17 November 2020 
4min to read 
Visual Building is a CAD application specific to the construction of buildings and is suitable for Architects, Builders, Interior Designers, Selfbuilders, Home owners – in fact anyone that wishes to create and maintain building floor plans. You pay no subscription and there is no contract, just a one-off cost.To see how Visual Building can help you, identify and select your User Profile from the User profile menu.
Details about their latest version and how it can help you design you dream home will be listed in the article below. There are three versions of the product, each varying in complexity and therefore price, between the basic, pro and premium versions. This version of the software has tutorial videos, can run on windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10, with the 32 or 64 bit versions. You benefit from a 7 day free trial to see if it’s in your interest.
Version 9.5 and how it can help you
House design software: you can design your home with 3D-Objects, textures and materials. Create quality 3D visualizations with shadow calculation. Add a photo as a background picture in 3D. Edit the world position of your home and determine date and time of day for a realistic shadow simulation.
You can draw floor plans since Visual Building has several numeric input and construction options to create them. Not so obvious but very common in architectural software is an alternative construction using 2D-guidelines. Mark your construction points and then snap to with your mouse cursor while drawing walls etc.
There is a neat and handy Timber frame plugin. Using the Timber Frame Construction Wizard you can fill all your existing walls with timber frames in seconds and then export a PDF, Word or Excel report with material list and sketches to get a quote from timber frame companies. You can also map your fire escape plans, which in principle can be achieved with any version of Visual Building used together with the Fire Escape Plan Catalogue, which is available as a separate product.
The BIM export plugin will allow you to export your 3D building as an IFC file for further editing in other 3D CAD programs. IFC is the file format behind BIM (Building Information Modeling) and Visual Building exports all major building elements from walls up to the roof. As a professional user you can export your Visual Building projects and hand them over to other participants of the building process. As a private user or selfbuilder you can export your own building design for further usage with your architect or builder.
With regards to solar panels, user groups can now design and demonstrate exactly what their final solar installation will look like, and at the same time display the actual parameters used in the calculations. Visual Building also creates a short item list with basic information about your solar installation. As a solar installer with this wonderful new technology, you will have an added advantage over your competitors and help you convert more enquiries into sales.
Kitchen Design with Visual Building and one of the additional Kitchen Catalogue Extensions. The advantage of using Visual Building is that it gives designers and architects the chance to show their clients how the building and individual rooms will look like, helping you to sell your ideas and designs. With Visual Building you can not only plan and design your building but also the surrounding garden. A set of 2D and 3D plants plus garden furniture and fences is included in our 3D objects catalogue. And you have the possibility to load and integrate more objects with our 3D Converter PlugIn.Bathroom Design with Visual Building and our Bathroom Catalogue Extension. The 3D Bathroom Collection 1 contains 800+ objects and textures for use in bathroom designs in Visual Building.
Other many features include: interior design, plan layouts, electrical plans, 2D building plans, 3D converter, 3D constructions and more. These many features with cross integration allow you, a professional or not to go all the way into the nooks and crannies of home design and construction
How can I learn more?
This business helps people design and build their new home by selling softwares that helps visualize their new homes before building and is the ideal tool to help you with your designs. If you have any questions you can contact the sales team, who’s contact details can be found on their website that is listed below.
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