But if you take the time you can create models which are surprisingly realistic, especially for an $80 program. The 20% that is slow is the fine-tuning of the details: wall color, crown molding, and baseboards, for example.

This program shines in how quickly you can get 80% of your modeling done. And my favorite, you can find new objects to import in the Google 3D warehouse: plants, chairs, electronics, your car to put in the garage, and those are all free. Drop it into LI3D and draw your walls on top you're done! Or you want to add your real wall decorations (paintings, photos) to your model, so you take a digital photo and import it into the program. You have a PDF of the floor-plans to your home. I could go on and on about the great features, but here are 3 examples. I've used this program for determining if new furniture would fit in my apartment or in a moving van, laying out some friends' entire house (during construction) to help them choose things like floors, cabinets, countertops, and for helping design an in-house theater room with raised seating on the second row.

Adding doors or windows is as simple as dragging the item from a shelf and dropping it on the wall where it should be. Click another button and you see it in 3D. Click the wall tool, click 4 times (the four corners), and you have a room. The program makes designing room layouts exceptionally easy. This is one of the most enjoyable Mac programs I've ever purchased.

Sweet home 3d examples