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| Avanquest Launches New Range of Ideal Home Software Products Avanquest Software Publishing has launched a new range of Ideal Home software products for designing and planning all aspects of a home and garden in virtual 3D. With three new products in the range, designs can be started from scratch and then tailored to users' specifications before being visualisevisualised in 3D. This will help users plan their dream home, and can help to prevent the need to move house saving valuable time and money. Ideal Home 3D Home & Garden Design Suite 12 This useful home design solution allows users to create a simulation of a house and garden on their PC. This can be done quickly and easily using one of the 1,000 sample plans provided, or from scratch using the House Builder Wizard. Exact specifications can be applied for detailed layout planning that can be replicated in real life if necessary. Interior and exterior space can be easily customised by adding walls, colours, furniture, lighting, landscaping or decking, creating a realistic image of a user's home. Designs are represented in photo-realistic 3D and can be experienced from the creator's point of view with the option to 'walk through', 'fly around' or 'look around'. Features include: · Cost estimating to help budget for necessary materials; · Automatic Building and Design Wizards to make the design process easier; · Material Selector and Colour Chooser for full customisation of colours and textures; · Real-time lighting alters depending on the type of lights placed in different places; · Over 10,000 furnishings in the library to beautifully decorate a home and garden. Ideal Home 3D Home Design Deluxe 12 Requiring no previous design experience, this easy to use software enables users to create a house improvement plan on their PC. Floor space can be planned and measured to accommodate doors, windows, worktops and cabinets, accounting for all furniture space requirements when planning. When walking through the house in the 3D virtual tour, users can envisage how their dream home would appear, complete with all fixtures and fittings. Features include: · A new object wizard allowing users to import files to their project for unlimited content; · Tutorial projects and demonstrations to show how to make the most of the software; · Side-on elevation and cross section views allow all angles of designs to be viewed; · Tracking of project costs for careful budget planning. Ideal Home 3D Landscape Design Deluxe 12 This software provides everything to create realistic simulations of outdoor environments, such as 3,500 realistic flowers, trees & shrubs plus fences, gates, paths and decking for crafting a detailed and personalised garden. Actual photographs of plants or people can be imported into designs to fully personalise an environment and add an element of fun. Plant encyclopaedia software is also included to make virtual gardening easier and informative. Beautiful landscapes can be designed, customised and viewed to help plan what is required before money is spent. Gardening enthusiasts can watch their plants grow and change throughout the seasons through a unique simulation, truly experiencing the garden's activity as if it were real. Features include: · Advanced zooming for looking at small details up close; · Top down views to see designs from above to help with spatial planning; · 2D and 3D modes allow garden plans to be viewed from all angles. System Requirements: Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP4), XP (SP2) or Vista, 500Mhz or higher processor, 750MB free hard drive space, 512MB RAM (1GB RAM Recommended), DVD-ROM drive (Design Suite) or CD-ROM drive (Deluxe Products), Video Card with OpenGL driver and 32MB, RAM (64MB RAM Recommended), Color monitor with 1024x768 resolution or higher, Windows-compatible mouse, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher, Mozilla Firefox to access online features (Optional). write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Computing News :: home page |