Sierra Home Architect is a program for Windows equipped with instruments for building design and enhancement. It includes a variety of features like 3D deck creation, electrical wiring simulation, and landscaping.

Virtual home tour

Some home architect applications require you to manually draw lines to formulate a layout. In contrast, this utility provides preformed room icons. With a simple designation, you can reshape it by dragging and clicking on its outline.

The main advantage of this software is the three dimensional view. Following the creation of a scaled layout for the first floor, it is possible to walk through the virtual rooms. This is done by manipulating the mouse. You can use horizontal and vertical rules on the margins of the screen to size them.

Interior decoration

The program enables you to place doors, doorways, windows, staircases etc. You can position them by selecting from the catalog, dragging to the appropriate places and rotating. There is an option to choose from a vast array of styles of objects.

It is important to point out that the tool was developed for older Microsoft operating systems. To run it on Windows 10, you may try an OS emulator like Windows 95. Alternatively, you can work with a more modern solution called 3D Home Architect Deluxe.

Features

free to download and use;
compatible with older Windows versions;
gives you the means to design buildings;
you can place decoration by dragging;
it is possible to toggle 3D view mode.