The world's first and only online home theater and media room design software
Built by home theater designers, for home theater designers, TCD is cloud-based software that allows home cinema professionals to design any dedicated cinema or media room in minutes
TCD calculates in minutes what would typically take an experienced cinema designer weeks to design, producing a complete 30+ page cinema design proposal that is client-ready.
TCD integrates with D-Tools' SI 2017 software, offering installers and dealers a powerful all-in-one cinema room design tool that allows users to export a TCD design into D-Tools via a CSV file, calculate pricing, tax, required labor and associated costs, in addition to importing TCD’s 3D CAD drawings into Visio.
The Cinema Designer adheres to the CTA/CEDIA CEB-22 and CEB-23 Home Theater Audio and Video Recommended Practices, improving performance and eliminating subjectivity in theater design.. TCD allows users to create technically impeccable dedicated cinema or media room designs, support documents (including audio and video calibration reports), aesthetic renders reflecting the finished room, and creates a 3D CAD drawing for any room straight away.
TCD is available to users all over the world and provides all relevant documentation for home cinema design, allowing any company to enter the CEDIA awards, regardless of the size of the organization.
TCD allows its users to confidently design technically accurate 32-channel count Dolby Atmos and DTS:X home cinemas in a matter of minutes. Using TCD is the only way home technology professionals can accurately design and visualise technically perfect high spatial resolution home theaters in such a short space of time.
Creating CAD drawings and working out the mathematics associated with technically correct cinema designs can take days, if not weeks,.
TCD brings the entire cinema design process into one place: Users enter the room dimensions and then work methodically through the entire cinema design process.
TCD specifies the precise location of the loudspeakers, screen, seating, and projector and provides the amplification and processor requirements, recommended acoustic treatments, RT60 value, and much more.
TCD produces a downloadable (PDF or Word) cinema design report – including 3D CAD drawings of the home theater or media room. The 3D CAD drawing is available to view interactively online within the tool or can downloaded later in .DFX format.
The room plan and elevations are also created as jpegs, along with all the detailed design parameters and calculations required for the cinema or media room. The render tool allows designers and their clients to envision the finished room: The render will reflect the room's dimensions, equipment choices, and speaker placement – placing them in the render as they are intended for the finished design. TCD offers a plethora of customization options in terms of decor, providing numerous carpet, wall, and ceiling options. Also, an immersive room render image can be created for you to send or download to a tablet or mobile device for an immersive presentation to a client!
Visit the features page for a full breakdown of what the software calculates and produces, and to see our tutorial videos.