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Summary: Great Product!
Review: I don't understand what the other reviewers are talking about. This was the easiest thing to use. I installed it, and was using it withing five minutes. I designed my current kitchen. I was able to tell the program what kind of cabinet, size, height of hang, window, door, appliances, and then see it in a 3D walkthrough. This is an amazing program. If you can't figure this one out, this is what you should do: Unplug your computer, put it in a box, and send it back where you got it from. You shouldn't be using a computer.
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Summary: Not good if you have more than one room
Review: I have tried numerous times to get this software to work but have found that it consistently freezes up with even simple house designs. I have repeatedly contacted the on-line support service and have been advised to decrease the video performance, get new video drivers and shut down all other programs on my computer. None of this has helped. I bought a new 3D video card that supports 32MB SDRAM and still had no success. This is the first time I have bought software that just did not work. Mattell would do well to take this off the market, do a bit more research, and try again. I wasted dollars on the software as well as on a new video card.
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Summary: Save you money!
Review: I just purchased a copy of Total 3D Home Deluxe and installed it on my Compaq 5000 series, a relatively new and capable machine. However, it simply will not run in the 'planning' mode, which happens to be the part of the program that looks to be the most valuable. I read the instructions, troubleshooting tips, and even uninstalled and then reinstalled the program, but no luck. The program cover says "Visualize Your Dreams", and I am doing so, but unfortunately, only in my head.
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Summary: What's wrong with everyone??
Review: I love this program! ...
I have a low end computer, around 3 years old, with Windows XP and the program works just fine for me, no shutdowns, no illegal operations, no problems! I haven't had any "Floating Furniture" either. Its simple to use, the only complaint I have is the same complaint someone else had: You don't know how big your room is till you start putting things in there. I built my house only to find out that the bed was about as large as the room. Other than that, I love it. I had a bit more problems with another program called 3D Virtual Reality Architect. I do suggest [you] go for it and pick it up.
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Summary: This Program [stinks]!!!
Review: I only give it one star because if you do not have 32 ram to get the better program it is acceptable. But it is slow, hard to decorate because you have to take a photo of anything not in the first picture you take. Not only that it kicks you off and you end up losing all of the work you did. Very frustrating, do not buy this unless you do not have 32 ram or more. ...
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Summary: This one's easy!
Review: I read the reviews for this product and almost didn't purchase it. I'm really glad I finally did! I tried the other ones that were recommended, but they were just way too complicated. I like this product, it's a piece of cake to use, it does pretty much everything I ask of it, and it's fun. You don't have to be a designer or computer wiz to use it. It's great for someone like me without a lot of computer experience! If you want to design homes for a living, get the other programs. If you want to have fun dreaming, buy this one!
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Summary: Frustrating!
Review: I spent 3 hours trying to design my kitchen. When I switched to 3D mode, cabinets and chairs would spontaneously float off the floor. At one point a cabinet decided to move into the sink, despite the fact I set in on the ground in 2D mode. It was complete frustration. Needless to say after a grand total of 5 impossible hours, I returned it for a refund.
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Summary: Lesley, I'm with you. A terrible product!
Review: I too agree this is an awful program. I had the exact problem Lesley mentioned. After spending an entire weekend entering in my plan, I had the crashing problem. I am angry that I spent so much time only to find this product is useless. Furthermore, entering in my plan was nearly impossible, especially with non-"box" sized rooms.
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Summary: Too unstable of a product to be useful
Review: I used this product to try to help me redesign my current house. A bit of background: I've used many 3d editing packages in the past, so I know what I'm doing. The user interface isn't the best, but it's workable. The problem is that the software is so unstable as to be useless: Imagine working on a design for a couple of hours and have the program crash. What's that I hear? I should have saved it? I did save it. Frequently. Unfortunately, the save file was corrupted in some way that once I load it, the program crashes almost immediately. If you must use this product, save frequently and to new file names. And even when this product worked, it didn't work well. I tried several roof lines for a very basic house layout and most failed profoundly. Modifications I did in one view would be lost after switching to another view and back again. I can't adequately commuicate the frustration of using this poorly written software. By the way, the system I was running on was a very fast (1.1Ghz) system with 512Mb of RAM, so there shouldn't have been a memory or speed problem. Don't buy this program. It's an embarassment to Broderbund.
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Summary: continuing crashes
Review: I was almost relieved to read the other reviews of this program, it used to crash alot on my older computer but I thought all the problems would be fixed when I brought home my new laptop last weekend. I was trying to redesign my 1100 sq foot house and everytime I start the program it will only run for 10 minutes or 2-3 changes. And every other time I try to save any changes, the software crashes without saving,which is extemely frustrating. Oh well, at least I know it's not my computer, back to the store for a decent piece of software.
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