12 best landscaping softwares

Product description

Home and Landscape Planning and Design Software. Visualize and plan your dream home with a realistic 3D home model. Create the floor plan of your house, condo or apartment using custom set colors, textures, furniture, decorations and more.



Plan out exterior landscaping and garden spaces. Before you start planning a new home or working on a home improvement project, perfect the floor plan and preview any home design idea with DreamPlan home design software.



Download DreamPlan Home Design Software for Windows free. DreamPlan is a free home design program we hope you'll enjoy so much you will try more of our personal software applications designed to solve a variety of needs, from tracking personal finances to editing home movies and more.



House Plan Drawing Software Features

• Use trace mode to import a floor plan and then view build it in 3D to visualize the design
• Landscape a yard, design a pool, and plant a garden
• Remodel a Bathroom or Kitchen
• Plan your home decor by adding furniture, lighting,appliances, and more

• Operating System: Windows (All)

• Easily design 3D floor plans of your home, create walls, multiple stories, decks and roofs
• Decorate house interiors and exteriors, add furniture, fixtures, appliances and other decorations to rooms
• Build the terrain of outdoor landscaping areas, plant trees and gardens
• Easy-to-use interface for simple home design creation and customization, switch between 3D, 2D, and blueprint view modes
• Download additional content for building, furnishing, and decorating your home

User questions & answers

Product description

Take a fresh approach to the way you live with Virtual Architect Ultimate Home Design w/ Landscaping & Decks 9.0. This innovation in home design software delivers the powerful tools and inspiration you need to transform your living space, plus expert help to get the job done right. With Virtual Architect Ultimate Home Design w/ Landscaping & Decks 9.0, you can easily plan room additions and other home improvement projects, make your home energy-efficient with new lighting and appliances, breathe new life into an outdated kitchen, bathroom or bedroom, and so much more. You can even design your dream home, complete with landscaping or a deck, from scratch. No design experience necessary – with our wizard-driven interface, all you have to do is point and click!

System Requirements

For Microsoft Windows

• Microsoft® Windows® 10, 8, 7, Vista
  
  • 64‐bit operating system
  
  • 2.0 GHz or faster processor
  
  • 6 GB RAM (4 GB minimum)
  
  • 10 GB minimum available hard disk space
  
  • DVD drive (or Internet connection) for installation
  
  • 1024 x 768 display
  
  • 2 GB dedicated video card (1 GB minimum)
  
  • Windows‐compatible mouse
  
  • An Internet browser to view the online help (You may need to adjust the browser’s security
  
  settings for ActiveX® controls and plugins to view online help.)
  
  • Internet connection for online features

• Easy! No design experience necessary
• Fast! Wizard-driven interface means quick results!
• Innovative! Use your own digital pictures to makeover any Room
• Powerful! Photorealistic 3D technology with virtual walkaround
• Flexible! Perfect for home and interior design, remodeling, landscaping and much more

User questions & answers

Product features

Sketch

Just click and drag your mouse to draw new rooms and walls. Or use wizards for virtually any project to get started even faster! Even import existing home plans straight into the software.

Customize

Specify door and window styles. Then add window coverings, flooring, paint and more. It's easy to design your entire project in 3D.

Furnish

Add paint, lighting and furnishings. Then render your design in photorealistic 3D - and your plan is complete!

Paints, surfaces & fabrics

Replace your floors with hardwood, travertine or scores of other surfaces. Explore fabric and leather upholstery options for sofas and chairs. Even scan in your own texture or material to create a unique look.

Furniture & appliances

Hundreds of tables, chairs, sofas, dressers and more in virtually every style imaginable, plus a complete library of name-brand appliances and electronics. Import additional free 3D appliances online to access even more options.

Cabinets & countertops

Add style and function to any kitchen, bathroom, home office and more with our upper, lower and corner cabinetry collection. Then customize with choices of woods, paints and stains.

Digital Interior Design

Redecorate rooms using your digital photos. Just point and click to choose paint colors, stains, fabrics and more from our complete library of nationally-known name brand materials.

Remodeling

Easily plan room additions, remodeling and other projects. Then see the results in photorealistic 3D! Even take a virtual "walkaround" your new space.

Landscaping & Decks

Virtual Architect software delivers easy-to-use landscape design with a 7,500+ item plant encyclopedia, complete with climate, water and light requirements.

Kitchens & Baths

We've included all of the tools you need to refinish cabinets, lay new floors, and replace countertops with granite and marble surfaces.

Digital photos

Virtual Architect Ultimate Home Design software lets you import any photograph into your design using the Photo Board Wizard. Even add personal photographs to visualize your family or pets in your new home.

Hardscape & accessories

Make your property's outdoor living space your own with custom features for every season.

Plant encyclopedia

Our Plant Encyclopedia has more than 7,500 trees, plants, flowers, shrubs and groundcover options with important information about light, watering and soil requirements.

Decks & patios

Visualizing your new deck or patio is easy with the Deck Builder Wizard. Just select materials and dimensions to create, then add plants, fences and accessories.

Product description

You'll be amazed at what you can create with Better Homes & Gardens Landscaping & Deck 8.0 for Windows. Everything you need to design your garden/deck is here. You can get started quickly with its many landscaping templates or make your own. Design in 2D or 3D. Easily get access to a library of 2,000 plants so you'll see exactly how your design will look. And with its cost-estimation tool, you'll never be surprised by the cost of your landscaping project again.



Use any of the 3D camera tools to view your design and make modifications. Zoom in and out, rotate your plan to any angle and even create Virtual Tours. Easily design single or multi-level decks using Deck Designer tools. The foundation of your deck will automatically adjust to follow the slope of the lot. Railings are also automatically generated with easy height adjustment. Use the material painter to quickly change the color and texture of your deck and place furniture items from the library to complete your design. Never be surprised by the cost of your landscaping project. Use the program's automatic materials list to estimate costs.

Plan and design your perfect outdoor living space! Landscaping & 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--or import your own.

Create beautiful landscapes, terrain features, gardens and decks for your perfect outdoor living spaces.

Quickly design the virtual look and feel of your backyard, deck, patio, pool or any outdoor project. View Product Demo

Make your deck or patio ideas come to life with built-in 3D visualization tools.

Choose from several styles of templates--decks, landscaping, pools and terrains to start your next deck or landscaping project.

Fun & Easy Outdoor Home Design Software

Landscaping & Deck Designer makes it easy to design your next outdoor project. Use valuable resources like Plant Chooser to learn more about plants, the Design Planning Center with design tips, and choose from over 3,700 plants, trees and shrubs to place and arrange in your outdoor living space. Create the virtual look and feel before you build!

Over 3,700 Landscaping Plants

• Get started quickly by choosing pre-arranged garden beds to place into your design
• Choose from over 3,700 realistic plants; import photos of your own plants--view a sampling of plants
• Plant Chooser to quickly locate and learn detailed plant information
• Plant Hardiness Zone maps--North America, Europe and Australia
• Advanced plant searching by sun, shade, watering, deer resistance and more
• Plant Growth slider tool--visualize how your plants will look in 3, 5, or even 20 years from now

Get Started Quickly and Easily

• The Quick Startup Options Guide will help you begin with "How-To" tutorials based on the type of your project
• Select from the pre-designed Landscaping, Deck and Pool Templates
• Exclusive Design Planning Center for up-to-date How-To and Design Tips from the experts to help in your design process
• Includes Step-by-Step Tutorial DVD Packed with over 40 easy "step-by-step" tutorial training videos that will quickly get you started on your next outdoor design project

Decks and Patios

• Make your deck or patio ideas come to life with built-in 3D visualization tools
• Experiment with your design and take a virtual tour
• Use the Deck Designer tools to quickly design the layout of your deck
• Design single or multi-level decks including free-standing, tiered and post-and-beam
• Deck foundations automatically generate to match sloped lots
• Automatic and manual deck framing tools with an advanced deck framing option for more complicated deck designs
• Use the automatic tools for adding stairs, deck railings and roofs
• Define decking materials, place and arrange outdoor furniture to correctly size your deck or patio
• Automatically generate a complete spreadsheet for your project costs, broken down by category. Calculate the amount of lumber for your deck or concrete required for your new patio.
• Generate various styles of Automatic roofs for your deck or patio

Use the Pathway or Stepping Stone tools to design curb-appealing landscaping using stone or pavers--line with trees, shrubs, flowers and more.

Visualize designs with day and night views.

Quickly create flowerbeds by choosing from one of the several pre-arranged flower groupings or create your own flowerbed using specific plants.

Plants and Landscaping

• Quickly create flowerbeds by choosing from one of the several pre-arranged flower groupings or create your own flowerbed using specific plants
• Use the Replace from Library to choose a group of plants and replace with another
• Import your digital photos and add landscaping features such as fences, trees, flowers, shrubs and more!
• Drag and drop thousands of items from the Library Browser. Choose plants, pavers, windows, doors, outdoor accessories, textures, furniture and more. Download Free Bonus Libraries from our website.
• Use the Better Homes and Gardens Design Planning Center to help guide your designs with guidelines, tips and expert advice
• Design Inspiration Gallery--Our gallery of photos will help you to jump start your design and decorating style ideas with inspirational photos by rooms

Outdoor Design Tools

• Choose from several styles of templates--decks, landscaping, pools and terrains to start your next deck or landscaping project.
• Design in 2D and 3D. 3D Views are automatic--just point-and-click with the camera tool. You can even use Glass House view to see through surfaces.
• Create a Virtual Tour--draw your record line to Automatically Generate; or record your camera movements
• Visualize designs with day and night views
• Generate shadows from the sun for realistic 3D views
• Choose from a variety of styles of great looking outdoor furnishings including tables, chairs, swing sets, or import your own. Easily change the size and color.
• Use the Pathway or Stepping Stone tools to design curb-appealing landscaping using stone or pavers--line with trees, shrubs, flowers and more
• Material Painter lets you apply colors and materials quickly and easily
• Choose from thousands of colors and textures or create your own materials using a digital photograph

Terrain Design Tools

• Ponds & Streams--Create water features for your landscaping projects using the Stream or Pond tool--simply click to place and then resize
• Terraces and Terrain Walls--Use the Terrain Wall Tool to create terraces or divide your Terrain slopes
• Contours and Elevations--Drag elevation lines or set specific elevation points to create your contoured lots
• Use Automatic Build Terrain and Terrain Perimeter tools to create flat, irregular shaped or sloped lots--use a GPS to import or enter elevation data

Site Planning Tools

• Create plot and perimeter plans; automatically generate a 3D model of your actual terrain
• Virtual Graph Paper displays a grid for 2D planning
• Sprinkler Designer tools to easily layout sprinkler zones
• Fences, Driveways and Sidewalks follow terrain contours
• Hill and Valley tools make it easy to add gardens, beds and slopes that automatically appear in 3D views. Choose from landscaping style templates or create your own.
• Define Terrain Elevation lines, Elevation Regions and Terrain Breaks
• Automatic Terrain Perimeters--customize to define your specific lot
• Plot and perimeter plans--flat and sloped lots
• One-Click Hill and Valley tools
• Create terraces with retaining walls that follow terrains and can break the terrain
• Manual dimension tools measure any distance including dimensioning to individual plants

• Create the perfect outdoor living space with over 3,000 powerful design tools, 3,700 plants with detailed information, virtual walk-though technology, and more
• Make your deck or patio ideas come to life with built-in 3D visualization tools; add stairs, place and arrange outdoor furniture to create your perfect living space
• Replace from library--choose a group of plants and replace them with another plant; get detailed information on popular plants, learn which ones are best for your climate
• GPS import for terrain elevation data; create flat, irregular, and sloped lots
• Choose from a Library of more than 5,000 items, including more than 3,700 plants

Product description

• Create or update the outdoor space of your dreams with our simple to use interface, drag and drop features and one mouse click design capabilities! No design experience required!
• It's easy to get started on your deck and landscaping designs. Upload a photo or start designing from scratch.
• Design the perfect deck, patio and outdoor living space with drag and drop materials such as furniture, outdoor kitchens and more. Choose from thousands of outdoor furniture and accessories, plants, flowers, shrubs, paint colors, materials, and more to complete your design.
• Save time and money by visualizing your designs in 2D and 3D and estimating costs before you begin.
• Help when you need it! An Integrated interactive help system makes finding and using the right tool easier than ever. Includes online video tutorials, user forum and free technical support.

Product description

Take a fresh approach to the way you live with Virtual Architect Home & Landscape Platinum Suite. This innovation in home design software delivers the powerful tools and inspiration you need to transform your living space, plus expert help to get the job done right.



With Virtual Architect Home & Landscape Platinum Suite, you can plan room additions and other home improvement projects with ease, make your home energy efficient with new lighting and appliances, breathe new life into an outdated kitchen, bathroom or bedroom and so much more. You can even design your dream home. No design experience necessary - with our wizard-driven interface, all you have to do is point and click!



Minimum System Requirements:

• Operating System: Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista
• Memory: 6 GB RAM (4 GB minimum)

• Easy! No Design experience Necessary.
• Fast! Wizard-driven interface means quick results!
• Innovative! Use your own digital pictures to makeover any room.
• Powerful! Photorealistic 3D technology with virtual walkaround.
• Flexible! Perfect for home and interior design, remodeling, landscaping and much more.

Product features

Sketch

Just click and drag your mouse to draw new rooms and walls. Or use wizards for virtually any project to get started even faster! Even import existing home plans straight into the software.

Customize

Specify door and window styles. Then add window coverings, flooring, paint and more. It's easy to design your entire project in 3D.

Furnish

Add paint, lighting and furnishings. Then render your design in photorealistic 3D - and your plan is complete!

Paints, surfaces & fabrics

Replace your floors with hardwood, travertine or scores of other surfaces. Explore fabric and leather upholstery options for sofas and chairs. Even scan in your own texture or material to create a unique look.

Furniture & appliances

Hundreds of tables, chairs, sofas, dressers and more in virtually every style imaginable, plus a complete library of name-brand appliances and electronics. Import additional free 3D appliances online to access even more options.

Cabinets & countertops

Add style and function to any kitchen, bathroom, home office and more with our upper, lower and corner cabinetry collection. Then customize with choices of woods, paints and stains.

Digital Interior Design

Redecorate rooms using your digital photos. Just point and click to choose paint colors, stains, fabrics and more from our complete library of nationally-known name brand materials.

Remodeling

Easily plan room additions, remodeling and other projects. Then see the results in photorealistic 3D! Even take a virtual "walkaround" your new space.

Landscaping & Decks

Virtual Architect software delivers easy-to-use landscape design with a 7,500+ item plant encyclopedia, complete with climate, water and light requirements.

Kitchens & Baths

We've included all of the tools you need to refinish cabinets, lay new floors, and replace countertops with granite and marble surfaces.

Digital photos

Virtual Architect Ultimate Home Design software lets you import any photograph into your design using the Photo Board Wizard. Even add personal photographs to visualize your family or pets in your new home.

Hardscape & accessories

Make your property's outdoor living space your own with custom features for every season.

Plant encyclopedia

Our Plant Encyclopedia has more than 7,500 trees, plants, flowers, shrubs and groundcover options with important information about light, watering and soil requirements.

Decks & patios

Visualizing your new deck or patio is easy with the Deck Builder Wizard. Just select materials and dimensions to create, then add plants, fences and accessories.

Product description

• Quickly and easily plan your new home or outdoor living space; kitchen renovation or basement remodel; with easy to use, user-friendly tools and hundreds of How-To Tips from industry experts.
• QuickStart 3D view allows layout previews while dragging and dropping rooms together to create the perfect floor plan
• Room Estimating helps track remodeling and redecorating project costs and quantities for painting, wall coverings, updated flooring and more
• Exports data for use in the mobile Punch! Landscape Quote app to provide needed information on the go
• High resolution textures with unprecedented realism provide detailed elements for every part of interior design, kitchen and bath remodeling, and landscaping projects

User questions & answers

Product description

• Easy to Use - just drag on the plants onto the design
• Create Plans, Images and Garden Notes
• Drawing and Design tools - draw out pools, paving, fences and more

User questions & answers

Product description

• Design every room in your dream house, including your bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchen, and living room.
• Plan your pool project or create landscaping plans with ease.
• Enjoy the easy navigation to allow you to view your home from any angle.
• Add packages and expansions from an unlimited library as needed.
• View your home, garden, or pool design from 2D & 3D views.

Product features

Mediterranean Garden

Two garden types are associated with the Mediterranean region; informal and formal. Informal gardens tend to feature gravel, with planting arranged in structural groups or masses. The formal gardens of the Mediterranean tend to utilize water and stone, often with clipped hedges and specimen trees such as tall, slender cypresses.

Sun-Kissed Retreat

Mediterranean gardens are famous for their tough yet beautiful drought-tolerant plants, sun-drenched open spaces, and dancing fountains and water spouts. Here, these elements are combined in a modern update at a traditional courtyard garden.

What is Natural Style?

A sustainable garden should be capable of working as an effective ecosystem, with reduced or minimal levels of intervention. Ecological principles play an essential role in creating habitats in which planting neighbors thrive, competition between them is balanced, and species are closely matched to the prevailing soil and climatic conditions.

Wild One

Blending wildflowers, ornamental plants, a small woodland, and recycled materials, this design shows how a natural garden can also look sophisticated and exciting, while offering a range of habitats for birds, beneficial insects, and other forms of wildlife.

Laying a Path

Small paving units, such as blocks, bricks, and cobblestones, offer flexibility when designing a path. If you use recycled bricks, check they are frostproof and hardwearing; ordinary house bricks are not suitable.

Interpreting the Style

If hard surfaces for outdoor living dominate, planting has to work harder to compensate. Choose simple, bold architectural combinations that are stylish and easily maintained. For densely planted areas, keep paving simple, using strong textural foliage and color as a foil to the built-up environment.

Product description

Home Designer Architectural is powerful home design software for DIY home enthusiasts. Created by Chief Architect, so you can enjoy the same type of tools that the professionals use for home design, remodeling, interior design, outdoor living, and cost estimation. Home Designer Architectural offers smart building tools to create 3D models, scaled plans and elevations for your home projects. Home Designer Architectural makes it easy to design and visualize your ideas with smart building and powerful design tools. The tools have commonly accepted defaults for most building practices to assist you in your home design projects. Home Designer automatically creates a 3D model once you draw your walls. And, in 3D you can continue design work – adding cabinets, placing furniture, painting walls or just visualizing your project. An extensive 3D Library of over 8,000 architectural objects make it easy so that styles, finishes and other design details can be accurately visualized. Home Designer uses smart design objects, such as cabinets, to quickly and easily create various styles, shapes and sizes. Create any style of cabinet by choosing colors, countertops, door styles, backsplash, crown molding and hardware Home Designer includes automated tools to create site plans, landscaping, decks and patios. There are over 3,600 plants with detailed information about each plant including integrated Hardiness Zone Maps. Decking tools include automatic deck framing and a materials list for estimating. Get started quickly with easy how-to videos that offer step-by-step instructions; and free technical support. All Home Designer products include a 30-day money back guarantee.

• Powerful home design software for DIY home enthusiasts.
• Tools for home design, remodeling, interior design, kitchen and bath design, landscaping, decks and patios
• Visualize projects before starting with 3D models and virtual tours; 3,600+ realistic plants
• Cost estimation--know how much it will cost ahead of time
• Get started quickly with easy how-to videos that offer step-by-step instructions; includes free technical support

User questions & answers

Product features

Home Design

Home Designer Architectural is a complete residential home design app created by the professionals at Chief Architect software. Powerful building tools include automatic roof generation, dormers, stairs, automatic framing, foundations, dimensions and terrain. With a materials list, know how much it will cost before you start construction. Visualize your project before you build with 3D camera and elevation tools. Create accurate scaled floor plans. Export Renderings as 360 images and view with Virtual Reality - VR goggles Export your Home Designer model and view on phones, tablets or the web. 3D Viewer models are interactive virtual reality models.

Remodeling

What will my remodeling project look like and how much will it cost? Home Designer Architectural knows – with its built-in materials list! Save time and money before you remodel. Create a new room or addition - add and remove walls, place windows and doors, size your rooms with dimensions Point-and-click to remove wall surfaces, or use the 3D Cross-Section Slider to quickly create a 3D slice of your desired view. Create a Virtual Walkthrough and experience your design before you Remodel.

Kitchens & Baths

Creating your dream kitchen can be fun and easy. With the Cabinet Designer tools, you can create thousands of cabinet combinations for base, wall, full height, angled and corner cabinets. Visualize what your project will look like with 3D models and Virtual Tours. Move walls, create new cabinets, add appliances, change colors, materials and more. Choose your own colors, countertops, moldings and door styles. Use the Color Blending tool to stain a translucent color or apply a solid color over the material you place to create unlimited combinations to fit your design requirements. Choose from thousands of appliances, sinks, fixtures and kitchen islands.

Landscape & Decks

Get started with built-in landscape and deck templates or build your own! Create terrain features, gardens and decks for your perfect outdoor living spaces. Powerful deck and patio tools allow you to design and visualize your new deck with 3D models and can help you estimate the costs Control over deck planking & deck framing Design straight, curved, single level, or multi-leveled decks Use the Pathway tool to design curb-appealing landscaping using stone, pavers, or sidewalks Choose from over 3,600 plants to place in your design with the Plant Chooser.

User Resources: Download Free and Paid Library Content from the 3D Library Online Training Videos & Training Webinars Technical Support hometalk User Forum and Community for help and ideas.