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Szos
04-16-2010, 03:20 PM
http://lifehacker.com/5518583/autodesk-homestyler-renders-your-blueprints-in-3d

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If planning some remodeling, landscaping, or any kind of home renovations is in your future, you'll want to check out Autodesk Homestyler—a free and simple to use drag-and-drop design tool. Click on the image above to take a closer look.

Autodesk Homestyler offers easy planning for your home and garden designs. The drag and drop interface has components for walls, doors, room shapes, and even spiral stair cases. By the time you've worked your way through the banks of icons your creation will have windows, plants, even fruit on the counter. You can also save, export, and even embed your creation in a blog or web site.

Autodesk Homestyler is free, create a free account to save your designs for future use. Have a favorite tool for sketching out your designs? Let's hear about it in the comments.



Curious what the community thinks about this. The extreme reaction would be that this is the end of the architectural rendering industry, but then again even programs like these are too technical for most folks.
Stimpy
04-16-2010, 03:34 PM
The extreme reaction would be that this is the end of the architectural rendering industry

judging from the gallery it has nearly nothing to do with rendering.. besides.. most of the stuff i've seen visualised goes far beyond anything this thing seems to be capable of.
THX1311
04-16-2010, 03:55 PM
Hmm its not actually free program
its a web based application
that you build your design online
:surprised
NicolasJordan
04-16-2010, 03:57 PM
We have had clients that try using this so called easy do it yourself software only to throw their hands up in frustration and come to us to get the rendering done anyway.
oatz
04-16-2010, 05:13 PM
It's called Homestyler, presumably for a layman to help with home remodels, room arrangements, etc. I don't think this is intended for the high-end architectural renderings. I think it's great for what it is - a generous (free) offering for homeowners and renters.
R10k
04-17-2010, 02:22 AM
Heh, I like this comment from Likehacker :)

How much did they pay EA for copying The Sims?
sconlogue
04-18-2010, 03:01 PM
If Revitt and the like haven't killed the art of Architectural rendering nothing will. BIM (Building Information Modeling) apps of today can turn out some impressive models which if given enough attention can be nicely rendered within the app. This has been the case for a number of years. Firms are catching on, but slowly. Also it's a huge leap to go from having a decent model to creating attractive renders. If anything it means that for most part, the art of architectural rendering will be more focused on textures, shading, lighting, composition, populating with finer details etc. rather than modeling structures. Working with 2D CAD files versus being provided an FBX out of Revit are two totally different world, though I am not sure the firms see it this way yet. Often they think you can magically create a 3D building out of their 2D CAD as it is. So for now I think we are safe. It's realtime CPU rendering that may be more of a game changer down the road.
Hoppergrass
04-18-2010, 11:33 PM
Apps like these have been around for ages, and we can all see that these haven't even shown up as a blip in our industry. Just a bit of fun really

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