Product Description

FloorPlan 3D Design Suite makes it easy and fun to add an addition to your home or remodel your office! Transform your basic plans & designs into beautiful photo-realistic 3D images - and preview your new home or office with a walkthrough Share your new floorplans more easily over the Internet with the new RealNet Web Technology Design your own custom symbols for furniture, light fixtures, cabinets and more with TurboCAD Designer FloorPlan Blueprint Bridge filters FloorPlan files while creating a traditional 2D architectural layout

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8197 in Software
• Brand: Cokem International Ltd.
• Model: 730526354287
• Released on: 2003-06-10
• Platform: Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Features

• Complete set of tools that take you through every step - from visualizing and planning to completion
• Browse an immense collection of home floorplans in the HomeStyles FloorPlan Collection
• Exclusive 3D Symbol Content Library -- over 500 pre-drawn 3D symbols from Furniture to Accessories
• With just a click you can add shed roofs, cathedral ceilings, soffitt and fascia choices and much more
• Click and drag to create any style of staircase

Customer Reviews

Version 8 requires product activation
This may be the best value in the world, but when companies are not up front about product activation, I consider them outright deceptive. As a software developer myself, I understand how companies want to try and address piracy; however, what am I suppose to do if this company ever goes out of business? I build my own PCs and change over systems every two years or so and need to reload all my programs...who knows where this company may end up next year or the year after that. If they go under and I need to reinstall, then what? I make it a point to NEVER by any software requiring product activation and I would not have bought this if I had known - at least it was cheap. Companies, you want your customers to be honest - why aren't you?? At least be up front if you're going to require product activation so the consumer can make an informed purchase.

Not what I'd hoped for...
Attempts to redesign a kitchen with floorplan 3d were pretty unsuccessful. The program lacks an intuitive interface, and I spent a lot of time fighting the controls. To make matters worse, often I simply couldn't do things because the program had limited options- for example, when I tried to "place" windows and cabinets in a design, my efforts were blocked by a program that only really imagines standard sized cabinets, and a very limited number of standard sized windows.

Visualizing "results" was dubious at best. In the end, I drew plans up by hand. It was a bit like buying a word processor program, and finding it so awful that you go back to writing with pen and paper. Pretty disappointing.

Long time user of FPlan
FPlan v8 has some of the best improvements of any version to date. In addition to new options for LightWorks Lighting and Materials the 8.2 update allows for below ground plane basements.

It is the only program I know of that allows for the use of imports from it's bundled Designer Cad program. You can use the hundreds of symbols included or make your own and import as 3ds files from Designer (a TurboCad light program).

Windows and Doors have unlimited sizing capablilites. UNLIMITED ! Any texture you wish to add can be done within the program. And VRML (virtual reality 'game like' walkthoughs) can be created with touch of a button, with textures included.

I've seen the advances in this program for over 4yrs. Any negative comment here are from inexperienced users. In addition IMSI provides a free Forum for users to post questions and examples of thier work.

I recommend the product to not only homeowners but remodeling contractors for creating both 3d Renderings and Working Drawings.

Their is no product better for the price !!