Not quite new to design software, Google SketchUp Pro, "TopTenREVIEWS Silver Award" winner is by far one of the easiest Mac home design software programs to use when designing a home from scratch. In just under an hour we made a simple one-level home and fleshed out the front of the building with windows, doors, a driveway, and a custom roof. Sure, with other home design software you can put a home together faster, but you’re usually limited to the textures and materials shipped with the software. Google’s library is like the Universe: ever expanding.
Add to that Google's 3D Warehouse and you have the deepest object and template library found in any home design software. You can spend hours just browsing and downloading models of anything from people to furniture to cars, homes and landscapes.
SketchUp Pro ranks at the top for aesthetic appeal because you're only limited by your own imagination and ingenuity. Design your own objects after viewing one of the 50+ video tutorials, or do the footwork and find the right 3D model in the 3D Warehouse and import it directly into SketchUp—no need to download and extract anything to the proper directory, SketchUp does the "techy" stuff for you.
Whether importing home models or designing your own, chances are you want to add your own touch to them by giving the wood floors a certain wood finish or using a specific brick. A simple Google search for "SketchUp Materials" returns more than a few pages full of links to free materials to download and use in your designs.
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