- Comprehensive layout program with easy-to-use tabbed interface
- Photo realistic 3D renderings of landscape plans with 3DTrueView
- Take a virtual tour of the yard with Walk Around view tool
- Easily create structurally sound, fully framed deck plans
- Powerful design capabilities and extensive reference resources
Product Description
Design the ideal landscape tocomplement your home! Product Information Create an exterior environment worthy of your dreams with a full suite ofprofessional-grade landscape design tools. Whether you envision a simple gardenor a majestic estate, access everything you need to plan it, create it, andmaintain it for years to come. From decks to daisies, swimming pools tosunflowers, a world… More >>
3D Home Architect Landscape Design Deluxe 6
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#1 by Anonymous on May 17, 2010 - 11:45 am
I struggled with this software for a couple of weeks then gave up. I’m no rookie-I am familiar with AutoCAD, Access, Excel, Word, Adobe Photoshop, Powerpoint, Project etc etc and this program just didnt seem to follow any of the rules. Realizing that a 3D image(incidentally there was no house template anything like mine) was going to take about as long as it took to landscape a garden, I tried 2D-hoping to superimpose walls and vegetation on a photo of my house…hours later i still couldnt easily construct the scene.
If this were any other type of product, I would be retuning it for a refund-but with software you dont get to take it back…..so unless you want to spend many hours in front of your computer-rather than in the yard I suggest you pass on this.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Dirt Digger 1948 on May 17, 2010 - 1:59 pm
The program does not allow the individual contour lines to be adjusted to match normal landforms! Most frustrating and disappointing!
I bought 3D Home Architect Landscape Design Deluxe 6.0 at the half price book store, so I was a little leery about the purchase.
I gave it the good-ole college try and the package failed after I invested some hours trying to fit my complicated ten acre landscape into the package!
In the package/program it assumes you have the standard small building lot, so contour lines go all the way across the lot, not matter how you enter them. I have two ravines, each partially on my lot and they intersect! The stream has two “S” curves across my lot and it enters my lot twice and exits twice. Yes the contour lines have to follow the twisty stream with 26 foot high slopes on one/two sides of the stream!
That catalog of trees does not include oaks nor walnuts! Not even the normal scrub tress you find in a natural forest, you know those in a “wooded lot”.
If you have a standard developers building lot with one simple slop that goes all the way across, you might be able to create a satisfying 3D landscape plan.
Good Luck!
Sam
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Douglas M. Hamm on May 17, 2010 - 2:57 pm
This is not user-friendly at all & provides very little help with starting up. I cannot quickly construct an image to even serve as a base for the design. I am going to try to return this item & try something else…I doubt they will let me return it though.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by T. Barlow on May 17, 2010 - 3:16 pm
Like most people, I was initially very disappointed with this software, and though I am an experienced computer user, could not figure out how to do some simple tasks. I kept at it though, and with practice and a LOT of time was able to create a spectacular plan. I drew my house first as a series of tall fences, then eventually used photographs. I eventually learned how to draw the perimeter of my property— this was difficult. So was defining mulched areas, water areas, concrete areas, but it could all be done. It took a while to figure out how to get to the “master list” of plants, it is only easy to add certain ones. Once you do, the search capability is very nice!
Once you get past the basics, tweaking the details can be fun. The 3D view was essential for me… I avoided making some mistakes that would have taken years to realize, by looking at my plan as it aged, walking though it, and seeing it in different seasons.
Now that I have learned everything, I whipped up a plan for my mom’s house in under an hour. But for my own…. it took several weeks to figure out–good thing I started in winter.
Even with 7500 plants, I wish there were more. So…. I am glad I bought it, but there could be a LOT of improvement.
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by A. Sragow on May 17, 2010 - 3:51 pm
Terrible software, hard to use, useless. I asked for my money back the next day and they refused. I wish I had read the reviews here first!
Rating: 1 / 5