TUAW's Daily App: Home 3D

Having all of this functionality on your iPhone or iPad is impressive (and the best home design software costs a lot more than this one -- US$3.99 for the iPhone and $4.99 for the iPad), but Home 3D does it with an impressive interface and a surprising number of features. You can use a color picker and choose from a set of pre-loaded furniture, buy more with in-app purchases, or try creating your own models or even using the iPhone's camera for textures.
It's not perfect -- if you want to do serious home design, you'll probably have to go for something a little more dedicated on the desktop. But just for moving some furniture around, or maybe seeing what a room might look like with a different color of paint, Home 3D does the trick.
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Source: http://www.home3dapp.com/
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Can you draw walls that are at an angle or does every room have to be a square or rectangle?
May 10 2010 at 12:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAnyone else look at the image on the right and think of the "Money For Nothing" music video?
May 10 2010 at 11:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIs this supposed to be a review? "It's not perfect .. but it does the trick?"
Last I checked, Google SketchUp is free on the Mac and works really well. How does this compare? How do you build walls, enter measurements? How does the library of objects compare to SketchUp? Can you make your own tables, chairs or adjust/resize the ones in the library? Can you push/pull surfaces like you can in SketchUp? Can you import floor plans somehow? How is the UI? Do you pinch to zoom, use multi finger gestures to pan and tilt and rotate? Can you export PDFs via email? How about a video of this app in action?
It's not supposed to compete with Sketchup. Nobody who just wants to play around with their room layout or wall colors is going to want to go to the huge effort of learning to use a full 3D CAD program like Sketchup.
May 10 2010 at 12:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThese posts aren't reviews, they're just a spotlight on an interesting app. Yes, there are other options (and SketchUp is a good one), but the Daily App post is just a quick hit on an interesting app.
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