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Custom 3D Home (Jewel Case)
Studio : Valusoft
by Valusoft
Brand : ValuSoft
Model : 10376
Platform : Windows
Release Date : 2004-09-24
Publisher : Valusoft
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN : 0755142103767
UPC : 755142103767
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 6 reviews)
List Price : $9.99
Our Price : $5.92
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Custom 3D Home lets you customize your home interior and exterior with over two million combinations of furnishings, fixtures, appliance, textures, materials, and more! Get the expert advice your need to build a new home, remodel or get ideas on how to bring a fresh look to your home's decor with Custom 3D Home. Includes four complete products: Home Architect, 3D Deck, Home Improvement, and Electrical Wiring. |
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Great idea, lousy execution |
Buy this only for working on small projects. I used it to "bring to life" a house from a blueprint, seemed to work great, then would mysteriously delete my creation for no reason.
I found out today why: it was using so many rescources, and writing HUGE files to my compute to run it, everytime I ran it, in other words, it hogged my computer so much that it crashed. I have a new computer with plenty of space and a great processor, so why they wrote a program that won't compile compactly is beyond me.
Only buy this for small projects, otherwise prepare for disappointment. Today I had to rebuild my PC from the ground up because this scrambled my PC's brain so badly it could no longer even start up.
Nice idea, lousy execution. |
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Pleasantly Surprised with this Diamond in the Rough |
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I can't believe this was only $7.99. It is an amazing product. With it I was able to create a model of my house using measurements and then make another model to represent the modifications and add-on I want. It also allows you to decorate and furnish your model, and the walk-through video feature is awesome. My only complaints are that it isn't the easiest software to master, at times the graphics are a bit off, and that it is extremely difficult to get walls to match up exactly when creating a drawing from scratch. I also have yet to figure out how to effectively add a roof to my designs. However, I have never used any type of design software, I am in no way a computer savvy person, and I have never had any type of architectural or design experience, so the fact that I was able to turn out an accurate model at all is amazing! I find myself simply playing with the software now in my spare time, and selecting the homes in the design library to tweak, decorate and furnish- it is not unlike working with miniatures and doll houses- a passion of mine. All in all this product far exceeds it's low price tag, and I would buy it again even knowing it's few minor problems. |
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A little old, but easy to use. |
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The good thing about Custom 3D Home is how easy it is to use. It's a little old & probably out of date, but it's much easier to build your own home designs than with most of the other software out there. It has it's problems--walls that should snap to the correct points often have to be tweaked to make a perfect corner in 3D, but thankfully once you get them right you can lock them in place. Of course furnishings are fairly limited, but you can get the idea. It works well enough, and is a fantastic value. I had no problems running it on my Windows XP machine. I'd recommend it for making quick & easy home designs and remodels. Measurements change as you expand or contract whatever you are working on, so everything can be designed exactly to specification. What have you got to lose? You barely need to read the manual to get going. |
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disappointing CAD |
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I was looking for a simple CAD program for a home based real estate business. I trained on two CAD programs costing over $3000 before I retired and did not want nor need that level of sophistication. I found this program to be relatively easy to learn but extraordinarily difficult to use and after over 2 hours of trying to draw a simple floor plan, I just decided that it was not worth the effort. Every new line produced two unwanted errors. The more I corrected, the worse it got. I love using CAD software but I consider this one a poor value although inexpensive to purchase. I'll just review my old manuals on AutoCad or TurboCad, both of which I own. |
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Great value good product |
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Good points:
Realtively easy to use, will take a few hours of practice. I was doing stuff within minutes.
VERY feature rich.
Good manual (190+ pages PDF you can print)
Good tutorial
Good on-line help.
You can import/create/save your own objects(must be in BMP format)
It is FUN. Kids will love it and learn a lot.
Has a rendering engine so you can produce "photos" of you designs.
You can produce walk through tour "movies" of your design.
Includes 3 "bonus" products: Deck designer, a home handyman program and a extensive training program on doing your own home wiring, incuding electrical and internet wiring.
I really works as advertised. Even comes in a nice jewel case.
Minuses (they are small)
A bit slow, you will need a fairly quick processor, but not objectionable
The 3D movement is a bit tricky, but it works ok with some practice.
Some parts may not be intuitive, but are explained well in the manual
3D view can be a little rough. But is not objectionable.
You must have the CD disk in your computer to run the program.
This is NOT a professional architect's CAD/CAM. But has most of the best features.
This is a Sierra product, but not supported by them any longer. The link in the program no longer works, but if you go to:
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There is a FAQ there with technical support.
For $10 you cannot go wrong. Highly recommended.
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