Live Interior 3D Standard 2.2 - Powerful interior design app. (Shareware)

Live Interior 3D Standard is a powerful yet very intuitive interior designing application. Whether you are remodeling, improving or building a new home, Live Interior will assist in visualizing your redesigned apartment way before you actually start the work.

Quick video tour of Live Interior 3D available.

Draw CAD like 2D plans, then surf 3D environment to get the look and feel of the interior. Add and arrang objects in both 2D and 3D modes.

Shoot movies, make screenshots and generate 360° panoramic views of the interior. In addition to that the program allows you to export the whole interior project (an apartment or multy-story building) or selected objects into Google SketchUp format. Easily share your projects with others via Google 3D Warehouse.

Check out the comparison between Standard and Pro editions.

Note: People who purchased Live Interior 3D Standard edition are offered to buy an upgrade to Live Interior 3D Pro edition for $80.

General:

• 1200+ Object Library, with brand name content.
• Export to Google SketchUp^TM format.
• Google 3D Warehouse^TM integration.
• Import Google SketchUp^TM, Ogre XML and 3ds objects.
• View and Edit designs in 2D & 3D.
• Various measurement units (fractional supported).
• Create two-story projects.
• View objects in 3D Preview window.
• Drag & Drop objects to 2D/3D window.
• Runs natively on both Power PC and Intel Mac's.

Working with 2D Plans:

• Create plans in any scale.
• Smart guides and object snapping.
• Automatic/custom floor and ceiling creation.
• Auto/custom dimensioning.
• Custom ceiling height.
• Option to fill walls/slabs with color or one of 96 patterns in 2D plan.
• Export 2D plans to PDF, TIFF, JPEG, PNG.

3D Environment:

• Realistic walk through mode.
• Adjust Lighting on the fly.
• Realistic light and shadows rendering.
• 3 rendering modes to control lights and shadows.
• Set daytime (day, night, etc.)
• Real Geo orientation (North, East, South, West).
• Collision detection.
• Multiple adjustable user cameras.
• Make screenshots of interior 3D view in JPEG, TIFF and more.

Editing 3D Objects:

• 1300+ Materials library, including materials with reflection.
• Advanced options to customize doors, windows, columns, furniture.
• Wall moulding support (base and crown).

WHAT'S NEW

Version 2.2:General:

Introduced support for multi-level floors and ceilings. Added an elevation parameter for floors and ceilings;

Added the ability to select and move custom floors and ceilings in the 3D view;

Added a thickness parameter for wall panels, making it possible to extrude or press them into walls to form various design elements and niches;

Reworked the Inspector interface - doors, windows, wall panels, as well as floors and ceilings have separate control palettes;

Added over 30 wall panels and 20+ openings to the Object Library, introducing rounded ones; Updated the shadow map rendering mode, featuring soft shadows at high speed rendering. (Preferences Dialog > 3D Settings Tab > Shadow Maps check);

Added the option to disable reflections while moving in 3D (Preferences Dialog > 3D Settings Tab). Activating this option will speed up walkthroughs and arranging objects in 3D;

Added the option to exclude library objects when saving a document, this helps to reduce the document size (Preferences Dialog > Miscellaneous Tab).

Import:

Reworked the import of Google SketchUp™ objects;

Fixed the import of images and complex textures in Google SketchUp™ and 3DS objects. If any problem is noticed check "Make all surfaces double-sided to avoid invisible surfaces" option (Preferences dialog > Google 3D Warehouse™ Tab);

Supported texture transparency for Google SketchUp™ objects;

Enabled the import of 3D objects via Copy/Paste from Finder.

Export:

Added export to VRML 2.0 and X3D formats, this gives you the unique possibility to post your 3D interiors on the Web;

Added the ability to select video codecs and quality settings for exported movies;

Fixed shadow flickering in exported movies.

Improvements and bug fixes:

Reworked wall connection became more stable;

Added the ability to copy & paste images into the 2D view from Finder;

Total length of selected walls is now shown (2D view info-bar);

Fixed the problem with picture quality being reduced at import in 2D;

Triangles quantity for a selected object is now shown (2D view info-bar);

Fixed issues with imported objects disappearing in complicated projects;

Enlarged the document preview for better document identification (the preview size is 256x256);

Other various improvements and bug fixes.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later.

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