Ez-Architect 8.0

Ez-Architect for Windows is a full featured home design program. With this tool-driven home design program, planning and drawing your new floor plan in the precise 2D top view is a snap.

Some features of this home design program that make your floor plans easier are the duplicate tool for automatically placing rows or columns of boards, studs, trees, plywood, joists or whatever exactly where you need them—spaced on-center like you need them when you design your own home. And there's a layering system for keeping upper stories, electrical, and plumbing schematics separate. On the other hand, if you just want to create simple floor plans without any complications or layers or construction detail, this is the home design program for you!

You may choose from English or metric measurement units and select any scale. Easily manipulate the current color and pattern palette or create your own and save an entirely new palette. Draw your own objects with the intuitive drawing tools and store them in customized libraries. Or use the wide selection of objects that comes with Ez-Architect. You can't go wrong with this easy-to-use home architecture software program—it's Windows XP or Vista or Windows 7 or 8 home design at its best. There are lots of sample plans to get you started.

Features

• Ability to add textures to objects
• Eyedropper Tool
• Ability to change order in which layers display (9 layers are available)
• Drag and Drop objects from the library
• Updated manual
• Solid dimension arrow option as well as hollow dimension arrow for dimension lines
• Fractional feet and inches and fractional inches problems fixed
• Area display fixed
• File import default fixed
• Object Properties dialog now lets you change the size of objects by percent
• A3-size paper printing fixed
• Drawing size fixed
• Registration simplified and fixed
• DXF file import and export (2D only)
• Continuous wall and hollow wall tools which support auto-dimension lines, constrained (0, 45, 90, 135, 180, 225, 270, 315 degrees) and unconstrained (any angle) angles; continuous hollow wall tool draws continuous, colored or patterned hollow walls AT ANY ANGLE that scale up and down fine while the continuous wall tool draws continuous, 3-pixel-wide walls AT ANY ANGLE
• Option to maintain height and width ratio when changing sizes in the Object Info dialog
• Can now import graphic files directly at their original size from the Import item in the File menu
• Updated manual
• Better wall scaling
• Four dozen colored patterns
• Auto-dimension lines for lines and rectangles
• Drawing method 2 mouse clicks without dragging has been added as an option along with conventional drag-and-click method
• Printable reports containing all objects, their name, sizes and angles
• Colors have been added to pattern editing and you may add your own permanently to the palette
• PDF file export
• wmf file export
• Fractional Inches and Fractional Feet and Inches can now be selected as Drawing Units
• Right click brings up Edit menu display
• Red lines in rulers that follow cursor
• Expanded Preferences dialog
• Preview feature in File Menu allows viewing unopened plans as thumbnails
• Program opens with all settings the same as last session