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BLACK AND DECKER EVERYDAY HOME REPAIRS Black & Decker Everyday Home Repairs - Tired of paying countless dollars for home repairs? Introducing Black & Decker® Everyday Home Repairs. It will give you the know-how you need to make those same repairs on your own, quickly and easily. This comprehensive program covers repairing doors and windows, walls and ceilings, basic plumbing and electrical knowledge, as well as exterior home repairs. You’ll save time and money by turning complex household problems into easy solutions!
FEATURES:
Includes step-by-step instruction for all repairs
Projected estimates ensure every repair fits within your budget
Discover trade secrets, tips and instructions to 100 of the most common household repairs
Includes animations of repairs with voice-overs, full color photos and highlighted text
Print your project overview, complete with step-by-step instructions and photos to take with you, as well as a list of materials and tools needed
System Requirements for Windows
Windows 95/98, Me, XP
486/25 MHz or faster
16 MB RAM
2 MB free hard disk space
640x480 VGA monitor, 256 colors (16-bit color recommended)
Windows-compatible sound card & speakers
2X CD-ROM drive
Price: $9.95
EASY INDOOR GARDENING Whether you already have a garden, or just want to add a few plants to your home, Easy Indoor Gardening has the tips you need to get started. Expert gardener Louise B. Peacock will reveal some of the best-kept secrets to successful gardening and quickly put you on the path to the indoor garden of your dreams!
Packed with color photos, video clips and everything you wanted to know about:
Indoor Gardening
Annuals & Perennials
Trees & Shrubs
Pests & Diseases
Plus a section on bulbs, pruning and soil for outdoor gardening, and much, much more...
Features:
Hundreds of color photos and video clips
Plant lists to take the guesswork out of choosing plants
Easy-to-follow instructions and tips
Comprehensive glossary and extensive plant-name index
System Requirements for Windows
Windows Vista, XP, 98, Vista
486 or faster
16 MB RAM
640x480 monitor, 16-bit color
Windows-compatible sound card & speakers
2X CD-ROM drive
System Requirements for Macintosh
Mac OS 7.0-9.2, OS X Classic mode
16 MB RAM
640x480 monitor, thousands of colors
2X CD-ROM drive
Price: $9.95
EASY OUTDOOR GARDENING Whether you already have a garden, or are just thinking about planting one, Easy Outdoor Gardening has the tips you need. Let expert gardener, Louise B. Peacock, show you some of the best-kept secrets to successful outdoor gardening. With color photos, video clips, a glossary and more, you can quickly be on the path to the garden of your dreams!
Packed with color photos, video clips and everything you wanted to know about:
Outdoor Gardening
Container & Balcony Gardening
Fruits & Vegetables
Herbs and Roses
And much, much more...
Features:
Hundreds of color photos and video clips
Plant lists to take the guesswork out of choosing plants
Easy-to-follow instructions and tips
Comprehensive glossary and extensive plant-name index
System Requirements for Windows
Windows Vista, XP, 98, Vista
486 or faster
16 MB RAM
640x480 monitor, 16-bit color
Windows-compatible sound card & speakers
2X CD-ROM drive
System Requirements for Macintosh
Mac OS 7.0-9.2, OS X Classic mode
16 MB RAM
640x480 monitor, thousands of colors
2X CD-ROM drive
Price: $9.95
FLOORPLAN 3D-REMODEL AND HOME DESIGN 11 Make Your Remodeling Dreams a Reality! Whether you're planning the kitchen of your dreams, updating your bathroom, adding a great room or planning to build your dream home, let FloorPlan 3D take your dreams to designs. FloorPlan 3D covers every detail in one easy-to-use program and brings your designs to life in stunning 3D.
Our huge library of pre-drawn symbols brings every room to life with furniture, fixtures, art and more. Easily experiment with dozens of interior design materials. From elaborate tiles and beautiful fabrics, select the perfect finishing touches for your home.
Endless customizable options make your design unique. From gleaming hardwood floors to elegant stucco exteriors, choose from a broad array of stylish building materials.
Gain a true sense of space and proportion by "walking" through each room and observing the layout from every angle. Enhance your 3D experience with powerful LightWorks technology. Control light sources, including sunlight, shadows and ambient light. Now with a single click you can set "current time" and "current location," allowing you to view the lighting by time-of-day in your time zone.
Indoor Accessories: Art, Fireplaces, Electronics & House Wares
Export to DXF & VRML
LightWorks 3D Rendering
Virtual Reality Walkthroughs
System Requirements for Windows
Windows 7, Vista, XP
Pentium III 600 MHz or faster processor (4.2 GHz or higher recommended)
256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
300 MB free hard disk space
800 x 600 Super VGA monitor, 16-bit color (1024 x 768 monitor graphics hardware acceleration recommended)
8 MB video card
Windows-compatible sound card & speakers
8X CD-ROM or DVD drive
Internet connection and browser required for online access
Price: $19.95
GARDEN AND DECK FLOORPLAN 3D Dream, Point, Click, and Build! Garden & Deck FloorPlan® 3D will make you look like a professional designer right out of the box! It combines all the powerful tools that design professionals employ and integrates them into one easy process. FloorPlan won't let you make design mistakes! You can use multiple views of the same drawing to work in 2D and see the results in 3D at the same time!
Customizable Plans: Each deck, balcony or landscape design can be customized using FloorPlan's powerful technology.
Pre-Drawn 3D Symbols: You'll find everything you need to plan the garden of your dreams. Make your yard come alive in 3D!
Path Planner: Lay out your driveway and walkways.
Fence & Gate Tools: Adding a fence is simple! Choose from rail, picket and board styles, and place gates instantly.
Deck & Balcony Tool: Create a deck or balcony in moments.
Sunset Garden Problem Solver: Helps you create a healthy garden. Diagnose your problems with a simple point-and-click interface. Quickly get step-by-step solutions for your trees, shrubs, vines, annuals, perennials, fruit and nut trees, vegetables and berries, lawns, succulents, and houseplants.
Rogue's Gallery: Pests, weeds, or diseases in your garden? Match them to their photos and learn how to get rid of them.
Tips & Techniques: Learn about soil, water, fertilizing, pruning, mulching, lawn care, tree and shrub care, beneficial insects, environmental factors, and more!
Sunset Garden Calendar: Make a monthly garden checklist, and personalize it with your own notes.
Award-Winning Virtual Reality Walkthrough: Experience your creation by actually being able to 'walk through' in three dimensions. Share it with your contractor or landscaper over the Internet.
Integrated Materials Estimator: Instantly calculate the cost of your design the moment it is completed! FloorPlan will help you watch every penny by letting you know when your design ideas have exceeded your initial budget.
System Requirements
Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP
Pentium® 133 or better
64 MB RAM (96 MB recommended)
80 MB minimum free hard disk space (140 MB recommended)
Super VGA graphics card/display card—800x600 (1024x768 recommended)
Color display 16-bit or higher
Double speed CD-ROM drive
Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
Mouse
Price: $9.95
INSTANT ARCHITECT Instant Architect is a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use home design program featuring drag and drop simplicity and the power of full-featured 2D CAD, all at an amazing low price. Custom design, remodel or add on—then print plans that work for you.
Best Selling Architecture Software
Software for Architects & Home Builders
No Experience Required
Automatic Dimensioning
Zoom to Edit Smallest Details
256 Editable Layers
Drag & Drop Furniture
Create Bill of Materials
Raster to Vector Conversion
Sophisticated, Yet Easy-to-Use
Unlimited Creative Opportunities
Step by Step Work with easy-to-use tools for drawing arcs, lines, shapes and more. Easily insert details like doors and windows sized to conform to industry standards. With 150 free pre-drawn floor plans to customize, and a 1000-piece symbol library, you’ll be creating incredible drawings in no time—even if you’ve never used a CAD program before.
Plan with Precision Create and view floor plans, elevations and landscaping plans. Apply automatic dimensioning and print accurately to any scale. Plus, material lists make it simple to bring your project to life.
1 Imagine Think of the ways a beautiful deck would enhance your home and provide fun for family and friends...and then make it happen!
2 Step by Step Begin by choosing either a deck or terrace, then a location. Input the size and adjust corners to complete the basic structure. Add rails and stairs, then view your project from various angles. Drag and drop deck furnishings to make sure you've included room for all your fun.
3 Produce Prepare a detailed list of materials and print out accurate plans. You will enjoy building the deck just the way you design it.
Features
3D deck wizard and simple editing tools
Automatic deck visual created from your specifications
Tools to create 2D shapes and styles
Customize provided deck plans to fit
View layout from top or side
30 popular deck designs included
Plug in numbers for automatic deck creation
Precision drawings for accurate plans
Export materials lists
Over 2 dozen new deck designs
Simple 1-2-3 design wizard
Over 59 detailed deck drawings
Draws in 2D and 3D
Complete CAD tools included
System Requirements for Windows
Windows 98, Me, 2000, NT 4.0, XP
Pentium processor
64 MB RAM
50 MB free hard disk space
SVGA graphics card, 256 or more colors
SVGA monitor, 800x600 or higher resolution
CD-ROM drive
Price: $9.95
INSTANT HOME DESIGN 3.0 Powered by Punch Software: From windows to walls; railings to roofs, now you can design the home of your dreams with a few clicks of the mouse, and the powerful, user-friendly tech tools exclusive to Instant Home Design 3.0 on CD-ROM.
Developed especially for the at-home user seeking a designer-quality alternative to costly architectural plans, Instant Home Design 3.0 avoids the inaccuracies of flat, photo-based do-it-yourself design programs in favor of precise 3D geometry and professional-grade specialty functions. By accessing the virtual contents of your design toolbox, you'll erect exterior and interior walls to your customized dimensions, hang doors and windows of myriad styles, connect multiple stories by stairs and railings, and calculate the pitch of your roof—even install the plumbing, electrical, and HVAC! Drop designer touches—everything from floor coverings to furnishings—into your drawing, with the finishing tools also allowing you to apply custom-mixed colors and surface materials including stucco and brick. When you're ready to view your completed handiwork, the touring tools let you set the pace of your three-dimensional walkthrough. Whether remodeling one room or building three stories, let Instant Home Design 3.0 take you from vacant lot to virtual tour.
Let Instant Home Design 3.0 customize your residence one room at a time, with a user-friendly suite of powerful, progressive rendering tools and exclusive 3D viewing options to make your one, two, or three-story dream home a reality.
2D and 3D Screen Viewing Options
Plan Full View Your default setting for the design window, Plan Full View is your two-dimensional on-screen work table.
3D Quarter View Allowing you to devote the majority of your window to your 2D drawing, 3D Quarter View provides a three-dimensional look at your work-in-progress.
Split Plan/30 View With some tools activated only through the 3D option, Split Plan/30 View lets you complete your task as you keep a firm eye on your 2D design.
3D Full View Used primarily for the application of finishing design touches, 3D Full View shows you every angle and detail of your drawing.
TOOL OPTIONS:
For drawing, embellishing, and touring your newly created virtual structure, the Instant Home Design 3.0 toolbox contains everything you need to finish the job.
NUTS & BOLTS
Wall Tool Define the dimensions of your exterior and interior walls, select heights of ceilings and individual wall segments, and connect multiple partitions using the Wall Tool and its custom design menu options.
Wall options include:
Previews of wall settings & configurations to drag & drop
Thickness settings from 2 inches to 12 inches
A blank setting allowing customized thickness
An option to extend wall height through multiple stories
Door Tool Use the Door Tool to measure and place interior and exterior openings in a multitude of styles. Set the location, direction, and angle of hinged doors with two clicks of the mouse.
Door options include:
Cased openings
Hinged doors
Sliding glass
Garage doors
Painted & stained doors
Window Tool Customize the size, style, and placement of all the windows in your design by utilizing the Window Tool to drag & drop your selections into your onscreen work.
Window options include:
Wood & aluminum/vinyl
Double hung & casement styles
Stairs Tool Connect multiple stories with custom stairways fashioned with a simple left and right click. Use the Stairs Tool to define and show upper/lower floor openings and the direction of the stair-rise.
Railing Tool Begin your work on the next floor with the Railing Tool allowing you to define and design a railing around the outlet of your newly created staircase.
Roof Tool Construct, size, and position single or multiple roof sections with the drag & drop capability of the Roof Tool. Select your roof style, then select its pitch from the settings—or customize your own!
Roof options include:
Pre-calculated pitch settings from 4:12 to 12:12
A blank setting allowing customized pitch design
Cathedral ceilings
CAD Tool The ultimate behind-the-scenes feature, the CAD Tool facilitates the placement of two-dimensional schematic geometry for plumbing, HVAC, and electrical, at the same time concealing it within your 3D design
NUANCE
Floor Covering Tool Use the Floor Tool to preview, select, and install a wide array of interior flooring, in multiple colors and finishes.
Flooring options include:
Hardwoods
Tile
Broad loom
Objects Tool Employ the Objects Tool to place hundreds of pieces of clip-art furniture and appliances into your completed home design.
Features include:
Furnishings for every room including Game Room, Library & Office
Hundreds of depictions of appliances, furniture & cabinetry
An elevation feature allowing you to place objects on objects
Texture Tool Apply facings and materials to exterior and interior surfaces with the Texture Tool. A right click applies the same selection to multiple surfaces.
Texture options include:
Brick
Siding
Stone
Stucco
Fabric
Wood
Color Tool Use the Color Tool to select seasonal shades from the Preview window, or mix your own custom colors ready for surface application.
Color options include:
Winter, Spring, Summers Fall shades
Custom mixing from the Color Palette of 48 base tints
Adjustable hue, saturation & luminosity
NAVIGATION:
Walk-through Tool You control the pace and eye elevation of your 3D lot tour with the Walk-through Tool. The more you move the mouse, the faster you walk, while a right click adjusts the view height.
Fly-around Tool The faster mode of 3D touring, the Fly-around Tool uses left and right clicks to control direction and elevation, as well as zoom in/out capabilities.
System Requirements:
Windows 95 or higher (including XP)
70 MB HD free space
128 MB RAM
VGA video card set at 16-bit color depth
Price: $29.95
INSTANT LANDSCAPE DESIGN 3.0 Powered by Puch Software: From shrubbery to sandboxes; gravel to gateposts, now you can design the lawn and garden of your dreams with a few clicks of the mouse, and the powerful, user-friendly tech tools exclusive to Instant Landscape Design 3.0 on CD-ROM.
Developed especially for the at-home user seeking a designer-quality alternative to costly landscape architecture plans, Instant Landscape Design 3.0 avoids the inaccuracies of flat, photo-based design programs in favor of precise 3D geometry and professional-grade specialty functions. By accessing the virtual contents of your design toolbox, you'll install driveways and sidewalks to your customized dimensions, add fence panels and gates of myriad styles, and plant a wide variety of trees, flowers, and shrubs—even watch as they grow onscreen before your eyes! Use the finishing tools to drop designer touches—everything from a pond to painted edgings—into your drawing. When you're ready to view your completed handiwork, the touring tools let you set the pace of your three-dimensional walk-through. Whether changing your yard's topography, or building the ultimate children's playground, let Instant Landscape Design 3.0 take your surroundings from boring to blooming.
Let Instant Landscape Design 3.0 customize your lot, with a user-friendly suite of powerful, progressive rendering tools and exclusive 3D viewing options to make your ideal lawn and garden a reality.
2D and 3D Screen Viewing Options
Plan Full View Your default setting for the design window, Plan Full View is your two-dimensional on-screen work table.
3D Quarter View Allowing you to devote the majority of your window to your 2D drawing, 3D Quarter View provides a three-dimensional look at your work-in-progress.
Split Plan/30 View With some tools activated only through the 3D option, Split Plan/30 View lets you complete your task as you keep a firm eye on your 2D design.
3D Full View Used primarily for the application of finishing design touches, 3D Full View shows you every angle and detail of your drawing.
TOOL OPTIONS:
For drawing, embellishing, and touring your newly created virtual vista, the Instant Landscape Design 3.0 toolbox contains everything you need to finish the job.
SHAPE:
Pathway Tool Select the shape, length, and material of your sidewalks, driveway, and garden paths by using the Pathway Tool templates or custom options.
Pathway options include:
Concrete
Asphalt
Brick
Gravel
Fill Region Tool Choose a classically shaped flower bed from the preview menu, install a pond, or design a unique playground for the kids, with the drag & drop options of the Fill Region Tool.
Fill options include:
Dirt
Mulch
Gravel
Sand
Edging Tool Utilize the Edging Tool to create borders and plant boundaries from the array of preview shapes and styles, or define your own with a couple of mouse clicks.
Edging options include:
Cedar
Pine
Painted surfaces
Topography Tool The Topography Tool lets you set the precise elevation of your property, allowing you to set the measurements for existing or desired hills, mounds, and valleys.
CAD Tool The ultimate behind-the-scenes feature, the CAD Tool facilitates the placement of two-dimensional schematic geometry for in-ground sprinkler systems, at the same time concealing it within your 3D design view.
SHOVEL:
Ground Covering Tool Use the Ground Covering Toot to preview, select, and apply a wide array of exterior ground cover, as you define the perimeter and shape of your garden.
Ground cover options include:
Annuals
Trees
Shrubs
Landscaping Tool Refine your selections even further with the Landscaping Tool showing color renderings of your selected plants at any age from 3 months to 50 years.
Landscape options include:
Plant Growth Scale letting you visualize increased & decreased age & size of your plantings
Individual Plant Details window listing soil, water & sun requirements
Fence Tool Position multiple enclosure sections with the drag & drop capability of the fence Tool allowing for a host of configurations and placements.
Enclosure options include:
Privacy fences
Picket fences
Ranch fences
Split-rail fences
Gate Tool Install single or multiple standard-sized gates from the drop-down menu, or re-size an existing template to your specs; the Gate Tool ensures that your gate conforms to the style of your fence!
Objects Tool Employ the Objects Tool to place hundreds of pieces of clip-art exterior items into your completed Landscape Design.
Features include:
An elevation feature allowing you to place object upon object
SHOW:
Walk-through Tool You control the pace and eye elevation of your 3D lot tour with the Walk-through Tool. The more you move the mouse, the faster you walk, while a right click adjusts the view height.
Fly-around Tool The faster mode of 3D touring, the Fly-around Tool uses left and right clicks to control direction and elevation, as well as zoom in/out capabilities.
1 Imagine Think of the ways a truly customized shed or shop would enhance your home and provide optimum utility for you and your family.
2 Step by Step Begin by selecting the dimensions of your shed; width, length, and height. Customize the type and layout of your doors and windows. Add porches to create a true indoor/outdoor work or storage space. Finalize your shop or shed with a hip or gable roof, then click once and the model is composed automatically, ready to be viewed in 2D or 3D.
3 Produce Prepare a list of materials and print out your plans. Build your shed or shop, and for years to come you'll enjoy a space designed and built to meet your needs.
Features
3D Shop Wizard
Automatic plans generated from your specifications
Create 2D shapes and styles
Drag and drop shop symbols
Customize included shed and shop plans to fit your needs
1 Imagine Let your mind go as you envision enjoying sharing picnics with friends and family, birds nesting in custom made homes, useful household items, and much more.
2 Step by Step Create automatic step-by-step plans. Choose your project, set the dimensions, and sit back while the project is automatically drafted right before your eyes. Print the material list for easy shopping at the lumberyard.
3 Visualize Instant Woodworking Design comes with the power of DesignCAD's most popular drafting tools. Customize the included designs or start from scratch. One click prints the entire design.
Features
Birdhouses for 16 species
Gun Rack
Foot Stool
Doghouse
Bookshelves
Shelf
Wine Rack
Work Bench
Picnic Table
Rocking Horse
Step-by-step printable plans
Automatic dimensions and labels
Nailing points indicated
Material list
No experience required
Countless variations on 10 instant projects
Easy-to-read drafts and designs
System Requirements for Windows
Windows 98, Me, 2000, NT 4.0, XP
Pentium processor
64 MB RAM
50 MB free hard disk space
SVGA graphics card, 256 or more colors
SVGA monitor, 800x600 or higher resolution
CD-ROM drive
Price: $9.95
KITCHEN AND BATH FLOOR PLAN 3D Dream, Point, Click, and Build! Kitchen & Bath FloorPlan® 3D will make you look like a professional designer right out of the box! It combines all the powerful tools that home design professionals employ and integrates them into one easy process. FloorPlan won't let you make design mistakes! Collision Detection Technology creates perfectly accurate spacing models, preventing you from placing one 3D object on top of another. You can use multiple views of the same drawing to work in 2D and see the results in 3D at the same time!
Customizable Plans: Each design can be customized using FloorPlan's powerful technology.
3D Kitchen Showroom: Use 15 different kitchen styles and 5 different kitchen layouts to get started on the perfect design. Personalize these templates and you're on your way!
Texture Library: Features dozens of options for ßooring, wall surfaces, and object materials.
Pre-Drawn 3D Symbols: You'll find everything you need to populate the kitchen and bath of your dreams. Make your rooms come alive in 3D!
Custom Cabinet Builder: Adding cabinets couldn't be easier! Choose from over 40 cabinet symbols and easily customize them. Change cabinet color, texture, material, backsplash, door and drawer style.
Award-Winning Lightworks® Photorealistic Rendering: Control the light sources, cast shadows, and create ambient light. Your FloorPlan drawings will take on a realism that will amaze you.
Award-Winning Virtual Reality Walkthrough: Experience your design by actually being able to 'walk through' in three dimensions. Share it with your contractor or architect over the Internet.
Integrated Materials Estimator: Instantly calculate the cost of your design the moment it is completed! FloorPlan will help you watch every penny by letting you know when your design ideas have exceeded your initial budget.
System Requirements:
Windows® 95, 98, NT 4, 2000, XP
Pentium® 133 or better
64 MB RAM (96 MB recommended)
80 MB minimum free hard disk space (140 MB recommended)
Super VGA graphics card/display card—800x600 (1024x768 recommended)
Color display 16-bit or higher
Double speed CD-ROM drive
Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
Mouse
Price: $9.95
YOUR 3D HOME DESIGNER DELUXE 2ND EDITION Plan the home of your dreams with this powerful 3D design tool. Whether you’re looking to build, redesign or extend your property, this software lets you plan every detail of your home, saving you valuable time and money. Transform just one room, or create an entire house from the foundations up. See your grand designs come to life instantly, in glorious photo-realistic 3D graphics.
Step 1: Design your home Easily insert walls and windows into your 2D plan. Your 3D Home Designer displays and updates your creation simultaneously in real-time 3D. Move a wall within a plan and watch as the other walls, floors and ceilings are automatically recalculated to fit.
Step 2: Design your Interior Add doors, windows, carpets, furniture, wallpaper and paint using the extensive texture and object library. For the finishing touches, simply drag and drop accessories like lamps, mirrors and pictures into your new home.
Step 3: Take a guided tour Explore your finished virtual home, all in photo-realistic 3D. You can even see how your house will look in different shades of light.
Packed with useful features!
Step-by-step tutorial training videos
Create and view your foundation plans
Design and edit in 2D & 3D
Electrical symbols - add power sockets and light switches
Comprehensive catalogue of 3D objects, materials, textures and 2D symbols or add in your own
Realistic results – render your designs with real-time shadows
Add interior & exterior lighting effects
Insert your own background image such as your garden
Controlled 3D walkthrough
Modify windows and doors
Comprehensive Help Guide
Choose from over 1,200 3D objects
Furnishings and appliances: kitchen, lounge, office, bathroom and more.
Trees, flowers, shrubs
Patio furniture
Decorative objects: pictures and mirrors
Windows and doors
Roofs and skylights
Lighting
Stairs and balconies
Carports and garages
Conservatories
System Requirements
PC Operating System: Windows XP / Vista / Windows7
PC CPU Type and Speed: Pentium or equivalent, 1.0 GHz or better
