Easy enough for the weekend hobbyist yet advanced enough for the experienced builder, Bob Vila's Home Design helps you transform all your brilliant ideas into brilliant 3D color plans and more!

Features:

• 1000+ Professional Home Plans
• 3D Views and Rich Multimedia
• 500+ Home and Office CAD Symbols
• Animated 3D Home Tours
• Additional Resources Online
• Powerful 2D/3D Home Design Tools
• Powerful Printing
  

Design a Unique Floor Plan
Build your own floor plan with amazing accuracy and detail with a suite of easy-to-use CAD tools.

Choose from Today's Finest Homes
View these spectacular homes through animated home tours, detailed floor plans, and color images of interior and exterior layouts.

View from any Angle
Create and visualize your dream home or floor plan in both 2D and 3D views.

Design Like a Pro
Start your next home design project or remodel with Bob Vila's Home Design. Whether you're a novice or a pro, you'll be designing your plan with walls, doors, windows, plumbing, wiring and more in no time! The suite of powerful yet easy-to-use CAD tools includes an extensive selection of 3D symbols for easy layout of cabinets, carpeting, furniture, fixtures, decks, hot tubs and landscaping. You can even create your own 3D objects.

Choose from Professional Plans
Browse through the HomeStyles Interactive encyclopedia of 1001 professionally designed home plans and find the perfect floor plan for you. Many include 3D views, animated home tours, and color images. More than 100 plans are fully modifiable, so you can adapt them to fit your specific needs.

Or Start from Scratch
Design and produce your own floor plan from the ground up with up to 20 floor levels, appliances, furnishings, wall coverings, and more. Top off your dream home or addition with a variety of roof shapes and styles, complete with dormers, chimneys, skylights and even complicated roof lines. All with the click of a button!

Get Expert Answers from Bob Vila
Gain valuable information from Bob Vila's video tips, which cover a range of topics from selecting the perfect home site, to hiring an architect, to decorating the interior of your dream home.

Walk Through Your Creation In 3D
Transform your 2D plans into 3D renderings with amazing ease. Choose any angle for viewing and take a tour through your very own dream home or project for the first time!

System Requirements:

• 486DX2/66 MHz or better
• Windows 95/98/Me
• 16MB of RAM
• 36MB minimum hard disk free space available
• 2X CD-ROM Drive
• 256-color SVGA
• Sound Card
• Mouse
• Printer (optional)
• Modem and Internet browser (optional: required for online features only)