Grand designs software

Trusted Reviews is supported by its audience. If you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a commission. Learn more. Grand Designs is a much admired TV program in this office. We all appreciate good design and admire the craftsmanship, ingenuity, and hard work of the people that are involved in making these dream homes. So, when we were offered the chance to take a look at a Grand Designs branded 3D CAD application with which to design ones own dream abode, we jumped at the chance.

That is, things like the ability to import models, more export options, and planning application-quality drawing output. The interface is very much what you see is what you get so building up a simple structure is as quick as outlining a few walls, adding a floor or two and topping it off with a roof.

Grand Designs 3D is for anyone inspired by Grand Designs and wishing to communicate their own ideas.

D model of a house with landscaping in Grand Designs software. Regardless, you can specify time of day and sun position well, technically house position to see how the house can be best designed to use the available light. You can also print out plans of the structure, for submitting to an architect or such like. A number of example Grand Design projects are really the only major tie-in with the TV show, giving you the opportunity to see just how some of these great buildings were put together.

Grand Designs 3D from Eleco Visualisation Software is a computer program that allows users to represent their interior design ideas in all their 2D or 3D glory.

However, the buildings are just simple unfurnished models of the buildings with none of the often beautiful settings these building find themselves in also rendered. This limits their impact somewhat and reduces their usefulness. Nevertheless, to be able to see exactly the proportions and innovative designs used in these buildings is quite a lesson.