Independent design houses in the free app

Overview of free apps for those who wish personally to become an architect and designer of your future home - experience FORUMHOUSE users.

Always nice to see how timid outline of a future home in the visual editor residential facility confidence is embodied in the realized construction projects. But doubly pleased to create a graphic sketch of the dwelling itself, gradually ennobling surrounding area of landscape elements design, gradually "pristraivaya" bath, garage, gazebo and modeling the atmosphere in the interior, which would fully meet your needs.

Become the architect of your own home you will help free software for the design of private house, which can be used to create projects for each room individually, and for the entire portion. Let's try to start our virtual construction.

In a program to create a house project

FORUMHOUSE tell users how great importance in the construction of a private house has a working draft (with the accompanying drawings and calculations) - there is no need. Its significance is clear to all. But not everyone understands that the construction is necessary to create an architectural design project at home.

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Mastering 3d design of houses, creating a virtual 3D-model of the future of housing, you sort of start to finish building a house. And all stages of the construction work through you not in reality, but in a computer program, taking into account all the dimensions of the construction site to the nearest millimeter. Program for the construction of the house allows the design phase to identify all the inconsistencies. You will be able in time to realize that somewhere is necessary to increase the flight of steps of 100 mm or slightly shift in the direction of the window opening in the next room. In practice, it will be created somewhat differently than was originally intended. But modern software that can take into account the thickness of each plank, pre simulates object so that after the construction you do not have to correct the mistakes of the recasting done work.

Today we present you the description of several free programs that allow you to create ready 3D-models of houses and plots, to conduct a quantitative calculation of building materials and even be building estimates.

To begin, let me give a few tips that will help in the selection of free software:

The absence of the Russian version of the selected software makes it very difficult to study its functionality and further work with the program. Therefore, if you are not familiar with foreign terminology that deliberately choose a program in Russian.
Before you download the program, refer to the level of complexity and with how easy to use its interface. Try to use the testimonials of people who have experience with the chosen software.
Immediately determine their needs and the need to obtain 3D-images. If you want to see everything in the volume, then choose the software with the appropriate functionality.

Availability of detailed instructions and videos to work with the selected software will save time to study it. Ideally, reference materials should be supplied with a downloadable version of the software

ArchiCAD - a professional software package for creating virtual models

His narrative, we will start by describing a shareware program for creating Russified Of 3D-models ArchiCAD, which already won several awards in the nomination - "The best software for BIM construction. " It was with her, because it is very difficult to find a program with such perfect functionality, allowing not only the design, but also count the building materials, accounting simple estimates

The concept of "quasi-free" does not portend anything good for the user. But in the case of ArchiCAD, this definition does not look so hopeless. After all, anyone can install this software is a fully functional version on your computer and the program of building a house with extensive features will be in its free use for 30 days. Students and teachers of specialized design schools can get a free license for a period of one year.

There is another limitation on the orientation program, but for the demo version it is not essential: to save and open saved files can only be on the same computer. After purchasing a license to this restriction saved projects can be removed (though, in the past month of the program, you can "squeeze" all you need).

Given that ArchiCAD - professional program, the functionality it has appropriate:

The ability to create architectural and construction solutions in the field of landscape design, as well as in construction of homes and interior design house or apartment;
The presence of built-in three-dimensional design technology;
Creating a 2D-drawings-and 3D-models;
The ability to determine the volumes of building structures and calculate consumption of materials for the preparation of construction budgets;
Creating animation and video clips, to assess what it looks like designing the house and its parts from different perspectives;
Everything else, the program allows you to make a virtual tour of the living spaces of the future house.

Working with the program, the designer creates a perfect 3D-model of the building. He has the ability to "build" the house on the computer screen, starting from the base and ending with the roof and the elements of the surrounding landscape. To do this, use the tools that are accurate epitome of real objects: walls, windows, exterior lighting equipment, construction ceilings, stairs, etc... With this program you can not calculate the load on the building structures elements. But programs that combine the functionality of such a vast, in fact, does not exist.

Google SketchUp - a free program for the development of 3D-models

Google SketchUp program belongs to a professional software product for modeling, three-dimensional models of buildings, furniture and interior design.

Its main advantage over ArchiCAD is available completely free version, adapted to the needs of novice architects and designers. This application has a built-crack, so the Russian-speaking users will be able to quickly understand the features of its interface. User-friendly application. Construction is simplified home with him.

Features:

Creation and editing of 3D-projects (we are talking about home projects, interiors, the surrounding landscape and all kinds of architectural objects, design bath design or garage). The program is intuitive.
Availability of simple tools that may be familiar to users of the interface simple graphics editor: "pencil", "Eraser" and so on ...
The ability to convert image files and creates 3D-models in the most common image formats: PNG, JPG, and so on ...
Abundance of detailed background information and training manuals on working with the program.
Everything else, the program is able to generate statistics on consumption of building materials, practically - to make purchases materials plan.

For Google SketchUp disadvantages are the lack of a functional design for 2D-drawings. Its main purpose - a 3D-modeling. To create drawings, there are other programs.

Free version nanoCAD

Being the best Russian design oriented automatic design drawings, nanoCAD program has a free version, has a fairly extensive:

Create full of drawings during the design of different building projects;
Making all the documents that are part of the working of the construction project;
Ability to work with dwg file format that is compatible with other applications relating to the AutoCAD search.

Free design allows you to solve basic problems, arising while creating construction projects and drawings of average complexity.

Specialized software for interior design - Sweet home 3D

Shotgun Sweet home 3D functionality of the program is aimed at users who want to model interior space to suit your needs, but do not want to learn a complex professional software. The program has a Russian version and a special service for the design online. It has a convenient interface and flexible settings.

Key features and functions of the program:

The presence of extensive documentation and teaching materials in Russian;
Simultaneous work with two-dimensional and three-dimensional model of the premises;
A huge list of items that form the environment (furniture, appliances, doors, etc.), And a wide range of settings (at its discretion, can change the size, color, texture, etc...);
The program allows you to view planning in different modes: "view from above", "virtual tour", "view from anywhere in the room," etc...

A free program to calculate the load - "LIRA-CAD 2013"

Since the theme of this article is dedicated to the design of a private house, then we say about the program, with the help of which you can perform load calculations for building structures. load calculation - this is a task for professionals, whose experience and expertise are beyond the beginner a home designer. To implement it, you need to know the theory of strength of materials and construction calculations. Free program to calculate the loads there, but not everyone's strength to master them.

A freely available version of the "LIRA-CAD 2013" allows to solve many problems related to the calculation and design of the buildings:

Count objects with different amounts of load.
Create and view design diagrams and models.
To access the help system designers.
Access background information on the program and training materials.
To create working drawings in the automatic mode (step KM, QL and t. D.)

calculation of materials

If the design does not interest you, or anything that you need - is to count the number of materials that will be needed to building a house, garage or other buildings, then to master the work with complicated software does not required. To solve such problems, there are many free online services (building calculators), which can be found through any search engine.

To learn more the simplest software to design building structures you can become acquainted with FORUMHOUSE their opinions in a special section of our website. After reading lessons for the design of houses with the help of Google SketchUp 8 a computer applicationYou can easily learn how to work in one of the most popular programs for 3D-modeling houses, land and home. BUT thematic video from FORUMHOUSE It helps you to understand - why a well-designed house allows the future owner to get a lot of benefits during construction.