Can't edit things like wall height. Can't set the scale. Can't rotate furniture. And most annoying of all - you can't erase your mistakes! Accidently draw a wrong wall? Too bad. Put the window in the wrong spot? You're screwed! Really? A total, frustrating waste of time.
Summary
Needs work. Lots of work!
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Pros
Free
Helpful Interior and Exterior Design Tools
Quickly and Easily get Design Ideas
Great Deck Building Tool
Useful for Remodeling before Construction Begins
Cons
Snap Tool Would be Great
More Input Options Needed
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Really simple, and probably inspired by, "The Sims" game house editor - But the game offers, from version 1, grid-snap and much more building / furniture options.
Too simple, immature product. Lacks grid/snap or any other way of measurement, and offers just a few, very few objects to place in your project.
All accounted for, this program lacks the basics, but at least don't push down our throats any adware, toolbar or creepy Windows compatibility problem.
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