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from: Chief Architect
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Chief Architect
EAN: 0750839022208
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Chief Architect
Manufacturer: Chief Architect
Publisher: Chief Architect
Release Date: January 15, 2006
Sales Rank: 1481
Studio: Chief Architect
Features:- Find your plants with a newly designed search tool - Search according to shade/sun requirements, growth attributes and more
- Import a photo and add landscaping, create an outdoor living space or design the exterior of your home
- Add water features to your landscape such as pools, ponds and streams
- The Growth Slider tool shows what your plants will look like in 0-20 years
- Choose from a Library of more than 4,000 items, including over 1,500 plants
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Product Description:
Better Homes and Gardens Landscaping and Deck Designer helps you turn your vision of a better home into reality. Better Homes and Gardens, the number one home and garden publisher, has partnered with leading software designer Chief Architect to bring you the Landscaping and Deck Designer. Using the software's fun, intuitive, and easy-to-use tools, you'll quickly be on the way toward becoming the envy of your neighborhood as your backyard barbecues in the sun turn into elegant moon-lit affairs on your new deck. Deck foundations automatically generate to match sloped lots Produce realistic images of your outdoor projects Import your own photos of houses, plants, people, and more Easily create hills and valleys for custom landscapes Includes tutorial CD
Amazon.com:
Better Homes and Gardens Landscaping and Deck Designer 7.0 is the latest in outdoor design software by Chief Architect. Planning the perfect outdoor living space has never been easier with powerful tools for landscaping, decks and patios, site planning, and cost estimation. Choose from a variety of over 1,500 plants with Plant Chooser and start designing today!
Plan and design the perfect outdoor living space
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Outdoor living designs | 
Over 2000 plants | 
Deck and patio design | 
Plant hardiness zone maps | 
Garden and landscaping templates |
Powerful Design Software
Plan and design the perfect outdoor living space! Landscaping and Deck Designer makes it easy to quickly design the virtual look and feel of your backyard, deck, patio, pool or any outdoor project. Just point-and-click to add pre-arranged landscaping beds and any of over 4,000 library items to your design. Choose from an array of terrain feature and design tools. It's quick and it's easy!
When you need inspiration and ideas for your design, just turn to the Design Inspiration Gallery for help. Look through a collection of beautiful photographs to spark your creativity. Or get expert advice, tips and techniques from the editors of Better Homes and Gardens magazines. We've gathered all the information and inspiration you need!
Landscaping and Deck Designer makes it easy! Use valuable resources like Plant Chooser, Design Planning Center and over 2,000 plants, trees and shrubs to place and arrange in your outdoor living space.
Landscaping
- Plant Chooser--Find the plant you want with this newly designed search tool! Search according to shade and sun requirements, growth attributes, deer resistance, ease of growth and, much, more!
- Exclusive Design Planning Center for expert design advice, tips, and guidelines.
- Landscaping templates designed by Better Homes and Gardens quickly places pre-arranged landscaping beds.
- Terrain Wizard imports the specifications of your terrain.
- Choose from a Library of more than 4,000 items for your designs, including over 1,500 plants.
- Design and visualize in 3D, including Virtual Tours.
- Import your own photos of houses, plants, people, and more.
Decks and Patios
- Design single or multi-level decks with Deck Designer tools, complete with automatic deck framing.
- Patio Design assigns materials like concrete, brick, or Cultured Stone.
- Create retaining walls that follow the shape of your terrain.
- Layout your deck, add stairs, place and arrange outdoor furniture.
- Deck foundations automatically generate to match sloped lots.
- Quickly add water features to your landscape with round and kidney shaped ponds and stream tools.
- Automatic deck railings with height adjustments.
Outdoor Living
- Use the Design Inspiration Center with a gallery of images to help plan your landscaping and outdoor living space.
- Create custom landscaping plans in 2D and 3D.
- Choose from a Library of more than 4,000 items.
- Material Painter allows you to apply materials to individual items--change the color of your patio set, texture of your flooring, and more.
- Fence Designer tools let you click-and-drag to follow the shape of your yard.
- Design the exterior of your home or import a photo and add landscaping.
Site Planning & Estimating
- Landscape design tools easily create hills and valleys for custom landscapes.
- Use the Growth Slider tool to see what your plants will look like in 0-20 years.
- Use powerful Fence, Garden, Driveway, Path, and Terrain Feature tools.
- Create plot and perimeter plans; automatically generate a 3D model of your actual terrain.
- Automatically generate a materials list to estimate costs.
- Sprinkler Designer tool easily lays out sprinkler zones.
No Design Experience Needed!
Design it and enjoy it! Use over 3,000 integrated tools: 
Create custom landscaping plans in 2D and 3D | 
Use over 3,000 integrated tools |
Automatic Building Tools
- Create automatic framing for decks
- Automatically generate roofs, dimensions, foundations, stairs, railings and new floors
- Automatically create a full 3D overview of your landscaping plans
Library Content
- Over 4,000 items in the built-library including furniture, fixtures, lighting and more
- Over 2,000 realistic plants
- Brand names such as Benjamin Moore paints, Cultured Stone and more
- Additional plants can be found in the Bonus Plant Library
Dimensions
- One-Click automatic dimensions
- Dynamic Dimensions--displays dimensions as walls or decks are drawn
Landscaping
- Pre-Designed garden beds
- Over 2,000 realistic plants
- Import photos of your own plants
- Plant Encyclopedia--for detailed plant descriptions
- Plant Chooser to quickly locate and learn about plants
- Plant Hardiness Zone maps
- Advanced plant searching by sun, shade, watering, deer resistance and more
- Grow your plants 0-20 years!
Terrain Tools
- Automatic Terrain Perimeters--customize to define your specific plot
- Add elevation points and elevation lines for custom contours
- Create Terraces with retaining walls
- One-Click hill and valley tools
Sprinkler Design
- Sprinkler Design tools help you lay out sprinkler systems
- Show sprinkler coverage areas
- Adjust sprinkler coverage area
- Choose from a library of sprinkler heads
Project Cost Estimating
- Accurate materials calculations for concrete, lumber, plants and more
- Automatic cost estimations and materials list
- Assign costs for materials: descriptions, quantities, unit costs and more
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Too few plants for the dry Southwest landscape
Simi-permanent water shortages are forcing a rapid change in residential landscape throughout the Southwestern United States. This kind of software is exactly what many of us non-professional could benefit from if it listed a wide variety of beautiful drought-tolerant plants to select from. Unfortunately, neither this nor any other software that I have seen incorporates a large and varied Southwest-friendly plant list. Excluding trees and succulents, I could only find 15 plants in this software ... Read More
Rating:  - Better than nothing!
It was very helpful in planning my landscaping. Getting my home roof correct was tricky and my property has some slope in the front and I had a very hard time making it right. I planted 17 different varities of plants and I found about half of them in their plant directory.
Rating: - Good consumer product to get rough landscape ideas
The software was not what I expected. The 3D tools and views are incredible and can give the average person some ideas on how their landscape would look with some new shrubs, trees, deck, etc. However, I needed to use this software to draw 2D sketches for landscape companies. I freelance with small landscape businesses to draw 2D sketches of residential and commercial landscaping proposals. In the 2D view of this software, you are limited to just a handful of shapes to represent trees and shrubs. ... Read More
Rating: - Homes Yes, Gardens No
Possibly a great product for designing a home, but not so great for gardens. What a gardener needs is a plan that will print out easily with the plant labels marked on the plan so you can carry it out to the garden and know where to put which plants. This product creates blank circles for plants that are approximately the width your plants will be, but no labels unless you add a text label. If you then decide to re-arrange the garden plan, you have to move the plant and then move the label -- twice ... Read More
Rating:  - Not bad for the money...
For the money, it's worth it. Though I must advise - it's easier to create your design from scratch or use their pre-installed plans as your starting point, than to upload your own images. You'll have to take time to learn how to use the features but that's true of any software. The plant library is not exhaustive and they could have added a wider range of garden furniture and ornaments.
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