Features

• Create the look you want for your deck -- eight different railing styles to choose from
• Choose your lumber - spruce pine fir, southern pine, western cedar, and redwood each have the own appearance & qualities
• Select your deck height, direction, footing style, loading values, and bracing methods
• The software tells you what materials you need to construct your deck
• Preview a visual of what your deck will look like when complete

Reviews (3)

Excellent!
This software is easy to use and intuitive. A little limited but it does actual engineering, thats why it doesn't allow you to randomly move things around. Their tech support was excellent, helped me to make some challenging changes that otherwise would have been impossible. I definately recommend this to anyone.

Absolutely worthless
I paid $29.99, but Deck Designer would be overpriced at $2.99. A highschool student could create a better program over a weekend. You can use a pencil, ruler and paper as easily. No way I would build a deck this program creates. It actually put overlapping posts in nearly the same hole, and a third post only inches away. A "door" is literally a hole in the wall. Only one 3D view and it's not in perspective so it looks wrong. There is very little you can do with this worthless program. The only good thing it is easy to use. Too easy! And you still get nothing you can build. Don't waste your money. Even 1 star is too high a rating for this product.

Don't waste your time
This program is good if you want to use one of the pre-existing designs on it. If you plan on building a custom deck it is pretty much useless. You are unable to make the angles you want and you are unable to add specific designs that are fairly common. It is difficult to use and is not worth the money spent. You are better off drawing a custom deck by hand. ... Read more

Reviews (1)

this is a really good program
I love designing houses, and this program really helped make it easy. It was also alot of fun. I recomend this to everyone, I thought it was great! It was easy to use, and there are so so many things you can do on it. ... Read more

Features

• This interactive reference is packed with tips on managing your house from top to bottom
• Fix up those common household problems, from a broken chair leg to a busted fuse
• Get clothing care tips to help you keep your clothes bright, hole-free and smelling good
• Have the best garden on the block with the great tips included here

Amazon.com Product Description

3D Home Design Suite Deluxe 4.0 is a complete solution for home and landscape design. Build your dream home from scratch, plan a complete kitchen remodel, decorate your new living spaces, or create an entirely new landscape around your house. Learn invaluable home improvement tips and keep tabs on your assets. The suite includes 3D Home Architect Deluxe 4.0, 3D Home Landscape Designer 4.0, Black & Decker Everyday Home Repairs, 1,500 Home Plans, and Personal Home Inventory 4.0.

Use more than 7,500 plants, trees, and shrubs to plan your ultimate landscape design. A plant encyclopedia and plant-care calendar will help make sure you pick the right plants for your region. Or design your ideal home using more than 1,600 ready-made plans in 2-D and 3-D views. Construct interiors, decks, and patios with 2,650 2-D and 3-D objects and textures. Plus, learn to make home repairs and make a personal home inventory report. ... Read more

Reviews (16)

Try Again and Again
Sorting through the various home design offerings here, I found generally weak reviews for every product, but this one had at least a few supporters, so I gave it a shot. Don't do it! Horribly cumbersome and tedious to use. Not user-friendly. I have things I can't delete; I want to swap floors around but you can't once they're created. You have to start over from scratch in a new document if you make an error. Absurd not to be able to cut/paste/delete at will in this day and age. Oh, and I couldn't orient the plans I did develop to print to fill just one sheet of paper. It insists on printing the entire work area (most of which is blank). Wasted many hours. Have found something better. :)

Unfair to teenagers who are starting to become one
i am a teenager who wants this software for the benefit of the dought that i want to become a landscaper the price on this is to much for my taste so i announce that it should be lowered to a fair price of nothing only because we being the customers should have a fair part in this. i should come and download this to my computer in order to full fill my dream in being one. i sugest that you are going to lose customers because of this. i hope you read my reason GOOD BYE ser or mam

Tolerance for frustration?
I know how to learn software, but this one had me screaming at my monitor. I ended up sending the maker a very short note, "I HATE your software!"

Great surprise!
I was very hesitant to purchase this software after reading the reviews... most were dismal! Once I received and installed the software, I had my first plan within 1 hour. I had my first perspective within another 30 minutes! I've already tried several different floor plans and have eliminated down to the best 2 options. What a great tool! My remodeling plans are now ready to begin discussions with the contractor.

To be objective, maybe it was easy for me because I made my living, 20 years ago, designing and drawing plans? But in those days, it was all by hand - no computer in sight, let alone software...

I don't do "steep learning curves" well or complicated tutorials - and I can be impatient. This was a breeze, I highly recommend it.

Don't buy 3D Home Interior Deluxe!!
This product DOES NOT give you a realistic design picture. I was really disappointed with the program and cannot recommend it. The program WAS NOT EASY to operate and was cumbersome. I feel like I was ripped off of my hard earned money. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Complete Home Designer 3.0 helps you design or remodel your dream home. With over 140 template floor plans, you can create and print to-scale blueprints. Unhappy with your first design? The easy undo and redo features help you correct any mistake. Once completed with the exterior, focus on the interior and experience over 1,800 choices in texture and pattern. Complete Home Designer 3.0 makes your home colorful, beautiful, and exact. ... Read more