dreamplan home design software free review

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NCH’s DreamPlan is an excellent piece of software, helping you create a building on multiple levels, alter it and customise it inside and out to your heart’s content. We did like the fact you can easily copy and paste an object to add it multiple times throughout your creation.

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Just like the doors and windows we discussed earlier, every object has parameters which you can alter to suit your needs, from dimension to colour.

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Worse, it doesn’t inform you that this is happening, and the wait could be such that you might think there’s nothing for the software to find, until you return some time later and see the results).Ĭan’t find the object you want? DreamPlan links you to an online repository of 3D items you can download and install - although not all are compatible with the software (Image credit: NCH Software)ĭreamPlan also provides a handy ‘Search Online’ button from that search window, from which you can locate and download other items that might strike your fancy, then use the ‘Add Content’ tool to preview and import them into the software (although not all objects are compatible - the more complex it is, the more likely it will exceed the app’s parameters). There are hundreds to choose from, including electronics, plumbing, plants, etc, broken down by category, and if you can’t find what you’re looking for, a handy search window is there to help you out (although we found that if this is the first time you used it, it might take a while to display anything as it downloads online content in the background. Of course no 3D building design software is worth its salt without offering a vast library of objects and furniture to give your home that lived in feel. Even better, you can add a basement should you want one. By default you’re working on the ground floor, but click on ‘2nd story’ and any wall you create will be placed at that default elevation (which can also be altered to suit your needs). You’re not limited to creating a single floor dwelling either: beneath the Properties sidebar is where you can control this. Working on multiple levels is extremely easy - you can even create a basement (Image credit: NCH Software) Floor to floor As you add one those next to others, you’ll notice a slight magnetic effect as the walls snap to others, helping you place your rooms perfectly. If you need to speed things up a bit, ‘Rooms’ lets you add prebuilt spaces in an instant. Click on the ‘Building’ tab (top left), choose the ‘Walls’ option, and click and drag to create one.

Building workĪssembling a house is very straightforward. One possible advantage of the blueprint when building walls is you can see the wall’s length displayed alongside it as you create it, without needing to invoke the measuring tool. Whichever one you select, you’ll be able to access every tool at your disposal. Neither 2D views can be rotated, although you can pan across, and zoom in and out of them. You also have two 2D top down views - one that looks more like a traditional blueprint, and the other is kind of a mixture of the two previous ones: a 2D view with rendered elements viewed from above. The traditional 2D blueprint view is one of three available viewpoints you can work in (Image credit: NCH Software)

Dreamplan home design software free review