Punch Landscape Design v20 is very powerful allows you to create designs in 2D, 3D view aerial shots, walkthroughs and more. You can add your own photos to customize plans with the PhotoView tool and you can preview designs in 2D or 3D. You can drag and drop elements only in 3D mode however. It takes some learning but if you want to design both a house and garden and want something cross-platform, Punch Landscape Design might be for you.
You can also build retaining walls, import photos or backgrounds and simulate how your plants will look in years to come. The interface looks and feels Windows-based and the Windows product is more updated than the Mac version. The current Windows version is for but Mac users still have to use the version. If you want something really simple just for redesigning your garden, try Garden Planner. You can only work in 2D mode but you can do 3D walkthroughs of your designs. There is a useful top-down view though to help you get perspective on your designs.
Most free landscape apps are suitable only for general garden planning and playing around with rough ideas. Be aware of the following: 1. Live Home 3D has a critical limitation in the floors and ceiling on each story are linked. You cannot design two blocks with independent floors. Move one, they all move. That makes it a no-go application for some users. Take a close look at this problem before starting your design.
They have a day money back deal, and I have asked for my money back. Chief Architect Home Designer has a critical fault in the terrain modelling function. It creates anomalies and errors so serious that the tool becomes unusable. I have a Mac and I am a novice at this sort of thing. Any help or guidance would be helpful.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Subscribe to MacHow2! Sign up to get reviews, tutorials and special offers on Mac software! Please consider turning off your ad blocker. Thank you. More professionally oriented than what I'm looking for. Windows has a whole slew of highly-rated landscaping and home remodeling software. Why doesn't Mac, the quintessential platform for design?
Anyone know of packages I'm overlooking? Click to expand Thanks for your reply, Perfessor, Yes, Mac is aimed at professionals for design, but when you think of Mac's newer direction in the home consumer market i. SketchUp is a great general purpose design tool, but it's not very good at home and landscape design. I've been developing web-based home and landscape design software at www.
Its very new, but I'm releasing updates almost every day. Your feedback is appreciated. A beautiful garden is a highlight of your house. If it is designed by yourself, you can be more proud. Edraw garden design software is specially tailored for the creation of professional and presentation-quality garden designs.
It only takes a few minutes to build an attractive infographic garden plan on strength of the garden design symbols , templates and examples. The interface is super user-friendly so that anyone can master the software quickly, without learning curve and no drawing skill is required.
Simply drag and drop symbols, apply built-in designed themes, and automatically save your finished garden designs into an image or PDF format by only one click. Download garden design software and view all examples for free.
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