Every homeowner from time to time there is a desire to change the situation, change the furniture or even move the wall. But how will these changes look like in the final version? Here, in order to see the desired changes, he needs a computer program for planning the apartment.

The program interface for planning an apartment

Well chosen, she will help to plan her home taking into account all wishes and her own requirements and present a new project for discussion to her family. In order not to spend big money on hiring professionals today, you can download a free program for designing an apartment and develop its project yourself. Moreover, this does not require special knowledge of programming or design practice. Enough on the Internet to pick up the appropriate software and download to your computer.

Before downloading a software package to a computer, you should make sure that its interface is in Russian, and not in any foreign language.


  3D apartment layout created in a special program

Many programs offer drafting a project from scratch or adjusting the finished project development in accordance with their claims. The implementation of one or another variant is carried out in much the same sequence:

  • Opening the software package.
  • Familiarization with the instructions in the help section.
  • Creation in the monitor window of the general scheme of the apartment or loading the finished version.
  •   in accordance with the instructions.
  • Review at the end of the work results in 3D-format, if this feature is provided by the program.
  • Saving your own.
  • Design sequence

    Before downloading an apartment modeling program to a computer, you need to make sure that it meets the requirements that are necessary for work.


      An example of 3D modeling and planning of the apartment

    All program editors for the design of housing when they open offer to set the parameters of the rooms: length, width, height. Then their space can be filled with all necessary, and so alternately, moving from one room to another.

    In each room, the installation of doors and windows is carried out by transferring them from the catalog offered by the program. After that, they proceed to the placement of furniture on the project and to painting the walls, flooring and ceiling. In the final part of the design proceed to three-dimensional visualization, if it is available in the downloaded software.

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    Most of the time will be spent on the planning of the kitchen. They will have to think about the place of the kitchen island, the equipment of its kitchen appliances. Arrangement of cabinets and furniture should be thought out comprehensively, so as not to have to rebuild or drag it from one corner to another after the apartment has been settled.


      An example of designing an apartment in the program Interior Design 3D

    Programs

    The purpose of the design programs is to use the achievements of computer technology to optimize the project development process. Some of them help not only in the arrangement of the interior, but also. In this case, the customer next to the contractor can be directly involved in the development of the project of his home. It attracts customers and greatly expands their service capabilities.

    PRO100

    A design program is capable of performing a wide variety of operations when creating or. This Russian development allows you to perform graphic operations:

    • shading;
    • contour;
    • the use of transparency;
    • selection of colors, textures;
    • viewed in 3D visualization.

      Project and planning apartment PRO100

    In the process, you can use the program library or create your own set. It is possible to select any object from the complete list and print its drawing with indication of dimensions. The software allows you to change them in the presence of the client and show the final result to the client.

    This free program does not require any applications. It is successfully used by both amateur designers and professionals. With its help, you can design a fully residential apartment, as well as indoor, office, kitchen and special purpose furniture.

    FloorPlan 3D

    This software package is a solution tool. A big plus of the application is that it is easy to learn and use. It has a rich library of interior type options, on the basis of which the user can create an original, unique project of their home.

    The user has the opportunity to see their home in 3D space. It will not be difficult for him to select materials for finishing walls, ceilings, windows, doors and floors. The level of visualization is very high, surprising realism of three-dimensional images of the design. The use of the software package by large firms for the construction of private houses, estates and cottages allows you to develop a project of external and internal design with the direct participation of the customer.


      An example of creating a design and interior of an apartment in the FloorPlan 3D program

    The software package allows you to:

    1. Develop and its main elements.
    2. Design multi-level space.
    3. Calculate the size of rooms and other usable area.
    4.   with a multi-level apartment.
    5. To replenish the library with their own developments.

    To create really original and relevant is an extremely difficult task. So planning to renovate any room, be it a living room or a bathroom, you have to go through thousands of options for finishing and arranging furniture, “try on” dozens of styles and trends. And in order for the final result to exactly meet the expectations, you need to think in advance about all the details and nuances of the room. And if before a complete picture of the results of the repair was only in your head, now with the help of modern building programs it is quite possible to build a visual model of the repair of any room.

    Benefits of using

    Without a doubt, each of us thought about changing our own home. So well-designed interior can make a cozy and functional, even small.  And if before all your ideas were stored exclusively in your head, and you could only demonstrate them with paper and scissors, now this process has become much simpler. Nowadays, there are a number of specialized programs for repair planning, allowing to clearly and accurately illustrate any idea within a given room.

    The use of such programs allows you to calculate the required amount of finishing materials, choose the appropriate color of the floor, the texture of the walls, plan the optimal arrangement of furniture and choose the lighting.

    This software allows you to not just make the necessary calculations, but also presents the interior invented by you as a three-dimensional image. And you personally do not have to draw anything - the program will do everything by itself.

    • "ArchiCAD" - used for modeling architectural projects. With its help, you can not just recreate the interior of the room, but also plan the whole project of the dwelling yourself, including the location of the walls, the pipeline and other communications and structures. This software environment allows you to use the elements of any complexity in the project, whether it be stairs, paintings or murals. What is more, the finished project is presented in the form of a high-quality photo-realistic image.
    • "AutoCAD"  - is a powerful system suitable for designing and modeling the situation of both the whole house and a separate room. In addition to creating a future environment, the program allows you to generate all the necessary drawings, which is its main function. In addition, this environment allows you to create drawings of any necessary items in the interior.

    • "FloorPlan 3D"  - This is a complete program designed for the planning and design of the repair of houses, apartments or offices. This is a fairly easy to use software with all the functionality of professional applications. So you thought up the interior can be viewed in 3D format from any angle.  Plus, you can choose any material and texture for finishing any surfaces. Software capacity allows you to create a photo-realistic image and signal the user in the event of substantial errors.

    Overview of popular programs

    Below are the most frequently used versions of software for repair design. They differ in both functionality and use.

    • Sweet home 3d  - This option is one of the most simple tools for planning the interior of the house. Its interface involves working with both experienced and unprepared users. In addition, this program has a Russian version. The downside of this software is the possibility of using only those accessories that were installed by default. However, the simplicity and ease of use more than compensate for this small drawback.
    • Ikea house planner  - this software is available online directly on the Ikea website. Based on the Ikea range, the entire furniture file of the application has been developed.  Unfortunately, it will not be possible to recreate a photorealistic image, but it is more than realistic to illustrate the overall picture of the idea. Here you can experiment with furnishing options, decorative elements and finishing textures. This software is available to any user and does not require special knowledge and training.

    • Google sketchup  - is a powerful design program with a multi-user interface. This software has 3 versions: professional (paid), limited (free, is provided for personal use) and training (applied to students). This software is ideal for creating interior and exterior of any structure. It is suitable for the design of any structures, from residential buildings to high-rise industrial structures of any complexity. This software also features an extensive filing of ready-made templates. It allows you to create both a visual 3D projection and detailed project documentation.  Plus, the network has a lot of training materials and detailed instructions for using this program.

    Online versions

    The following programs are available to any user for free, online.

    • Sveet Box 3D  - the program has both a local and online version. This software can easily be used even by an inexperienced user. It allows you to create a detailed plan for both a separate room and the entire house, place the furniture in it from the existing filing cabinet and modify it at will. The demonstration of the final result is possible both in 2D and in 3D.
    • Stolplit  - this option also has both online and offline versions. The software capacity of the application allows you to create a plan of any room with the specified dimensions, indicating window and door openings. If necessary, it is possible to recreate the volumetric projection of the planned room. If your apartment has a standard typical layout, then it can be downloaded from a standard template and deal exclusively with interior design. The program allows you to try on in the room a variety of materials and textures. True, their choice is limited. However, to get a general idea of \u200b\u200bthe overall concept of the interior, this is completely residual.

    Choosing such software should be guided by a number of factors. So, first of all, when choosing a specific program you need to proceed from the complexity of the final project and the technical capabilities of the software. If you need to not only visually present the idea of \u200b\u200bthe room design, but also draw up a detailed plan of it with all sizes, then simplified versions are unlikely to suit you. For these purposes, it is better to choose options with advanced functionality.

    The following equally important criterion - compliance with system requirements. So if the technical indicators of your PC do not meet the minimum requirements of the application, then it simply will not start.

    Another equally important indicator is the availability of the interface. Of course, if you want, you can understand any program. But working with a well-developed and well-constructed software will take you one day, but using a lower-quality product may take a week. Most of them are designed for experienced users with the appropriate education. Often they are used to create project documentation, and an inexperienced novice will find it difficult to understand them.

    Regarding the language used, most modern applications have Russian versions.

    In extreme cases, you will have to use an online translator. However, this is not such a significant minus.  The lion's share of all programs is structured in such a way that it was intuitive for any user to understand how to use any tool.

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    Conclusion

    The use of programs for interior planning makes it possible to significantly simplify the process of designing future repairs and to avoid many errors and inaccuracies in the course of the work. This option will be extremely useful for people who want to independently think out the future interior of their home. Such software allows you to create a two-dimensional plan of the room while maintaining the original dimensions and, if necessary, reflect it in 3D. Plus, you have the opportunity to experiment with various options for finishing and placement of furniture and technology.
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    There are many programs and online services that allow you to independently make the layout and design of a room, bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, and the whole apartment as a whole. I already did a review of some of these services on the site pages - you can get acquainted with them.


      In contrast to the heavy ArcshiCAD and 3DS Max, which need to be studied for months, to create something worthwhile in them, the services and programs for creating the interior are extremely easy to use and absolutely anyone can handle them. Of course, this affects the quality of the result, since the simplicity of work certainly imposes a number of restrictions, but as it turned out, there is an exception to this rule ...

    Today I want to introduce you to an online service that just amazed me with its capabilities. It perfectly combines the wide functionality of interior design and design creation with the high quality of the final result. Your own design project “wipe your nose” to many professionals, I guarantee you this!)

    Planplan is an online 3D apartment planner. With it, you literally in five minutes will draw the walls of the bathroom, kitchen, toilet, rooms, hallway, “hang” wallpaper on them, lay the floor covering, arrange furniture, etc. Just look at the interiors that were created by ordinary Planoplan users:

    Impressive, isn't it? I admit, if I myself had not tried the service at work and had not received similar photorealistic results, I would have thought that these interiors were created by professionals in 3DS Max, because I hadn’t met this quality of rendering with either the programs or the services of interior designers.

    How to work in the Planoplan planner

    Friends, I could write in detail about which button to click to draw walls, how to load the background plan, how to insert objects, how to switch between 2D, 3D modes and virtual walk mode through the created interior. But as they say, it’s better to see once than to hear a hundred times. So look at this. training video on work in Planoplan, and below I will describe what features the online service in general has for creating design projects.

    Service features

      I will briefly describe the main functionality of the online scheduler:
    • More than 1,200 items of finished furnishings (furniture, household appliances, mirrors, house plants, etc.) and more than 800 items of textures in the library
    • Arbitrary sizing of objects
    • Assign colors, materials, and arbitrary textures to walls, floors, ceilings, windows, doors, and furniture
    • Creation of contour objects: curved walls in the premises, figured apertures and baseboards, multi-level ceilings, podiums, etc.
    • Light placement
    • Three modes of operation: plan (2D), 3D and virtual walk through the interior
    • Changing the viewing angle in the virtual walk mode
    • Automatic calculation of the amount of materials and furniture used to create the project (the calculation of the repair cost will be added soon)

    The interface of the designer is laconic, simple, intuitive and does not cause difficulties in work. Creating an apartment in it is a pleasure. Setting up objects (position, size, color, material) is quickly done by clicking on them with the left mouse button.

    Planoplan created on the game unity engine, which is now gaining more and more popularity, since it is an excellent alternative to the already obsolete Flash technology. Thanks to this, in the browser, the user sees excellent picture quality. Unity also allows you to implement such important for the creation of the atmosphere of the interior elements, such as burning fire in the fireplace, the current time on the clock, the sound of the radio, door opening, etc. In general, in the virtual walk mode one gets the feeling that you are playing some kind of computer game) . And if you also connect an Oculus Rift helmet that works great with Planoplan, then 100% immersion in the interior is guaranteed!

    The rendering process (rendering a photorealistic picture of the interior) and the assembly of the scene do not burden the user's computer, as they occur on the side of the Planoplan servers. The quality of your own design project will surprise not only you, but also specialists in 3D graphics!

    Who will be useful Planoplan

      This online service to create a design project of the room will be useful to anyone who has decided to make repairs in his apartment, make redevelopment, move furniture, etc. For non-commercial use, the service is free, but there are some minor restrictions:
    • you can create a maximum of three projects
    • no more than three renders per day with a resolution of 640x360 px
    • three places for your own textures

    For studios and organizations involved in the development of design projects suitable PRO account. Within its framework, such functions as controlling the sunlight depending on the time of day, maintaining camera positions, renders with “cut off” walls, etc., become available.

    Interior Design 3D is a program in which every PC user can competently plan the interior of an apartment, private house or office.

    By installing the application on your computer, you can create the necessary premises in a few minutes, arrange the furniture, and then adjust the design and view the finished result in 3D mode.

    The main advantages of the software:

    • convenient Russian-language interface;
    • accurate and simple creation of premises;
    • 120+ finishing materials;
    • over 50 pieces of furniture;
    • quick print ready project.

    The program allows you to create both single-storey buildings and design houses of two or more floors ..

    To get started, you will need to upload a house or apartment plan to the program. If it is not at hand, then manually draw all the rooms in the built-in editor or select the appropriate layout in the application catalog.

    Only after that you can proceed to the creation of the interior. The program collected items for all major residential and work space. With their help, you will equip the living room, bedroom, kitchen, study, nursery, bathroom, hallway, as well as think over the decor, adding to the room with paintings, flowers and other accessible elements.

    1. Flexible configuration of all elements of the plan.
    2. "Design Interior 3D" allows you to change the appearance of all components of the project. To do this, simply select the desired element and refer to its properties. For example, it is so easy to adjust the interior decoration: choose other wallpapers, suitable materials for the ceiling and a new flooring. The interior is set up in the same way: just a few clicks - and in front of you there is a completely new object on the screen that fully corresponds to your ideas.

    3. Easy viewing and saving project.
    4. One of the main advantages of the program is the ability to see on the screen a 3D layout of the room at all stages of work. This will allow you to notice all the errors in time and eliminate them promptly. When the work is completed, take a look at the “Virtual Visit” tab. "Design of Interior 3D" will offer to make a "walk" through the updated rooms and evaluate the repair and furnishings from the inside.

    Download Design of 3D Interiors in Russian on a computer is possible for free by official links, presented after the characteristics of the program.

    Undoubtedly, every person at least sometimes thinks about changing the design of their home, through which any small apartment or a huge cottage can be turned into their dream home. If until recently the usual sheet of paper and scissors came to the aid of the designer, now everything is much simpler - special programs for designing an apartment will help to accurately and clearly convey the architect's plan, embodying all the small details and nuances in the finished picture.

    Designing an apartment in a special program

    Using such programs, you can select suitable ceilings, select and arrange furniture and other household items in the required order, create the necessary lighting, and then view the resulting version in a three-dimensional image. In this case, you absolutely do not need the ability to draw - the program will do everything on their own.

    Many professionals recommend using programs such as 3D Studio MAX, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD. If you need free software for designing an apartment, then FloorPlan 3D, House-3D and Sweet Home 3D will be an excellent option.


      The interface of the program Sweet Home 3D

    Designed for three-dimensional modeling and animation, through which you can create a computer interior design, model doors, walls, furniture, sinks, room lighting and more. Using plug-ins that provide additional features, you can significantly expand the functionality of this program by creating great textures of clothes, wool and more.


      Interior design of the apartment in the program 3d Studio Max

    The program ArchiCAD is used in drawing and modeling. With its help, there is an opportunity in which all the details are taken into account - from the decoration to the foundation and walls.

    Having learned how to work with ArchiCAD, you can design interior elements of any complexity - doors, walls or windows. You can even decorate the ceiling with painting or modeling - the huge functionality of the program allows you to embody all your dreams in a high-quality, photo-realistic image. This is one of the, which is suitable for planning the apartment.


      Project design apartment in the program Archicad

    AutoCAD is a powerful computer-aided design system that allows you to simulate the environment of a future interior on a computer and create the necessary ones. By the way, the drawings are just the main purpose of this program.

    PRO100

    The PRO100 program is a godsend for a person who wants to develop not only a new interior for his apartment, but also furnish it with designer furniture. Professional platform for design and visualization has an extensive range of functions.

    A huge advantage of the PRO100 is the ability to work with different language packs. The Russian interface greatly facilitates the work for an inexperienced user and makes the process of adapting to it much easier. Generally, to understand the basic principles of the functioning and operation of the software is easy. Any experienced PC user can handle it.

    The main working field is a platform for creating a project. The upper horizontal menu quickly transformed into mobile toolbars. They can be located in any convenient place. The most popular functions are rendered in a visual horizontal menu, featuring fast access.

    It is possible to design in the PRO100 as a whole interior, and absolutely any complexity, as well as individual pieces of furniture.

    Each user can create an apartment of their dreams from scratch, and put in a ready-made solution. The template library will delight even the most demanding user. The ability to modify already created elements turns them into universal ones, which can be entered into any interior.

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      Creating an interior apartment in the program pro100

    The program automatically does most of the work for the user. It is enough to create a 3D model of the room, and then get not only a visualized version that is available for viewing from all sides and angles, but also detailed two-dimensional plans, indicating all sizes and layouts.

    Astron Design

    The perfect software product with support for the Russian language for simple work on the visualization of room design. One of the best solutions for furnishing and the choice of finishing the apartment.

    The working field of the program is the room that the user will draw up. A pop-up window with parameters will allow you to quickly adjust the size of the room, determine the orientation of the room in space, specify the door and window openings. And after that proceed to the solution of specific problems.

    To make the project as close to realistic as possible, with the help of simple tools the texture and colors of the floor, walls and ceiling are set. This can be done by selecting ready-made solutions from the built-in libraries. And already in the finished room with the help of the mouse is brought and placed furniture. Among the settings, you can specify which room you are furnishing, and depending on this, the program will select the necessary furniture sets, finishing options, and decorative interior elements.

    Astron Design allows you to create not only a rough sketch, placing the main pieces of furniture, but also to play with nuances. Here you can choose curtains, paintings, vases and indoor flowers. Lighting can also be planned in this interior designer. It is possible not only to hang a suitable chandelier or lamps, but also to see how the light and shade from lighting fixtures fall.

    Program for design repair FloorPlan 3D

    "FloorPlan 3D" is a full version of a computer program designed for planning and designing the repair of an office, apartment or house. This program has many features and functions of professional applications.


      Apartment project in the FloorPlan 3D program