Home Designer Suite

Plumbing fixtures and dimensions are not available. Makes it pretty hard to plan basic space requirements. the product is quite quirky and requires multiple actions to adjust the working drawing. In hind sight, I should have purchased the more expensive product from another company. Whats more aggravating... this product is non refundable.

Still learning my way through it

This software is very useful, a lot features and videos helps to learn to use!

I was able to start very quickly and build a basic floorplan. The program has amazing details that can be incorporated and it is easy to learn from the extensive video library.

I purchased the program but did not get around to activating it until after the 30 day return window closed. Trying to get in now is impossible. The company says the problem is with Amazon. I cant seem to figure out how to access Amazon past the 30 days.

I have followed along with the tutorials and am now trying to build my own plans. What should be simple resizing of exterior walls makes me want to throw my computer out the window. I am doing what I learned in the tutorials, but every adjustment I make affects other walls than the one I am trying to adjust. Hopefully I can return this ridiculous program and find a more user-friendly one. This one is a mess!

We are building in the spring and I am loving this design program. It is very easy to learn to use, has lots of practical features. I started working on it today and already have a basic floor plan that we can continue to tweak over the winter.

this product dos not operate as a casual user (or a person who has reviewed and developed many plans on paper) would expect, and learning tools are neither obvious nor straight forward. For example, drawing a simple floorplan has taken a lot of iteration (and I am an experienced engineer and computer programmer). I expect it will take tens of hours of trial-and-error and repetition ot develop skill in use.

to use, need to purchase upgrades, simple needed dropdowns not available unless upgraded, items shown on basic tutorial... find something else, have had minor cad experience so im not a total greenhorn

Tried buying this again, assuming/hoping it would now be the up-to-date version. But, alas, no. It was the 2021 version again. And, it doesnt matter if you buy this as a download or on a USB stick; itll be the 2021 version either way.