3D Home Architect Landscape Design Deluxe 6 review:1 stars (Stay away from Broderbund software) - I wish I could give them zero stars.

Broderbund pulled support for software I owned only 2 years after it was released.

I was unable to install it because it required internet registration which was no longer supported. To solve the problem, they offered to SELL me a different software title.

They must have thought I was stupid. They expected me to give them more money???

This company has second rate software and third rate customer service. Do not buy anything from them.3 stars (Takes LOTS of time.) - Like most people, I was initially very disappointed with this software, and though I am an experienced computer user, could not figure out how to do some simple tasks. I kept at it though, and with practice and a LOT of time was able to create a spectacular plan. I drew my house first as a series of tall fences, then eventually used photographs. I eventually learned how to draw the perimeter of my property--- this was difficult. So was defining mulched areas, water areas, concrete areas, but it could all be done. It took a while to figure out how to get to the "master list" of plants, it is only easy to add certain ones. Once you do, the search capability is very nice!

Once you get past the basics, tweaking the details can be fun. The 3D view was essential for me... I avoided making some mistakes that would have taken years to realize, by looking at my plan as it aged, walking though it, and seeing it in different seasons.

Now that I have learned everything, I whipped up a plan for my mom's house in under an hour. But for my own.... it took several weeks to figure out--good thing I started in winter.

Even with 7500 plants, I wish there were more. So.... I am glad I bought it, but there could be a LOT of improvement.1 stars (This is a trainwreck!) - 3D Home Architect Landscape Design Deluxe 6... I found the software to be useless. My goal was to recreate my backyard and use the program to help fill in with plants and project how they would look in the coming years. I found that it was impossible to structurally recreate my backyard in the first place. If you were designing a fictional house on a vacant lot it would work fine, but there is no way you could ever create the idiosyncracies of a real property. I had to use a metal garden shed to stand in as my cape cod house, I just resized it to a 35' square! Then I found that there is no way to run stairs up to the side of the house, so I substituted a concrete column. Then I realized that no matter what I did to my patio and "stairs", I could not get them to snap up against the side of the house; there was always grass shown between the objects. I realized I was wasting my time. I found that the advertised "7,500" plants included only 358 that could actually be placed on the landscape. Most of these plants are totally unsuitable for my Minnesota home! The program should allow you to create a outline landscape quickly, choose your climate zone, and display a library of thousands of plants suitable to the area that can be placed in the landscape. I cannot believe that I paid $50 for this garbage. I passed this feedback along to Broderbund.
3D Home Architect Landscape Design Deluxe 6 Features:
Computer software (programs)
Gardening (Gardens)
Landscape (Landscaping)
Home Design
Layout
House Floor Plans (Planning)
Interior Design
Improvement (1-2-3)
CD
Powerful design capabilities and extensive reference resources
Comprehensive layout program with easy-to-use tabbed interface
Photo realistic 3D renderings of landscape plans with 3DTrueView
Take a virtual tour of the yard with Walk Around view tool
Easily create structurally sound, fully framed deck plans

3D Home Architect Landscape Design Deluxe 6 is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 39.99USD.