Below is a list of some of the most common house design software features that you would expect to see in any home design software package. I hope you find them useful !

2D Design : 2D home design software programs allow you draw walls. These are handy for drawing house plans.

3D Design: Perspective is added to the design of the house, allowing you to better visualize the design.

Precise Dimensions: Enter precise dimensions for walls and objects in the house so that you can see how everything fits together.

3D Walk Around: Have the ability to walk around the house you designed in real-time.

3D Fly Around: Fly around the outside of the house.

3D Dollhouse Views: Remove the exteriors walls to see how the house fits together.

Set Camera Angles: Setup camera angles in each room so that you can quickly go to a view of the room.

Wireframe Views: View whats beind the walls or underneath the roof.

Create Custom Animations: Create a custom video of the house design to show others.

Scan & Trace Pictures/Blueprints: Design the house based on a scanned image of the blueprints.

Add voice and sounds to the design: Add a voice over introduction to each room in the house.

Interior lighting simulation: Figure out where to place lighting by simulating lights in diferent places.

Exterior Lighting Simulation: Find out how much natural light each room will get.

Cost Estimation: Some packages can calculate the total cost of your house design

Automated Updates: Are you notified about software updates?

Floorplan Dimensioning: Can you set the dimensions of the floor area?

Editable Homeplans: Does the software packages come with home plans which you can update?

Editable Templates: Does the house design software package have template homes which you can edit?

Landscape Module: As well as designing your home, does the software package allow you to design the garden?

Object Libraries: Most home design software packages come with a library of objects for your house.