Home Design 3D GOLD for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By smakpro

  great but..

  Overall i think its a great program with some significant ups yet disappointing downs. Anyone with some patience and general knowledge can figure out how to navigate and design a space. In the end you do get a great visual. My only complaints (which I would imagine will be added into the program down the road) is it does not offer any way to add wall moldings, wainscotting, crown or base. This is a very big part of my designs and missing that element in my visuals is a pretty big deal. It also doesnt allow you to designate an area of a wall that you want finished in a certain way without doing the entire wall. For example in the kitchen, if you want to see your backsplash you have to see it on the entire wall, not just above your countertops and cabinet area. The last thing are the kitchen cabinets. They are just a mess. Very limited options, style is minimalist with really no way to tweek them other than color. My project did come out great for an newbie. Im glad i found the program and took the time to learn it.

  
  
• By Megalomaniac1973

  Not too great...

  This program might help people come up with very rudimentary designs. There are many things I don’t like about it. I have a tri-level home. Levels of my house aren’t stacked one on top of the other. It would be impossible to design such a home with this program. It can be well used for simpler room designs though. I will just create the space I want to add on to my house in one section. I don’t like that I can’t specifically designate the length of walls, doors, and other architecture. Instead you have to drag to the length you want and it’s almost impossible to get it exact. Sorta lame. With some updates I hope that this program will go from basic to much better.

  
  
• By lp1756

  Not Very Good

  Though I have been using the iPad version of this app with good success for a few years, I have been extremely disappointed with the Windows version. 1) They advertise cross-platform compatibility, but projects I create on my iPad get "can't parse project errors" when I try to import them on the Windows. They simply won't open. I'm waiting for an answer from Home Design's customer support on this. 2) The app uses 90% or more of my CPU even when it is just sitting idle with nothing drawn in it. 3) I bought the Windows version because the iPad version, though useful, suffers from the small size of the screen and lack of a keyboard -- which is an OK tradeoff between size and convenience of the iPad versus ease of use of a full desktop application. It turns out the the Windows version is exactly the same as the iPad version, no added features, no additional ease of use capabilities. For example, there is no application menu bar as with most other Windows apps, no View menu, no print function, etc. You do everything the same way you would do it on the iPad. Unless I get some solid answers from customer support regarding points 1 and 2 and will be asking for a refund.

  
  
• By Looneytunick

  For the price, I think the app is awesome!

  I needed an inexpensive program to layout rough ideas for a bathroom remodel for discussion with potential contractors. This app was fairly easy for me to build the basic bathroom and play with various design ideas. Convenient 3D clip art provides many objects, architectural elements and textures that make it possible to quickly experiment with different versions. There are links to videos to learn how to use the app. I gave it five stars because I felt that it provided lots of capabilities for very low cost. That said, I would like to see improvements such as more flexibility in sizing objects in lengths, widths, and depths. I would have preferred using inches, instead of feet and inches. I found that many more objects were needed. It would would have been great to have more electrical, lighting and plumping fixtures and more textures such as transparent, frosted and pattern glass. And a basic open-cube shape would have have been nice for designing shelving inset into a wall. I would have paid a little extra for more objects and textures. Also, it would be helpful if objects could be edited. For example, it would be nice to remove or move items within objects that contain multiple objects. But perhaps, that would be a much more expensive app. I have had fun using this app. Thanks!

  
  

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