3D Landscape 2 DeluxeWhy employ an expensive professional garden designer when you could create your dream garden on your own computer? Creating your new landscape couldn't be easier - a simple mouse click places trees, shrubs and flowers plus over 100 hardscape features such as brick pathways, wooden fences, lights and retaining walls. Watch your design spring to life in full colour, realistic 3D graphics and then use the exclusive WalkAbout technology to take a virtual tour to experience your new landscape like never before.
Key Features:
SEASONAL CHANGE - shows you how your garden will transform throughout the year.
GROWTH OVER TIME - shows how your garden will look in the future.
SHADOW CASTER - helps you plan where shadows fall.
MULTIMEDIA 'HOW TO' GUIDE - with design principles, tips and techniques.
SHOPPING LIST - automatically tracks your project costs.Visual Home Deluxe:
Now you can design your home right down to the cushions on the sofa! In just minutes, redecorate, remodel, expand or even build your home from scratch, saving you valuable time and money. Experiment with thousands of combinations of furnishings, sizes, colours, materials and styles including appliances, furniture, fixtures and carpeting. Change wall coverings, flooring, or ceilings instantly! See the results in photo-realistic 3D, then take a virtual tour of your new home using WalkAbout technology.
Key Features:
MEASUREMENT - Metric or Imperial.
DOWNLOADS - find related information on furnishings and appliances, directly from the Internet.
SHOPPING LIST - automatically tracks your costs as you design, to keep you on budget.
EXTERIOR DESIGN - allows you to change walls, roofing, trim, landscape and scenery.Garden Encyclopedia 2 Deluxe:
With detailed information on over 3,000 plants, Garden Encyclopedia 2 is the fast, easy and fun way to discover the ideal annual perennial, vegetable or bulb for your garden. Browse through the individual plant records or search by attributes such as flower colour, plant height, climate zone, blooming season and sun requirements. Create personalised lists and use the photo album to instantly review your plant list and search results. Add notes to personalise your plant records - including local garden centres, prices, planting dates, secret growing tips. Create custom plant lists to take to the nursery, keep track of your garden's plants, or maintain a seasonal planting list.
Key Features:
Video clips on plant care and selection, plus pest and disease control information.
Audio pronunciation of botanical names.Tommy Walsh's DIY Guide:
Tommy Walsh's DIY Guide contains essential advice on garden construction, decorating, plumbing, electrics and maintenance.Each task starts with a summary, planning the objectives and detailing the tools and materials needed. Step-by-step instructions guide you through the task giving tips, tricks, potential pitfalls and safety requirements as you learn. Finally a clear focus on best practice and safety is underlined by direct access to safety tasks dealing with stepladders, power tools and working with electrics.
Key Features:
100 practical tasks with approximately 800 instructional steps and 20 minutes of instructional video and sound.
Over 200 visualiser reference photographs.
Provides 'ready reckoners' to help you calculate materials.