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Everyone who plans to build their own home thinks about drawing up a project. It's nice to feel like an architect and try your hand at creating a visual plan of the future home. Well, there are programs for designing houses, and you can choose free versions.

Sketch Up Make

This program is designed to create relatively simple three-dimensional objects, it allows you not only to draw up a project of the house itself, but also to work with interior design, furniture arrangement. It was owned by Google's SketchUp Make, there is also a paid version of SketchUp Pro, but we will talk about programs that you can use for free.

Users note that SketchUp is a simple program, there is a built-in crack, designed for beginners in the field of 3D modeling.

In addition to creating and editing 3D projects, the program allows you to work with landscape design, interiors, engage in virtual archeology, that is, model disappeared buildings, and master engineering design. There is a lot of reference information, SketchUp has simple graphic tools, such as "eraser", "brush" and others, it can convert created projects into various graphic formats.

Another plus of SketchUp is the ability to create statistics on the consumption of building materials. Structures are designed to the nearest millimeter. The program does not work with 2D drawings.

Another 3D building modeling program that you can use for free. You can make a detailed two-dimensional plan, which is then converted into a three-dimensional model. The program allows you to work with interiors, it is quite simple, you can change the viewing modes of the finished project from a transparent frame to the location of the building among the landscape. The finished project is easy to print and save in various formats. Envisioneer Express is less popular than SketchUp, but generally has a fairly wide range of functionality.

nanoCAD

This is a Russian development, there is a free version not for commercial use. NanoCAD has a fairly wide potential - the program allows you to work with various drawings and even allows you to create a complete package of documents that are included in the construction project. Files saved in nanoCAD are compatible with other applications from the AutoCAD category.

Home Plan Pro

A free house plan program that supports BMP, GIF, JPG formats. It has a fairly simple interface, can work with color palettes, different levels and layers, and has a large number of ready-made structures, such as windows, doorways, and furniture. The finished Home Plan Pro house plan can be printed in several projections. Designed specifically for beginners, not professionals in the field of architecture.

A program with many features that allow you to experiment with 3D images of buildings, landscapes and interiors. It is noteworthy that professional designers often work with FloorPlan 3D, which indicates its high functionality and advantages. Information is automatically created not only about the quantity, but also the cost of materials, levels and floors are designed, texts, roofs, windows and stairs are added, the library is very extensive. There are several versions. Works with effects such as snow and rain, the sketch can be viewed from any angle, and the design can be designed down to the smallest detail.

This program can be called shareware - you can use it only for 30 days from the moment of installation, after that, if you wish, you should buy a license. CyberMotion 3D-Designer 13 allows you to create three-dimensional models, animation, rendering. The program is used far from only for creating projects and designing houses, you can just do animation by making your characters.

Among the more specialized programs are Sweet Home 3D, created specifically for interior design modeling, as well as LIRA-SAPR 2013, designed to calculate the load on building structures.

The most positive reviews on the net about the program SketchUp, as a software product that is most suitable for use by beginners.

Everyone who starts construction, redevelopment of a house or apartment is faced with the problem of visualizing their ideas for a visual explanation of the construction crews “how it should be”. If desired, and with little PC user skills, this can be done without resorting to the help of an architect or designer, namely, with the help of programs for planning and designing houses. In order for you to easily choose a program according to your needs and necessary actions, the article provides an overview of free programs for designing houses.

The program is designed for accurate creation of the project and design of premises. With its help, you can, bathroom, bedroom, living room, office and other functional premises based on specialized libraries of elements as close as possible to real shapes and sizes, or create an apartment plan, arrange furniture and interior items in a given space, get quantitative statistical information on the project. VisiCon is designed for people who do not have special technical training.

CyberMotion 3D Designer 13.0

CyberMotion 3D-Designer is a professional-level package for modeling, creating animation and rendering 3D models. The program contains a large number of templates and tips with which even a novice user can create a room and fill it with furniture.

The construction of three-dimensional images in this program is carried out using three drawings: top view, side view and front view.

Facilitates work with the program user-friendly interface and numerous tools combined into one environment.

CyberMotion 3D-Designer 14.0 can be downloaded.

Home Plan Pro

Home Plan Pro is a program designed to create floor plans. Among its tools, it has a minimal set of all necessary graphic tools. At the same time, there is a fairly large number of different ready-made parts: furniture, fixtures, windows, doors, etc. The program has a built-in fax and smtp server.

The Home Plan Pro program can be downloaded.

Envisioneer Express is a program designed to develop a 3D model of a house. With this program, you can create a house plan, including walls, doors, windows, and a roof, and then convert it into a three-dimensional model. The Envisioneer Express tools also allow you to add furniture, change the texture of your home's frame, and change the appearance of your building materials.

It will help to think through all the nuances of the layout and understand what materials will be required. Thanks to this, in real construction it will be possible to do the work as quickly and without errors as possible. You can create a visualization yourself, in a special program.

What you should pay attention to when choosing a program:

1. Russification. Without it, mastering the functionality will be problematic, especially if you do not know a foreign language.
2. Convenience. The intuitive interface will make the work easier, accessible even for absolute beginners.
3. Functional. Programs that would help create a project from start to finish do not yet exist. Therefore, it is necessary to determine in advance the tasks that need to be solved. And already under them to select designers.
4. The presence of instructions or training videos. They will significantly reduce the time for studying, allowing you to quickly start developing the project.

1 Sweet Home 3D

This program is needed to design individual rooms. It has a built-in furniture catalog, as well as a function that allows you to change the color of any element. The interface is translated into Russian. For inexperienced users, there is a built-in hint system, so creating your first project will not be difficult. Once created, it can be saved in a convenient format. The application is regularly updated, it is allowed to download new models from the official site for use in standard layouts.

In Sweet Home 3D, you can notice the smallest details of the situation. Photo: www.sweethome3d.com/ru

2 ArchiCAD

Russified program for creating 3D models and 2D drawings. You can use it for 30 days, then you will be asked to buy a license. Students and teachers of architecture universities can extend the free period up to a year.

Before working in the program, it is better to watch video instructions. An example of one of them is below.

In ArchiCAD, you can design interiors, work out, calculate the amount of materials for. It also provides for the possibility of editing videos and conducting virtual walks through the rooms of the future home.

ArchiCAD has a large catalog of furniture built into it. Photo: archicad-autocad.com

3 HouseCreators

The program is designed for designing . There are editors for the foundation, log house, walls, floors and roofs. There is a 3D visualization. Using the program, you can create a project of any complexity, number the logs, get drawings, plans and specifications.

4 Home Plan Pro

A lightweight drawing program that is suitable for designing . There is no 3D visualization, there is no Russification either, but the interface is intuitive.

The program allows you to develop the appearance of the house, design individual rooms, taking into account the arrangement of furniture, the placement of windows and doors. There are tools for quickly duplicating shapes. Finished projects are saved in popular formats, they can also be sent by e-mail. The free period of use is 30 days.

With Home Plan Pro you can design houses with multiple floors. Photo: homeplanpro.com

5 LIRA-SAPR 2013

A specialized product for calculating loads on structures. Drawings can be done automatically. There is access to reference information and examples. This is a free version, but there are paid options with advanced functionality.

After processing the specified parameters, LIRA CAD 2013 will mark areas that need additional reinforcement of the structure. Photo: liraland.ru

6 Google Sketch Up

Professional software that allows you to create three-dimensional models of houses, surrounding landscape, interior and furniture. All designs are created with high precision and detailed detail. There is also a function for generating statistics on the consumption of materials. The designer uses simple tools that are found in other graphic editors. The program is supplied with training videos and manuals. The downside is the lack of the possibility of designing 2D plans.

For SketchUp, even complex 3D objects are no problem! Photo: sketchup.com

7 House-3D

The program is designed for modeling houses, furniture and interior design. The catalog contains many ready-made furniture models, you can change the materials of the floor, walls and furniture facades. The product was developed for non-professional use, therefore it is suitable for amateurs.

In the Dom-3D program, you can also do landscape design modeling. Photo: dom3d.com.ua

8 Interior Design 3D

A handy program for planning the environment of your home or office with a free period of use. The catalog contains more than 100 pieces of furniture and 450 options, everything is easily scalable, the color scheme is customizable. It has a high speed of operation, suitable for novice users due to the presence of a video prompt system. When creating a project, it is proposed to choose one of the options for a standard layout or draw a house yourself. It is possible to make simple estimates. To arrange furniture, it is more convenient to switch to a 2D plan. You can view the finished result by switching to the 3D modeling mode.

Add furniture and appliances, arrange them and admire the result. Photo: interior3d.su

9 Home and Landscape Design

A shareware program for creating 3D models and 2D plans. Suitable for designing the interior, exterior of the house and surrounding space. For greater realism, the project can be printed on cardboard or paper and assembled as a model of the house.

Home and Landscape Design produces photographic quality images. Photo: punchsoftware.com/home-design

10 Chief Architect

A convenient program for designing frame structures, it is possible to plan the situation inside the house. The downside is the lack of Russification, which will make it difficult for beginners.

Consider the smallest details when designing a home or room interior with Chief Architect. Photo: chiefarchitect.com

Comparison of free home design software

Each option has its pros and cons. To simplify the choice, we have drawn up the main points in a comparative table.

To create a quality project, it is not necessary to pay a lot of money to specialists or purchase professional software. Even free programs can provide the necessary functionality and high quality images.

You have already drawn a beautiful, convenient and comfortable cottage in your head. Arrangement of furniture, consumption of materials, location of engineering systems (plumbing, lighting) and other important details should also be taken into account in it. But in order to visualize it, you no longer need to draw primitive schemes by hand, because you can use the achievements of technology. Creating a drawing requires certain knowledge from the user, but rich functionality and useful tools can greatly simplify the task.

We will tell you what programs for designing, planning and building houses in Russian exist, present a rating of software for modeling and creating a layout and a building plan, and also talk about the features of designing and drawing up a layout in each application.

Overview of programs for designing houses

Floor Plan in 3D

This software is easy to learn and aimed at novice users. In Floor Plan 3D you will find a clear interface, up-to-date updates and good functionality. Here you can design a room, an apartment, a garage or a building - even a beginner can do it. The software allows you to design a building with several floors, stairs between them, windows and doorways, arrange furniture and use decorative elements. There is also a feature that allows you to sign layouts and attach text notes to them. All information about selected materials and past layouts is stored in a database where you can view them at any time.

Disadvantages: The online version is not Russified, and to receive a package in your native language, you will have to purchase paid software. A limited set of items is offered for use, which narrows the scope for imagination.

sweet home

It is a simple and affordable tool for the non-professional user. In order to create a house layout in this system, you will need a couple of video tutorials and a little training. Here you can build both 2D and 3D models of buildings. At the development stage, the function of viewing the image from different angles was added. SweetHome is Russified and available online, although the number of finished furniture is very limited: 95 against 1025 in the licensed version.

The disadvantages include the fact that here it is impossible to model the landscape, build sections and it is impossible to draw up a budget for the implementation of the idea.

Google Sketch Up

Easy-to-learn software, the principle of which will be clear even for beginners. It is enough to find several video instructions in the public domain and study them. You can create 3D models, drawings and layouts, and other 3D objects. It is easy to import and export objects, work out textures and contours. There is a free library of materials, changes in the course of work are immediately displayed in the plan. Included tools for working with terrain and shadows, layers and sizes. It is convenient to look at three-dimensional models.

The disadvantages include that you cannot assign exact values ​​to an item, and the limited free version.

Arcon

A handy tool for creating office, residential and industrial premises, architectural and design objects. In this program, a comprehensive approach to home planning, the advantage is a convenient interface in Russian. You can work with documentation and projects without any inconvenience or difficulty. There is a function of selecting a separate part of the drawing, in which it is easy to change the properties of the part or replace it with another one. The database is filled with real-life interior items that you can order on the manufacturer's website, which is listed in a special section.

With all the advantages, Arcon is not without its drawbacks: even the educational version is paid. The amount of furniture is limited and cannot be arbitrarily changed. There are problems with transferring data to other graphics systems: you will have to face the loss of values ​​and properties of objects, as well as the hierarchical relationships between them.

Autodesk 3ds Max

Multifunctional and affordable software with the ability to create three-dimensional models. In addition to designing buildings, cars, rooms, streets and even cities, you can also use this software for animation, which is why Autodesk is chosen by representatives of creative professions. The application is great for static graphics and quick design of interior and exterior objects. You can find a lot of tutorials on this development, because it is popular with both beginners and professionals.

However, learning difficulties can be repulsive for those who are just starting out in modeling. The confusing interface and difficult to learn software is more suitable for experienced users. Another disadvantage is the high price: 52,000 rubles for an annual license for one, and 78,000 for a multi-user version.

Revit

Revit is aimed at professional designers and architects. The most important thing in the program is building a model of a dwelling not only outside, but also inside, which is great not only for experts, but also for users who are planning a layout of their own housing. Revit allows you to work in a group and easily create libraries in it. A monthly trial version is available on the Internet with a full set of tools inside.

The disadvantages include unfinished Russification, a large amount of time that needs to be spent on mastering this software, accuracy and sufficient experience with similar developments that are necessary for comfortable use, and a high cost - 71,000 rubles for an option for 1 user and 106,500 for multi-user.

Chief Architect

If you are a frame builder, this is the software for you. This is software for developing a private house and other buildings, drawings of individual ceilings and truss systems. It is important that similar tasks in similar software take much more time.

However, there are a number of significant drawbacks: it is a very difficult software to master, which is beyond the power of beginners. The Program and the Manual are completely in English, so if you don't know this language well, it will be extremely difficult to understand. For high-quality work with this software, you need constant practice and the study of all the functions and tools.

House-3D

This software is intended for those who want to plan their own home, but do not have sufficient technical knowledge and do not own project documentation. Developers position their layout as a way to model buildings for those who do not want to understand the intricate functionality of professional software.

This building modeling program often ranks among the best because of its ease of use and rich range of features. Here you can not only create three-dimensional models of buildings, but also develop the furnishing of rooms, as well as work with changing the properties of materials that are involved in creating walls, facades and other surfaces. At the same time, the interface is simple and clear even for a novice developer.

But not everything is so rosy: the application has too small and uncomfortable icons, and the whole design is morally outdated. It is very inconvenient to select small objects and there is an illogical algorithm for removing details and canceling an action.

ZWCAD Architecture

The system was recognized all over the world, and the new program for planning houses only consolidated the success. In the new software, you can create and draw up architectural and construction drawings that will comply with all the parameters of design documentation for construction (SPDS). Drawing views and floor plans of the building that meet all SPDS standards, drawing evacuation and fire safety plans.

CAD has long been loved by domestic users, so you do not need to get used to the new interface and complex illogical algorithms for a long time. And if you are new to building modeling and have not worked with CAD before, then you can always contact the support service: online, by phone or on social networks, they will explain incomprehensible details to you and answer your questions.

Functionality

Architects, designers and other professionals use the company's applications to model building details, technical communications, ventilation, industrial equipment and other construction projects. The software package consists of several parts:

• CADprofi Mechanical
• CADprofi Architectural
• CADprofi HVAC & Piping
• CADprofi Electrical

All modules are compatible with each other and can be installed individually or in combination with other software. This software was created as a CAD tool for two-dimensional and three-dimensional layouts. The library of items with the indication of the manufacturer, which is constantly updated and supplemented with new objects, greatly facilitates three-dimensional modeling. CADprofi provides the user with a large list of options that help in working on the plan: from automatic numbering and description algorithm to transferring data to basic formats for easy editing on another platform (for example, doc, xls, xml and many others).

Acceptable cost

You can purchase both an annual license and a permanent one. At the same time, the price is affordable even for novice users. Therefore, you get a working application with rich functionality, which is several times cheaper than competitors with similar software.

Compatible with major formats

Multiple testing confirms that our application works perfectly not only with old versions of ZWCAD, but also with other CAD software: FreeCad, Autodesk, AutoCad and many others. At the same time, the quality of the drawing does not change from transferring to other platforms. The plans created in these programs are fully compatible with DWG formats and can be edited in any CAD software without using software from ZWSOFT. The company regularly releases updates and improves developments.

rich library

You can use the catalog of many well-known manufacturers: furniture and decorative elements, busbars and cable trays, equipment and electrical switchboards, parts of chimneys and plumbing installations, and even plants.

High performance

All options and tools are available to you, even if you have a computer with low power. Recent updates have accelerated the productivity of the software, and now in 5 hours you can do what used to take 7 hours of machine time.

Summarize

We reviewed the main programs for building modeling and made an overview of the most prominent representatives of the software, compared their shortcomings and features, meeting modern requirements for performance and convenience. Therefore, if you are looking for a comfortable, functional and inexpensive system for designing houses and industrial facilities, pay attention to CADprofi. This application will allow you to create accurate layouts of buildings with minimal cost and nerves.