The key features...

Design your creative project step by step and room by room, from the basement to the loft space. Draw up plans of your house, equip your interior and exterior areas and add your own personal touch to your living space.

A virtual tour and extremely realistic 3D rendering allow you to review the results.

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.

Sheet Layout Mode: This mode allows you to build a presentation of your design into construction documents.

PhotoView™: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.

Tools to get your project off to a good start Tools to get your project off to a good start

Designing has never been easier

Partitions and openings: Easily edit your walls, ceilings, doors, windows, and much more besides (stairwells, mezzanines, staircases, etc.).

Automatic roofing: Automatic generation and customisation of roofs (skylights, gables, velux roof windows, dormer windows, etc.).

Drag your objects into the 3D view directly for immediate display of the result!

Pool designer: Customise your pool as you see fit.

Site Planner™Use the Site Planner™ tool to design your land by registering the ground coordinates.

Import SketchUp: Compatible with new Sketchup formats, allowing you to easily change the size of objects and materials within the program.

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Indoor and outdoor layouts

Object library: Infinite possibilities with thousands of 2D and 3D objects to choose from to furnish your rooms!

Material library: Choose from thousands of flooring materials or decorative textures from wooden floors to PVC fencing, and much more besides. Easily edit materials to customise your designs using the material editor.

Workshop to create customised 3D objectsBuild any object virtually or modify existing objects from the library. Use photorealistic materials such as wood, fabric, paint colours, stone, brick, etc.

Symbol Editor: Create a symbol library for construction details and annotate your designs. Then insert by simply dragging and dropping them into your design.

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View and move from dream to reality

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.

Advanced viewing toolsView your project from a variety of angles and renderings – 3D aerial view, cut-out view, 3D Clear View rendering, Sun Direction module, and much more besides.

Virtual tourSave virtual tours of your 3D project as if you were already visiting your house. Then share the house of your dreams on video.

EstimatorGenerate an exhaustive list of materials and their costs. Automatically calculates your expenses.

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*Some of the features shown are only available in certain versions. Refer to the comparative table for more information on all the features available by version.

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.