Virtual Architect Home & Landscape Platinum Suite

If you believe Norton Anti-virus scanning, do not buy this software. It fails their scanning. Novadevelopment customer service is non-existent.

I have used a few design software packages over the years and by far this is the worst. All of the others are quite tolerable but there are virtually no redeeming qualities to this software. In addition to not being able to draw many different objects typically found in a home such as radiators (though they include other really useful objects such as dumpsters so we can all have one of those in our backyard) they also appear to never have actually lived in a home. For instance the default width for their dishwashers (Im designing a kitchen) is 29 inches. I have owned about 6 dishwashers in my years and they were all 24 inches wide though I do know of a drawer type thats 30. Another reviewer said you would need a month to learn the software. Im going to save money and time. Dont buy this there is nothing here worth learning.

We are remodeling and were hoping to use this to do our makeover project. It is so complicated to use that we are discouraged. We have some computer know how and still are unable to understand the program. This must be for more advanced builders and drafters.

This program has very much capability however I have not had much time to learn how to set everything up and understand it as yet.

I had very high hopes when I purchased this software but after installing and reading the manual it has got to be one of the most difficult things to work with. I have had it for almost a month and I still cant get the measurements right on the software.

It crashed on me. Could not complete 1st. No customer service. Sucks.

It is not a bad program (not sure exactly which HGTV I bought, may have been Ultimate (computer no longer works)) but has a few quirks, like you can always see a shadow of the furniture and walls on the floor beneath, which drove me crazy. It also took awhile to figure things out that I think could have been made easier. But at least it has much more flexibility and detail then the Chief Architect Home design essentials which was a complete waste of my money. Guess you have to spend much more to get one that works well. I looked at sketch up and noticed it looks just like HGTVs, the icons and set up looks identical, but I have not tried sketch up at $695!

Good product

Bought this from Frys electronics because I was getting ready to landscape my back yard. The program is difficult to use. Tried several times to alter the dimensions by typing them in as instructed with no luck. I couldnt even get it to allow me to input the dimension I wanted. If your looking for a good landscape program, this is not it.

Too difficult to get started and Im an Architect