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What are virtual kitchen
remodel programs and why are they so important? Well imagine one
guy coming to you to do a quote for a kitchen. He measures up the
kitchen and then takes out a writing pad and starts drawing a kitchen
according to what you want. Now imagine another guy also measures
up the kitchen but takes out his laptop, opens a kitchen design
program and starts placing kitchen units in the floor plan he designed.
After he designs the kitchen he clicks on the photo realistic button
and renders you a photo that looks exactly like the kitchen you
dreamed of. Don't you think you will have so much more confidence
in him building the kitchen. After all, you and him have already
seen the outcome of the kitchen all you need now is the price.
Getting your floor plan
What can virtual kitchen remodel programs do? The programs will
normally start by first asking you what finishes you want to use
on your doors and panels as well as what countertops, handles and
door profiles you want to use. You can also choose whether or not
you want your virtual kitchen to have top mouldings or light pelmets
The virtual kitchen programs will then ask you to choose the dimensions
of your floor plan as well as the height of your roof. You will
also be able to choose whether or not you want to do recesses in
the walls and in the corner of the walls. Most programs will have
their measurements in millimetres. If the programs aren't set in
millimetres set it to that because it is much more accurate. The
option of adding a floor or ceiling should also be available.
Kitchen cabinets
Good after you've designed the floor layout you will be able to
place kitchen cabinets in the floor plan. There are many deferent
types and sizes of kitchen cabinets you can choose from. Some virtual
kitchen remodel programs have more options than other but there
are certain cabinets that are compulsory. The sink cabinet, oven
cabinet and 4 drawer cabinet is very important because you will
always be using it.
Adding kitchen cabinets
You will have the option of choosing the height, width and depth
of most cabinets. Some programs will ask you to drag and drop the
cabinets out of your side bar onto your floor plan while others
will ask you to type your dimensions into a colum and press enter
to place it. I personally prefer the first. There are also virtual
programs that allow you to set up your own templates for your cabinets.
This is great because you don't have to change the existing cabinets
each time you place them into your floor plan. You can also change
the altitude under or on which you will place the kitchen cabinet.
After you have placed your cabinets in your virtual kitchen you
want to remodel you can add countertops, plinths and top fillers
to close the space between the top of the wall cabinets and the
ceiling.
2D and 3D views
When you've completed the design of your virtual kitchen don't think
you're ready to remodel your kitchen yet. You still need to check
if your sizes are correct. You can do this by either choosing the
2D view, which will give you the view of each wall with cabinets
on, or choosing the floor plan view, which will give you a complete
bird' eye view of the kitchen with measurements.
Photo realistic view
After you've checked that the measurements of the kitchen are correct
and that your virtual kitchen looks exactly the way you want, you
can choose the Render It Photo Realistic button. Quality programs
normally gives you a 3 dimensional picture with colours, lighting
and shades of your virtual kitchen.
Satisfied with your virtual kitchen? Ok time to remodel.
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