• Do-It-Yourself Deck Designer
    Big Hammer DIY Designer Series
    Big Hammer DIY Designer Series
    Ready. Set. Do It Yourself.
    Stop trying to explain what you want. Design it with Big Hammer's
    free design software. With Big Hammer DIY Design Tools, you can
    design the deck, fence, garage, or post frame structure you’ve always
    imagined, and then get the plans and lists for building it, right
    down to the last screw.
  • Do-It-Yourself Deck Designer
    Powerful Enough For the Pros. Easy Enough For The Do-It-Yourselfer.
    Do-It-Yourself Deck Designer®
    Begin with 70+ sample decks or create your own.
    See your new 3D deck design on your very own house.
    Print a custom shopping list and plans.
  • Do-It-Yourself fence Designer
    Big Hammer DIY Fence Designer
    It's Not The Edge Of Your Property. It's The Beginning Of Your Home.
    Do-It-Yourself Fence Designer®
    Choose from multiple fence, fence post and gate styles.
    See your new 3D fence design on your very own house.
    Print a custom shopping list and plans.
  • Do-It-Yourself Garage Designer
    Powerful Enough For The Pros. Easy Enough For The Do-It-Yourselfer.
    Do-It-Yourself Garage Designer®
    Design a project in minutes.
    Choose from professionally designed templates.
    Create your own design.
  • Do-It-Yourself Post Frame Designer
    Big Hammer DIY Post Frame Designer
    DIY Post Frame Buildings? No Problem With DIY Post Frame Designer.
    Do-It-Yourself Post Frame Designer
    Multiple frame construction methods & building preferences.
    Multi-view, with realistic shading and 3D rotation.
    Click & drag method of drawing frame construction designs.
The Big Hammer Designer Series™ products work with Internet Explorer®. Please set IE as your default browser before launching the product.

Big Hammer + You = The Deck Of Your Dreams.

Design. Plan. Build.
Design a project in minutes with professionally designed templates or create your own design.

Big Hammer
DIY Deck Designer®

View your completed deck design on your own home using the new Home Visualization feature!

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Big Hammer
DIY Fence Designer®

Complete your project within budget by calculating your fence project materials in detail.

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Big Hammer
DIY Garage Designer®

Design and build the ideal garage or workshop by using new
3D Visualization.

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Big Hammer
DIY Post Frame Designer

View your custom post frame design with detailed plans and complete materials list.

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The design tool made for DIY’ers like you.

Why Choose Big Hammer Designer Series?

Do-It-Yourself Designer Series

Required Software Components

Note: Internet Explorer® must be set as your default browser.

The DIY Designer Series is a high-end graphical application that requires a newer PC and additional Microsoft© components.

  • Internet Explorer®
  • Big Hammer Security Certificate
  • .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Client Profile
  • MAC is not supported
  • Intel Integrated Video is not supported.
  • For the best 3D experience, you should update to the latest video drivers.

Do-It-Yourself Designer Series

Recommended System Requirements

Note: Internet Explorer® must be set as your default browser.

  • Microsoft Windows 7® or Windows 8.1®
  • Intel® 17 Quad Core CPU
  • 8192 MB RAM
  • 2 GB of available hard-disk space on System Drive
  • Internet Explorer 9®
  • nVidia GeForce™ 9 series or ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series video card w/ Open GL 1.4 & Direct X9
  • Broadband internet connection > 2Mbps
  • Mouse or compatible pointing device w/ scroll wheel
  • .Net framework 3.5 SP1

Do-It-Yourself Designer Series

Minimum System Requirements

Note: Internet Explorer® must be set as your default browser.

  • Microsoft Windows Vista® Service Pack 2
  • Intel® Pentium®4 2.0 GHz processor or AMD Athlon™ 2000+
  • 2048 MB RAM
  • 2 GB of available hard-disk space on System Drive
  • Discrete nVidia or ATI video card w/ Open GL 1.2
  • Broadband internet connection
  • Mouse or compatible pointing device
  • Internet Explorer 7®
  • .Net framework 3.5 SP1
  • Required Software Components
  • Recommended System Requirements
  • Minimum System Requirements