Ashampoo Home Design 8 enables users to design, furnish and visualize their dream home, extension or redecoration on their PCs. The project wizard combined with multiple automatic features helps users get started quickly and greatly facilitates complex calculations. The extensive object catalog covers everything from furniture to electrical appliances and decorations. Every aspect of construction planning is covered. The impressive 3D view supports virtual tours to survey buildings already in the planning phase. Ashampoo Home Design 8 comes with professional-quality walls, ceilings, windows, doors, recesses, skylights, solar panels, chimneys as well as electrical appliances. Three design levels (2D, 3D, cross-section) provide maximum clarity at every planning step. The home design software also supports SketchUp and Collada imports for even more detailed furnishings. Version 8 features an expanded catalog with over 250 new 3D objects, new doors, the balcony catalog as groups, and retaining walls for terrain and garden planning. Railings can now be used in many variations, and automatic dimensioning for 2D floor plans and automatic position texts for marking walls and windows make your work much easier. The new functions such as the ground terrain element with 3D borders, fences as a railings and the practical north arrow dialog for placing, rotating and scaling provide even greater ease of use and flexibility.

• Access to multiple new objects through Google Sketchup and Collada model import
• Precise 3D previews for every planning step
• Plan roof-mounted photovoltaic installations easily
• Over 380 new symbols for electrical, gas, water and security appliances
• 3D preview with furniture, light and surroundings
• New numeric edit tools for walls, windows, and doors
• Additional window and door parts, shutter boxes, blinds, borders