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Roomtodo

Roomtodo is a browser-based floor planning and interior design platform for creating, furnishing and visualizing residential and commercial spaces in 2D and 3D. It is designed for homeowners, interior designers, renovators, furniture businesses, real estate professionals and other users who need an accessible way to plan spaces without mastering complex CAD software. Users can create detailed floor plans from scratch, including rooms with angled walls and walls of uneven thickness, or upload an existing floor plan as a reference. Projects can be furnished with doors, windows, furniture, decorative objects and a wide selection of wall, floor and ceiling materials. Furniture dimensions, colors and finishes can be adjusted to test different layouts and design ideas. Roomtodo provides several ways to review and present a project. Users can switch between 2D and 3D views, explore the space from a first-person perspective, save screenshots, create realistic renders, generate 360-degree panoramas and share projects online. The platform also supports PDF floor-plan export, 3D project export and uploading custom 3D models in GLB format. Its catalogs cover both residential interiors and commercial spaces, making Roomtodo suitable for a broad range of planning and visualization tasks. Roomtodo runs entirely in a web browser and does not require software installation. It can be used for apartment and house planning, room remodeling, furniture arrangement, kitchen and bathroom layouts, home offices, garages, gyms, exhibition booths and other residential or commercial spaces. For businesses, Roomtodo can also be integrated into company websites and adapted for industries such as real estate, renovation, interior design, furniture and home decor. CORE FEATURES: - 2D floor planning Create floor plans with precise dimensions, angled walls and walls of different thicknesses. - Floor plan import Upload an existing blueprint or floor plan image and use it as a reference to recreate the layout. - Real-time 3D visualization Switch between floor-plan editing and interactive 3D visualization. - First-person view Walk through the planned space and inspect the design from inside. - Furniture library Add and arrange furniture and decorative objects. - Furniture customization Change dimensions, colors, materials and finishes. - Materials and finishes Apply different materials to walls, floors, ceilings and objects. - Doors, windows and structural elements Add doors, windows, arches, columns and other elements. - Realistic renders Create high-quality visualizations of interior projects. - 360-degree panoramas Create immersive panoramic views of designed spaces. - 2D PDF export Export floor plans to PDF. - 3D project export Export projects in 3D formats. - Custom 3D models Upload custom 3D models in GLB format. - Project sharing Share projects online, including view-only access. - Browser-based No installation is required.

Average Rating: 4.0/5.0

Total Reviews: 1

Trimble Field Points

Trimble Field Points is designed for MEP contractors who need to create field layout points in SketchUp, Revit, or AutoCAD for direct integration with Trimble's robotic total stations.

Average Rating: 4.5/5.0

Total Reviews: 16

Vizbase

Vizbase is an AI rendering platform for architects, interior designers and design studios. Upload a view from SketchUp, Revit, Rhino or Blender, or a hand sketch. Vizbase detects the walls, floors, joinery, furniture and fixtures in the scene and lets you set materials element by element: in plain language, from a reference photo, or from a library of more than 2,000 materials. It then returns a photorealistic render that follows your design. Four render modes cover different jobs, from Gen 2.0, which stays closest to the source image, to Gen 4.0, with photographic light and materials. Refine changes a marked area of a finished render, Multiview carries an approved look across several camera angles of the same space, and exports go up to 8K. The native SketchUp plugin (SketchUp 2021 and newer, Windows and macOS) renders straight from the model. Vizbase runs in the browser, so no render engine or GPU is needed. Renders belong to the user, with full commercial rights. The free plan includes 5 credits, enough for up to 10 renders, with no credit card required.

Average Rating: 4.5/5.0

Total Reviews: 1

3D House Planner

3D House Planner is a web-based application that allows users to create and design 3D floor plans and room layouts for houses and apartments. The software is designed to be easy to use, even for those who have no experience in architectural design. With 3D House Planner, users can create detailed floor plans that include walls, windows, doors, and other architectural features. The software also allows users to add furniture, fixtures, and other decorative items to their designs, giving them a complete picture of what their home will look like when finished. We have a texture Library with a wide range of high quality textures. Edit the appearance of every object by applying materials and textures. Most textures contain albedo, normal, ambient occlusion, metalness and roughness maps.

3D Repo

3D Repo’s SafetiBase allows users to identify and mark up issues and potential hazards with the model before construction, making construction safer

Average Rating: 5.0/5.0

Total Reviews: 1

3ds Max

Autodesk 3ds Max Design is a professional 3D modeling, rendering, and animation software tailored for architects, designers, and visualization specialists. It enables users to create detailed and realistic visualizations of architectural designs, engineering projects, and other complex structures, facilitating effective communication of design intent and exploration of creative concepts. Key Features and Functionality: - Advanced 3D Modeling: Offers an extensive polygon modeling and texturing toolset, including the Graphite toolset for free-form sculpting and advanced polygonal modeling, allowing for the creation of unique forms and detailed designs. - High-Quality Rendering: Equipped with multiple rendering options, including the integrated Arnold renderer, enabling the production of photorealistic images and animations. - Lighting Simulation and Analysis: Features Exposure technology for simulating and analyzing sun, sky, and artificial lighting, assisting in achieving accurate lighting conditions and supporting LEED 8.1 certification. - Interoperability: Provides optimized workflows for aggregating data from various CAD and Building Information Modeling (BIM) file formats, ensuring efficient data continuity throughout the design process. - Animation Tools: Includes advanced animation support with tools like rigging, keyframing, and procedural animation, helping bring designs to life with natural movement. Primary Value and User Solutions: 3ds Max Design addresses the need for high-quality visual communication in design professions. By offering powerful modeling and rendering tools, it enables users to create compelling visualizations that effectively convey design concepts to clients and stakeholders. The software's interoperability with other Autodesk products and support for various file formats streamline workflows, reducing time and effort in the design process. Additionally, its lighting simulation capabilities allow for accurate analysis of environmental lighting conditions, aiding in sustainable design practices and compliance with certification standards.

Average Rating: 4.3/5.0

Total Reviews: 318

3D Viewer

3D Visualization

Tangram 3DS, located in Kittery, Maine, an hour north of Boston, and Columbus, Ohio, is an internationally recognized computer graphics and 3d visualization and animation company specializing in providing its clients with customized multimedia solutions for their design visualization, presentation, and marketing needs. The company’s services include 3D modeling, VR, visualizations, animations, video editing, and photomontages for multimedia presentations in architecture, interior design, engineering, yacht and boat design, industrial and product, and furniture and millwork design. Tangram 3DS works with clients of all sizes, design markets, and regions.

4Reality

4Reality is real-time 3D rendering software for Windows that turns your CAD files into photorealistic visuals in minutes. Import STEP, IGES, FBX, OBJ, and STL files — plus point clouds (LAS, LAZ, E57) — directly, with no plugin required. Designers, architects, and engineers use it to present their work to clients: live collaboration with RealityLive, one-click VR walkthroughs, on-screen measurement, a configuration system for interactive presentations, and materials with realistic imperfections. Textures can be generated locally by AI, so your data never leaves your machine. The Advanced plan adds engineering simulation (DEM particle simulation and CFD). Developed in Québec, Canada.

Average Rating: 4.5/5.0

Total Reviews: 1

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Adobe Substance 3D Sampler

Craft a specific catalog of materials from real-world references, or simply experiment to until you find results you love – in all cases, Alchemist brings phenomenal speed and ease of use to your workflow.

Average Rating: 4.4/5.0

Total Reviews: 25

AI Architectures

AI Architectures is a browser-based AI design tool made by 20Vision GmbH in Vienna, Austria. It turns a photo, a hand sketch, a drawing or a written description into an architectural image or a floor plan, usually in about 30 seconds. It needs no installation and no 3D model. The account covers three products: AI Architectures (ai-architectures.com) makes images. Homeowners and contractors upload a photo of a real house, room or yard and preview one change, such as a pergola, a deck, a fence or a removed wall, while the rest of the photo stays the same. Architects and developers turn sketches, elevations and SketchUp, Revit, Rhino or ArchiCAD model views into photoreal exterior and interior renders, or describe a new building in text. Real estate agents use the Listing Kit for virtual staging, day-to-twilight conversion and listing photo fixes. Results download as 2K PNG or JPG, or 4K with the 4K pack. AI Architectures Floor Plans (floorplan.ai-architectures.com) redraws a hand sketch, a phone photo of an old plan or a scan as a clean, labeled 2D floor plan. The result downloads as an image, and a DXF (beta) export traces it into vector linework for an AutoCAD, Revit or SketchUp underlay. Plan Chat (plans.ai-architectures.com) designs a whole house from one message, for example "4 bedroom farmhouse, open kitchen, 2,700 sq ft". It returns a dimensioned floor plan with room sizes, a 3D model and renders, with PDF, DXF, IFC (BIM) and GLB files. You then ask for changes in plain words; it reworks the plan, keeps the other rooms in place and reports what changed. Every version can be restored. Pricing: paid plans only, no free tier. Starter costs $29 per month for 50 generations ($14.50 for the first month), Pro $79 for 200, and Studio $199 for unlimited 2K generations plus 500 4K renders. Billed yearly, the monthly price is $19, $59 and $149. One account and one plan work on all three sites. Commercial use of the results is included, and plans can be cancelled at any time. What it is for: seeing an idea before spending money on it, such as a remodel before calling a contractor, a design option before a client meeting, a clean plan to send to a builder or use in a listing, or a first house layout to discuss with an architect. What it is not: the plans and images are concepts, not permit or construction documents. There is no structural or building-code check, and a licensed professional has to review a design before anyone builds it. AI-generated remodel and staging images should be labeled as such in listings. Product facts: https://ai-architectures.com/facts

AI Render

Redesign your room with AI. Get a budget and a shopping list Take a photo of your room. AI creates a new design in seconds. See exactly what it will cost, paint, furniture, and more. Then buy every item in the design, all real and in stock.

AI Visualizer

ALCADS

ALCAD is a powerful 2D & 3D CAD software with native DWG & DXF file support. No data conversions, imports or exports. In ALCAD you work with drawings directly in DWG format. You are fully compatible with CAD users from various industries around the world. All ALCADs plugins are included and can be used. Whether you are working with ventilation ducts, underfloor heating or sewage pipes, you can solve any challenge with our plugins. ALCAD 3D architecture The 3D architecture functions are also included in the price. Easily create walls, stairs, doors, windows and much more in 3D or for 2D use only. BIM ALCAD supports BIM. Various BIM formats are supported Rvt, Rfa, IFC, STEP, IGES, PDF, 3D PDF, DWF, 3DS, DAE, LWO, POV, Maya, OBJ, BMP, JPG, WMF, EMF, SVG Free e-mail support & multiple languages