64 MACWORLD FEBRUARY 2020iOSCENTRAL REVIEW: LIVE HOME 3D PROwindows over the background. This works
great with your finger, but the Apple Pencil
lets iPad owners work more precisely.
If you’re starting from scratch, there are
plenty of sample rooms, houses, and
apartments available. Once you have a
room laid out, it’s a piece of cake to add
objects, then apply colors and textures to
suit your tastes, no heavy lifting required.Comprehensive building tools make it a snap to construct
the virtual home you’ve always wanted.iPadOS 13 allows Live Home 3D Pro to work on
multiple projects at the same time, side by side.EYE FOR DESIGN
Live Home 3D Pro is a full-
featured home design app for
iPhone and iPad that makes it
a snap to design a floor plan
and build a virtual home or
office onto it in 3D space
without a degree in
architecture. Having prior
experience with the excellent
Mac version, it’s pleasing to
know that the developer hasn’t skimped
on porting to iOS devices.
This is not some feature-limited
companion app, but a true mobile
powerhouse in every way. You can start
from scratch or open existing designs
started on the desktop to add finishing
touches while on the go, and vice versa.
iOS 13 improves the experience by using
Apple’s latest augmented reality
technology (and devices with A12 or
better chips) to incorporate real-world
people alongside virtual objects in
the same scene, and instantly share
AR views on two or more devices.
Dark Mode is supported, and iPad
users can now work on multiple
side-by-side projects.
Getting started isn’t as daunting as
one might think. I quickly imported an
existing 2D floor plan, resized it using
the Dimension tool for proper scale,
then precisely traced walls, doors, and.
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