Be Your Own Home Designer!
The complete, easy-to-use home design solution.
Whether you're starting a serious building project, or experimenting with home design ideas, Ideal Home 3D Home Design is the perfect solution. Simple and easy-to-use, start by selecting one of the professionally-designed floor plans, or create your own from scratch, then start experimenting with colours and textures, add furnishings, appliances, fixtures and fittings from a library of over 1,000 objects. Sophisticated 3D viewing options let you take a virtual tour of your new home, so you can visualise the end result - all before you've had to spend anything on materials!
New Features:
Real-time lighting - insert and move lights and see the results instantly
Print at any scale, on any paper size or across pages
Object wizard - import files for use in your project, offering you unlimited content
Plus! 3000+ extra symbols included
Powerful Design Tools
Copy designs to multiple floors or type in precise measurements and coordinates
Change colours and finishes with the "point and click" materials paintbrush
Plan the location of every electrical outlet, vent and drain
Create a room and the program automatically builds a floor and ceiling
Dynamic Dimension editing lets you change the measurements of any wall - the surrounding walls, doors, roof and windows will then automatically adjust to fit
Easy-to-use
Sample floor plans for design inspiration
Project-based tutorials, "how to's" and advanced features
Get started quickly with easy, project specific wizards
Scan in a layout, a sketch or plan from another program and trace over it to create scalable, editable plans
Professional Viewing
"Walk through" your finished home with 3D RealView - the next best thing to being there
Create side-on elevation views or "slice" your design to create a section view
Detailed Editing
Design and edit in both 2D and 3D modes
Transform basic doors, windows and staircases into custom-crafted designs
Unlimited undo and redo, so you can experiment to your hearts content.
Comprehensive Object Library
Kitchen appliances, tables and chairs, sofas and beds
Windows and doors, roofs and skylights
Fireplaces, lighting, stairs and railings
Budgeting Help
Calculate square footage
Determine material requirements
Track project costs
Extensive Customisation
Easily add objects and architectural features to your designs
Craft your own doors, unusual windows and eye-catching rooflines
Custom design your own decor
Insert your own background image e.g. your garden
Customise surfaces, paint colours and mouldings
Define the size, scale, rotation and position of any material