Smartpack Kitchen Designer

Smartpack Kitchen Designer is a feature-rich Java-based application that enables users to virtually design kitchens, complete with floors, walls and appliances.

The interface is user-friendly, consisting of a clean window with a well-organized structure. Creating a new design requires you to specify the room width, length and height.

It is possible to add doors and windows, cabinets (e.g. corner, one door, two drawers), broom pantries, laundries, open shelves, benchtops, sinks, dishwashers and dryers, to name but a few. These objects can be added to the design using the drag-and-drop method.

Properties become editable for each double-clicked item in the design, such as the types of fillers for driers (left or right). Objects can be rotated and deleted.

Another feature of Smartpack Kitchen Designer lets you emphasize the kitchen with finishes, dedicated to each object in the design. For example, the appliances can have a brushed aluminum, brown, black, or white color, while walls can be painted in yellow, white, cream, pale yellow, peach, and so on.

The viewing mode is top-down by default, and you can change it to 3D view. A list with all available objects and their properties is available for further scrutiny. Plus, you can attach price tags. The project can be saved to file for future modifications, printed, or sent via email.

Smartpack Kitchen Designer uses a pretty high amount of CPU and RAM. It has a good response time and works well, without causing the operating system to hang, crash or pop up error dialogs. Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful in our attempt to switch to 3D viewing mode in our evaluation.

Smartpack Kitchen Designer comes packed with extensive features for designing kitchens and it should please anyone who is purchasing a new house or planning a makeover.