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Functional Uses of Plants in Landscape Design

Description

Take a fresh approach to the way you live with Virtual Architect Home & Landscape PlatinumSuite 10.  This innovation in home design software delivers the powerful tools and inspiration you need to transform your living space, plus expert help to get the job done right.

With Virtual Architect Home & Landscape Platinum Suite, you can plan room additions and other home improvement projects with ease, make your home energy efficient with new lighting and appliances, breathe new life into an outdated kitchen, bathroom or bedroom and so much more.  You can even design your dream home, complete with landscaping or a deck,from scratch. No design experience necessary – with our wizard-driven interface, all you have to do is point and click!

Take a fresh approach to the way you live withVirtual Architect Home & Landscape Platinum Suite 10. This innovation in home design software delivers the powerful tools and inspiration you need to transform your living space, plus expert help to get the job done right.

WithVirtual Architect Home & Landscape PlatinumSuite 9.0 , you can tackle home improvement projects with ease, make your home energy efficient with new appliances, breathe new life into an old kitchen or bath and so much more. You can even design your dream home, from scratch. No design experience necessary – with our wizard-driven interface, all you have to do is point and click!

Design Your Dream Home
from Scratch

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Digital Interior Design
Redecorate rooms using your digital photos. Just point and click to choose paint colors, stains, fabrics and more from our complete library of nationally-known name brand materials.

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We've included hundreds of tables, chairs, sofas, dressers, and much more in virtually every style imaginable, 1plus a complete library of large and small appliances and electronics.

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Remodeling
Easily plan room additions, remodeling and other projects. Then see the results in photorealistic 3D! Even take a virtual "walkaround" your new space.

Paint Surfaces and Fabrics

Paint Surfaces and Fabrics
Replace your floors with hardwood, travertine or scores of other surfaces. Explore new fabrics and leather upholstery options for sofas and chairs. Even scan in your own texture or material.

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Kitchen Builder Wizard
We've included all of the tools you need to refinish cabinets, lay new floors, and replace countertops with granite and marble surfaces.

Kitchen and Baths

Cabinets
Add style and functionality to any kitchen, bathroom, home office or pantry with our collection of cabinetry. Then customize with choices of woods, paints and stains.

  • Onscreen angular dimensions makes creating floorplans even easier
  • Quickly find materials with the search tool
  • Use enhanced door handling for double doors
  • Windows now can feature federation and prairie style grill patterns
  • Combine 2 windows into one corner window using glass, sash or frame for the connection type
  • Hyperlink access has been added to right click menu
  • Create photorealistic backdrops with new skyboxes
  • Create even more realistic renders with Baked lighting in Presentation mode
For Makeovers and Remodeling
Powerful Home Design Features
bullet Intelligent Walls:Easily draw interior and exterior walls that automatically connect and repair
bullet Doors:Use the Door Wizard to add simple doors, bi-fold doors, French doors, sliding doors, garage doors and more
bullet Windows:Just click along a wall to insert casement, hung, sliding, bay, vent, hopper or louvered windows, plus windows in virtually any shape
bullet Hundreds of Lighting Fixtures
Flexible Interior Design Features
Realistic Visualization Features
For Home Design, Kitchen, and Baths
Powerful Home Building Features
Complete Kitchen and Bath Design

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Digital Photos

Want to see how existing furnishings and wall hangings will look in your new room? It's easy. Virtual Architect Home & Landscape software lets you import any photograph into your design. Even add personal photographs to visualize your family or even pets in your new home.

Digital Interior Design
Change paint, stain and fabric colors in your own digital photos. We've even included real paint colors from nationally known brands.

Interior Design

Want to update your kitchen? Considering a small project like refinishing cabinets or a totally new space complete with granite countertops, hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances and more?Whatever size project you have in mind, Virtual Architect's kitchen design software gives you the easy yet powerful creative tools needed to turn your dreams into reality today!

No Design Experience Necessary- Using a wizard- driven interface with drag and drop simplicity, Virtual Architect's kitchen design software makes it easy.

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Kitchen Ideas

Get Started Fast - Just import photos of your current kitchen or use the kitchen design wizard to sketch out an entirely new room. With just a few clicks, you can see what your kitchen will look like before investing in costly labor and materials!

Select Materials Easily – You can easily select from a wide variety of materials using Virtual Architect kitchen design software:

  • Paint & Fabrics - select paint, stain and fabric options from leading national brands.
  • Countertops - choose from granite, marble, slate, ceramic tile, and more.
  • Cabinets - pick from 200+ different styles and apply the finish of your choice.
  • Appliances - explore an extensive library of new kitchen appliances and home electronics.
  • Flooring - replace your floors with slate, hardwood, ceramic tile and more.

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Photo-realistic 3D Views - Virtual Architect's powerful design software lets you take a virtual tour and experience your newly designed kitchen in brilliant 3D!

Tired of your outdated bathroom? Looking for new ideas and ways to modernize old counters, floors, cabinets and more? Let this powerful software help you create and design the beautiful, functional bath you've always wanted. Be it a complete remodel or a quick makeover, Virtual Architect's bathroom design software gives you everything you need to get started today!

No Design Experience Necessary – Facing a remodel can be a daunting but Virtual Architect's bathroom design software makes iteasy using a wizard-driven interface.

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Photorealistic 3D Views – Virtual Architect's powerful bathroom design software lets you take a virtual tour and experience your newly created bathroom in brilliant 3D!

Get Started Fast – Easily upload photos of your current bathroom or use the bathroom design wizard to outline and create the room you've always imagined. Virtual Architect's bathroom design software allows you to see what the finished project will look likebefore you start construction.

  • Select Materials Easily - Choose from extensive bathroom brands.
  • Wall Color - select paint options from leading national brands.
  • Countertops & Cabinets - choose from marble, slate, ceramic tile, limestone, quartz, granite, and more, plus 200+ different cabinet styles and finishes.
  • Wall Color - Select paint options from leading national brands.
  • Sinks - pick from a wide variety of styles.
  • Flooring - Replace your floors with ceramic tile, travertine, slate and more.
  • Bathtubs - visualize a new deck-mounted, integrated or free-standing bathtub.

Bathroom Ideas – Need ideas for matching favorite materials? No problem. From traditional to contemporary, Virtual Architect software is fully loaded with great design ideas for an impressive new space.
Photorealistic 3D View

Cabinets and Sinks

Cabinets
Select from 200 + different styles. Then apply the finish of your choice.

Sinks
Choose from a wide variety of styles.

Countertops and Bathtubs

Countertops
Choose from marble, slate, ceramic tile, limestone, quartz, granite, and more.

Bathtubs
Visualize your new deck mounted, integrated or free-standing bathtub.

Redecorate rooms using your digital photos. Just point and click to choose paint colors, stains, fabrics and more from our complete library of nationally-known name brand materials.

Upload your photos and see Design in photorealistic 3D

With Virtual Architect's interior design software you can:

  • Upload photos of your existing room or use the design wizard to sketch out a new space.
  • Visualize interior design projects before investing time and money on the real thing.
  • Design in photo-realistic 3D and even generate a "Virtual Walkthrough."

No Design Experience Necessary – Virtual Architect's interior design software uses a wizard-driven interface making interior decorating a breeze!

Get Started Fast – Scan in current photos of your room or use the interior design wizard to sketch your space. Using drag and drop technology you can effortlessly discover a new design style!

Select Materials Easily – Explore our extensive materials library:

  • Choosepaint, stains, and fabrics from leading national brands.
  • Select from a wide variety offurniture, appliances, electronics and fixtures.
  • Pick your favoriteflooring and cabinets for kitchens and baths.
  • Even upload photos of existing furniture and see how it looks rearranged.

There's never been an easier way to plan and visualize a beautiful, functional landscape than with Virtual Architect Home & Landscape software! From lighting to pathways, decks to gazebos and more, you can transform your outdoor living space in no time at all!

Plant Encyclopedia

With an extensive Plant Encyclopedia and Irrigation Planning tool, you'll save time and money using this garden design softwarebefore breaking ground.

Plant Encyclopedia: With over 7,500 plants, trees, flowers, shrubs and groundcover options to choose from, you can customize your garden any way you like. Want to know what thrives best in different areas of your garden? Virtual Architect garden design software also includes important information about your chosen plants' climate, water, light and soil requirements!

Irrigation and Lighting: Add an irrigation system with pop-up sprinklers and even customize the spray range to ensure your plants receive necessary water. Place lighting along custom-designed garden pathways to highlight different plantings within your beautiful new garden.

Visualize: With the click of a mouse you can scan in digital photos of your yard to easily add garden design elements. Take a 3D tour of your new yard and even see how plant sizes grow and change from year to year!

Preview Seasonal Changes

Visualize Plant Growth Over Time

Watch how your landscape will mature over time. From your first year's planting to 50 years down the line, you can preview your plants' growth and see how well they will complete your ultimate outdoor living space.

There's never been an easier way to plan and visualize beautiful, new outdoor surroundings than with Virtual Architect's landscape design software. From lighting, pathways and plants to decks, gazebos and more, this powerful, easy-to-use software lets you transform an outdated yard and garden into a flourishing, fresh and functional landscape – right before your eyes!

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Decks
Creating your new deck is easy with the Deck Builder Wizard - just select materials and dimensions to create your space, then add plants, fences and accessories for that finished look!

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Make your property's outdoor living space totally unique with custom features that work for every season.

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Add lighting to flowerbeds, shrubbery and pathways, plus pop-up sprinklers with different spray ranges.

See Your Landscape Design Seasonally

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Build fences and gates with complete control over the number of posts, post size and rotation.

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Visualizing your new Landscaping is easy - just import your digital photos, add plants, fences and accessories and within minutes, you'll have created a new, distinctive outdoor space!

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Simply drag and drop trees, plants, and flowers from our massive plant library. Even see the size of plats as they grow from year to year, making planning easy. Then view your space in 3D to fine-tune your design.


Our Plant Encyclopedia has more than 7,500 trees, plants, flowers, shrubs and groundcover options with important information about light, watering and soil requirements.

Easily plan room additions, remodeling and other projects. Then see the results in photo-realistic 3D! Even take a virtual "walkaround" in your new space.


Drawing new rooms and walls is as easy as clicking and dragging your mouse. Or get started even faster with wizards for virtually any project. Plus, you can even import existing plans straight onto the software.

Sketch

  • Walls: Easily draw interior and exterior walls that automatically connect.
  • Doors: The door wizard easily adds a variety of door types – sliding, French, bi-fold, even garage doors.
  • Windows: Add any type of window at any size, such as hung, sliding, bay, or louvered.


Specify doors and windows. Then add cabinets, lighting, window coverings, flooring, paint and more. It's easy to design your entire project in 3D!

Customize

  • Choose paint, stains, and fabrics from leading national brands.
  • Select furniture, appliances, electronics and fixtures from an extensive library.
  • Pick your favorite flooring and cabinets for kitchens and baths.
  • And much more!


Add office equipment and furnishings. Then render your design in photorealistic 3D - and your plan is complete!

  • Photo-realistic 3D Views: Using this comprehensive remodeling software you will be able to view your new design in 3D.
  • 3D Walkthrough: Create and take virtual tours throughout your finished room. Plus, easy zoom and navigation let you see your space from all angles!

With Virtual Architect Home Design & Remodeling Suite's photo-realistic 3D visualization capabilities, you can design your dreams then watch them come to life!

System Requirements

• Windows 10 / 8 / 7

• 64 bit operating system

• 2.0 GHz or faster Processor * *

• 8 GB RAM (4 GB minimum) *

• 10 GB available hard disk space minimum

• DVD drive (or Internet connection) for install * * *

• 1024x768 display *

• 2 GB Dedicated video card (1 GB minimum) *

• Windows-compatible mouse

• Internet connection for online features * * *

• Internet browser to view online help * * *

Note : Your user account should be set to Computer Administrator (not Limited) to install the program.

* System Configuration: May require minor adjustments to the configuration of your operating system and /or updates to the hardware component drivers.

* * Additional system and video memory will improve speed and 3D RealView™ rendering capabilities.

* * * User is responsible for all Internet access fees and phone charges.

Additional VR Requirements

If you are using Virtual Architect in conjunction with VR, you will have the additional hardware requirements below based on the system that you use.

HTC Vive

• Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or better

• CPU: Intel Core i5 4590 or AMD FX 8350 or greater

• RAM: 4GB or more

• Video port: HDMI 1.4, DisplayPort 1.2, or better

• USB port: 1 USB 2.0 or faster port

• Windows 7 SP1 or newer

SeeHTC Vive website documentation for performance tests and updates as available.

Oculus Rift

• Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or better

• CPU: Intel Core i5 4590 or greater

• RAM: 8GB or more

• Video port: HDMI 1.3

• USB port: 2 USB 3.0 ports

Windows 7 SP1 or newer

SeeOculus website documentation for performance tests and updates as available.

Functional Uses of Plants in Landscape Design

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