Programs for self-designing a house on a computer

You no longer need to be an architect or even have perfect drawing skills to design your own home. Technological progress provides a lot of opportunities. And, among other things, you can start drawing the layout of your house right now, without having any special tools for this, using only your PC and online tools created specifically for designing houses. Another good option are programs that you can install on your computer and work with them even without an Internet connection.

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Online programs will help you install the walls of the virtual house and paint them in the right color, place additional buildings, decorate the yard and fill the house with furniture. Their main advantages:

• The ability to independently plan your home to the smallest detail;
• Relatively small time costs;
• Timely correction of any shortcomings in the layout;
• Free, in most cases;
• The ability to use the 3D options to see the drawn house as if it had already been built.

Planner 5D is one of the popular online programs for planning houses and apartments. You don't even need to register to get started.

You can choose a ready-made template and work with it, or start your project from scratch.

The program allows you to create any number of rooms of different shapes, several floors in the house, has a wide variety of furniture, garden plants, models of people and animals, everything that the soul can desire. But not all objects are available in free mode. A monthly subscription for access to all layouts costs $5, and you will get permanent access to the full catalog for $20.


How to create a house in Planner 5D:

1. In the "Rooms" section, you need to select the number of rooms, their shape and footage. You can also change the color and structure of all objects.
2. Using the "Construction" section, you can install windows, doors and stairs.
3. The "Interior" section helps to install all the necessary furniture, appliances and interior items.
4. Additional outbuildings in the yard are contained in the "Exterior" section.
5. You can look at the finished project in 3D.
6. With the "Save" option, you can save the layout on your computer.

The program is good because it takes a minimum amount of time to create a house, but its disadvantage is the lack of professionalism and realism.

HouseCreator is a program that allows you not only to model a house, but also to calculate its approximate cost. The site has a video tutorial showing how to use the app, but the user interface is so clear and simple.


How to create a house in HouseCreator Online:
Choose the type and width of the foundation, the parameters of the walls, the number of floors and start designing. All this can be done in pop-up windows when entering the program.

1. In the "Wall" menu, select the size and location of the rooms.
2. The "Opening" menu will help you install doors and windows, choose their shape and size.
3. In the "Roof" menu, select the type and shape of the roof.
4. You can apply for the calculation of the cost of the project.
5. Look at the finished house in 3D mode.
6. In order to save the layout of the house, you need to register in the system.

The advantage of this application is the ability to calculate the cost of construction, choose the thickness of the walls, the height of the floor, the materials from which the house will be built.

A big minus: the program does not provide a decoration option, it is impossible to furnish the future house to your liking.

If you download and install the program on your computer, you can approach the matter much more thoroughly and professionally, create your dream home not in half an hour, but in weeks or even months. In addition, this method is more reliable, since it is less likely that the Internet will turn off and all work will “fly” at the most inopportune moment. The disadvantage of such programs is that you have to pay for them, but there is almost always a trial (free) period for which you can manage to build a project.

The advantage of Autodesk software is that students and university professors can download it for free. The project also has a free demo.

This program is very professional, it is possible to create not only a house, but also a car of your dreams, as well as interior items.

To work in it, you need to get a good hand, practice designing, but there is a chance that the created house project in this case will not be inferior even to a professional one. This software has many varieties of applications for modeling, design, animation and even mobile applications, but for creating houses it is better to use one of the versions of AutoCAD.



How to use the Autodesk software:

1. Download the demo version of AutoCAD from the official website and install it on your computer.
2. Choose the size of the plot on which the house will be built.
3. Adjust the relief of the area as close as possible to the present.
4. Outline the foundation and walls of the future building.
5. Build a roof, windows and doors.
6. Pick up the interior decoration of the rooms.

Enjoy the labors of several weeks of work by printing out the project in two copies: one - to build a house on it, the other - framed and hung in a place of honor.
There are also many instructional videos on how to use the AutoCAD software.

Designing a house on your own is not an easy job, requiring sufficient perseverance, diligence and a desire to acquire new knowledge and skills. You can't do this in 30 minutes. However, if the goal is simply to better convey your message to home development professionals, or to have fun, you can use one of the online programs.
The following video is an example of working with one of the programs for designing houses.