The key features...

Use the QuickStart wizard to define the layout of your rooms by simply dragging and dropping. Decorate and personalise your home by choosing from thousands of items to drag and drop: furniture, floor and wall coverings, worktop materials, carpets, trims and much more besides.

Tools to get your project off to a good start

Quickstart™ wizard: Add rooms by dragging and dropping to easily create your floor plan.

Standard ready-to-use house plans: In search of inspiration or a simple starting point? Use our editable house plans to speed up your design or browse for room planning ideas.

Tracing of scanned plans: Trace your favourite plans or use one you have designed.

Take photos of the inside or outside of an existing house and add them easily to complement your designs.

Tutorial videos: View our tutorial videos to learn how to master the many features of the software program.

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Designing has never been easier

Drag a set of furniture or your objects into the 3D view with one click for immediate display of the result!

Precision Lighting Planner™: With this powerful tool, you get full control over ambient lighting, shadows and light scattering. The lighting wizard and Sun Direction tool help you plan how much light you want and where to place it.

Estimator: The estimator will help you keep track of your project and will provide scales for doors, windows and much more besides.

3D Rendering: Generation of high-quality 3D renderings in real time. Immediately view your project in 3D as you draw up your plans in 2D.

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Interior and decoration

Object library: A wide range of construction and decoration materials is at your disposal. Faux finishings, interior and exterior paints, floors, solid surfaces, shutters, stonework and much more besides!

Material library: Try different materials and decorating ideas thanks to decorating palettes. Create different colour/material combinations, then switch from one to another to see which one you like the most.

Eco-construction: Build green! Click on the Eco-construction icon and your design becomes greener! We highlight areas where you can use eco-friendly materials and objects, such as recycled-glass countertops, bamboo flooring and much more besides! Ecological tips that are integral and specific to your design help you build green to save energy and money.

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Interior design by room

Kitchen: Modernise your kitchen with new cabinets, position an island for cooking or dining, add floor tiles or wood flooring, change window and door styles, and apply faux finishing to the wall.

Bathroom: try different colours of furniture, add a new customised bath or shower, view the effect of a granite countertop on your bathroom furniture, compare paint colours and wallpaper patterns, or change the lighting.

Office: Add cabinets and bookcases, change colours for a cosier atmosphere, choose from hundreds of office furniture and equipment units in the library.

Living areas: Try different layouts, lighting, and combinations of colours and materials.

Home cinema room: Create a cinema room that invites you to relax, or a genuine cinema in your own home. Position the seats and projection equipment. Place curtains in front of the screen and add a popcorn machine for an authentic movie experience.

Garage: Plan the renovation of your garage! Add customised flooring, create storage with drag-and-drop shelves, add a workshop, or turn your garage into a living area.

Cellar: create a space for recreation, position an indoor golf green, add an office space with the custom workshop’s library or try different layouts for your new living space.

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ARCHITECT 3D® 24 presents over 30 new and improved features*, including:NEW

Spray Topography: This feature simplifies the creation of 3D landscapes, eliminating the need for detailed contour mapping.

Custom Subplans: Enhance design control with the ability to focus on and organize specific project details.

Floor 2D/3D Visibility Control: This tool allows for selective visibility of floors in both 2D and 3D views, supporting better customization.

Batch Rendering 3D Views: Save time by queuing 3D views for efficient, high-quality image production.

New Editing Options & Creation Tools: Tools like Duplicate as CAD, Combo CAD Tool, and Precision Input Resize Option simplify the design workflow.

Default Design Settings Templates: Create and apply custom design settings to maintain consistency and improve efficiency across projects.

3D Innovations: Features such as Curved Railing Excellence, Guided Aerial Views, and High-Resolution Flora and Materials enhance the visual detail and quality of designs.

*Availability of certain features may vary across different model variants. For a detailed overview of feature distribution, kindly consult the Comparison Chart for feature availability per variant. This will help you identify which features are included in the model you are interested in.

Minimum system requirements:

Windows® 7 / 8 / 10 / 11  64-bit¹
Intel® or compatible 1.0 GHz 64-Bit processor or higher (multi-core processor supported)
Memory: 4 GB of RAM (8 GB or more recommended)
Hard Disk Space: 4 GB available hard disk space
Video Card: VGA Video Card displaying at least 1024×768 with 32-bit color. (Dedicated video card with 4 GB or more RAM recommended)
DVD-ROM drive for media installations only
Mouse with wheel recommended
Internet access and Internet Service Provider account required²

¹ Administrator privileges are required to properly install the program on Windows® 10, Windows® 8, Windows® 7.

² User is responsible for all Internet access fees and phone charges.