1. Choose a 3D floor plan creator - Before you create a 3D floor plan, you’ll want to select the medium you will use to bring your design to life. As technology has advanced, there are many 3D floor plan apps on the market today, but our favorite is the Houzz Pro 3D Floor Planner. It allows you to model your designs in 2D, and then model in 3D. Using AR you can create Life-Sized Walkthroughs of your client’s future home, giving them a peek into what the final project will look like.
2. Model in 2D - Once you’ve chosen a 3D floor plan generator, you’ll want to start with a 2D drawing. This helps to ensure all measurements are correct and allows you to account for details like doors, windows, and walls that will become staples in your 3D floor plan. 
3. Add the details - Next, add furnishings, fixtures, flooring, and any other materials you want to incorporate into your design. Get as detailed as possible here as sometimes it’s the smaller elements of a design that can bring everything together. During this stage, you’ll want to cross-reference with your mood board and ensure the look and feel are still aligned with what you previously presented to the client. 
4. Present to your client - Once your 3D floor plan is done, be sure to share it with your client and walk through it together. With Houzz Pro’s 3D house builder, you can share both aerial and dollhouse views with your client in their client portal. Then you can give them a Life-Sized Walkthrough of the design in their home using your phone or tablet. Consider clients bought in!

Yes! Houzz Pro’s 3D floor plan app can be built, adjusted, and presented on an app that’s accessible from any mobile device. You won’t be limited to having client presentations in your studio or office. You can present your vision from anywhere that’s most convenient for you and your clients.

When looking for a 3D room planning tool that suits your needs, be sure to consider the following features:

• Additional Design Tools: Keep an eye out for 3D floor plan builders that also have other features to help you convey your vision. For example, Houzz Pro’s 3D house design software also enables you to create mood boards that wow your clients. Mood boards can also help expedite your 3D floor plans as any paint colors, furniture, or fixtures are already added to your product library so they can be quickly applied to your floor plan.
• Built-In Proposals: Look for a 3D home design app that has a built-in proposal builder so you don’t have to waste time entering product information twice! With Houzz Pro, any products you add to your 3D floor plan can be added as items to your proposal. All prices, dimensions, colors, and quantities are already there and ready to be tailored to your project.
• Product Sourcing Syncing: Be sure to find a 3D floor plan tool that helps make sourcing products faster! Tools like Houzz Pro make it simple to source products online and build a product library that can be used to create mood boards, 3D floor plans, and more. When you need to create a tear sheet, all of your products are organized by project ready to be sourced in a flash.

Houzz Pro’s 3D room design app checks all of the boxes on this wishlist. Try a demo to see for yourself.

When you subscribe to Houzz Pro’s 3D home design software, you gain access to these other features made to help you win more jobs and beat the competition:

• Estimate builder
• Proposals
• CRM
• Mood boards

You can find more information about what features are included with each of our plans here.

When you subscribe to Houzz Pro’s 3D floor plan design tools, you gain premium access to our support team. That means you get an exclusive phone number that directs you to an onshore team member and you get pushed to the top of the queue.

You also get personalized on-demand onboarding support, showing you how to properly use the specific features you want, when you want, to help get your business up and running with Houzz Pro. We also have a wide variety of help articles available in our Help Center and in-depth how-to videos on our YouTube channel.