Shiny Metal Materials

[jcaffee]

What does it look like after you select "Final View with Shadows"?

Import a hi-res image of the metal you want and apply that to the surface. Try:

http://www.cgtextures.com/index.php

for a variety of free seamless and other textures.

However, like Kat said, if photorealism is what you are really after, then the entire Home Designer product-line is not for you.

Chief Architect Premier X4 allows a Ray Trace final render (HD titles are OpenGL only) and is much closer to "real". Beyond that... well, what's your budget?

jon