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3D Home Architect Home & Landscape Deluxe Suite Version 9 |
3D Home Architect Home & Landscape Deluxe Suite Version 9 is the ultimate easy-to-use home and landscape design solution that will ensure your dream home becomes a reality. Powered by Punch! Software, this DVD based suite utilizes the latest design techniques and technologies to make your design experience a snap.
Modify every element of your home with ease. | 
Design your kitchen using a vast library of materials and textures. | 
Choose the roofing material to build the roof you desire. | 
Use the plant library to choose the best landscape planting options. | 
Use the Deck Tool to create the perfect deck or patio. |
Take Your Home to the Next Level
Design a floor plan, remodel a room, or create a landscape masterpiece, the possibilities are endless. The new intuitive user interface will make for a quick and pleasurable design experience. You can also look through the library of ready-made plans and rooms. A complete set of home and landscape design tools will allow you to modify every detail of your home and landscape project. - Develop the custom frame for your house using the Framing Tool
- View various remodeling options using the wide variety of material templates
- Browse through the large library of appliances and choose the one that's right for you.
- The Deck Tool allows you to customize your deck to any specifications you desire.
- Create the ideal landscape to complement your home, complete with plants and trees, slopes and grades, fencing, gazebos, pools--even exterior lighting!
Additional Helpful Features - Choose from a wide variety of viewing options as you design the interior and exterior of your home.
- View the outside of your home at night and see how the exterior lighting illuminates your yard.
Take your dream home from an idea to reality when you design it using 3D Home Architect Home and Landscape Deluxe Suite Version 9, the complete and premium quality design solution. Find the architect in you! Design Home Plans & Room Templates
Edit your design plan to your specifications using the provided structural elements. - Adjoining walls
- Windows
- Doors
- Stairs & Railings
3D Home Tour
Take a 3D tour inside of your dream home with photo-realistic visuals. Roofing
Choose the roofing material to build the roof you desire. - Hip
- Gable
- Free Hand Roofing
Home Blueprints
Create blueprints that include every detail of your home design. Interior Design
Every room is your canvas! Reinvent the look of your living space to match both your unique style and life. Utilize powerful yet easy-to-use tools to change every element of your room. Include paint colors, flooring, fixtures, furniture arrangements, and more. - Kitchen & Dining Spaces
- Living & Family Rooms
- Bathrooms
- Bedrooms
- Media Rooms
- Stairways & More
Precision Lighting
Illuminate and create the perfect mood for your space with a variety of lighting options. Create shadows from lighting fixtures or sunlight. - Floor Lighting
- Track Lighting
- Inset Lighting
- Table & Floor Lamps
- Wall Sconces & More
Customize Every Element
- Crown Molding
- Trim
- Window Sizing
- Door Sizing
- Furniture & More
Use a wide range of color palettes, finishes, and texures. - Flooring
- Paint
- Wood
- Stone
- Windows
Landscape Design
Your landscape designs will be true to form with topographical options such as: - Fencing
- Ground Fill
- Edging
- Retaining Walls
- Pathways
- Gates
Expanded Plant Library
Use the plant library to choose the best landscape planting options based on parameters such as terrain, region, climate, and soil conditions. Custom Outdoor Features
Design your outdoor space with every luxury in mind! - Pond
- Pool
- Spa
- Waterfall
- Outdoor Grill
- Greenhouse
- Fire Pit
- Patio Furniture
Decks & Patios
Use the Deck Tool to create a deck or patio perfect for your home and outdoor life style 
Plant Growth Projection Tool
Experiment and preview different plant options until you achieve your ideal combination. view the growth pattern of your landscape over a period of time.
3D Home Architect Home & Landscape Design Suite 9 does a lot more than lay out your home and landscape designs. It gives you the ability to fine-tune every element of your home design or landscaping project. The wide range of tools & wizards will help you achieve your goals fast. Unlimited customization guarantees that your dream home will be perfect in every detail. Easy to use, yet powerful enough to generate buildable blueprint-style plans, it's the only design program you'll need. Accurate top-down representations of furnishings and other design elements in 2D Designer's View Enhance your home's interior with stylish furniture, lighting fixtures, customized cabinets, new appliances & more Make the ideal landscape to complement your home - complete with plants and trees, slopes and grades, fencing, even gazebos & pools Includes Plant Encyclopedia - Learn about plant care, growth zones, plant diseases, soil concerns and more
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Publisher:
Encore Software
Author:
Encore Software
Release Date: 2007-05-15
ISBN/EAN: 0705381139102
New Price: $11.73 /
Used Price: $14.90 /
Collectible Price: n.a.
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Average Rating: 1.5
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| Worthless Software | Rating:  | | Years ago, I had Broderbund's 3DHA, version 3. It worked fine. Then Broderbund had the audacity to completely revamp the software, and when version 5 came out (under the same name), it became almost useless. Now, Punch is marketing 3D Home Architect, version 9. This one is also useless. The libraries are small; e.g., only four door styles to choose from. There is no way to "cut a section" and view an elevation. The "Help" line is unresponsive; e.g., my current question has gone unanswered for 10 days. I could go on with a litany of reasons why this software is worthless, but the publisher hasn't earned my time. | | Total Votes: 2, Helpful Votes: 2, Date: 2008-07-08 | | | | Wish I hadn't.... | Rating: | | purchased this. Wish I had read these reviews before purchasing it (I got it at a local office supply store). I have a really old (approx 1998) version of 3D Home Architect - it lacks a lot, but is easy to use. I was hoping for some improvements on this one. I've tried many others, including Punch! and haven't liked any of them. That should've been my first clue - it's now Punch! I purchased several programs on that trip and installed them & I can't even get this thing to install! I hope I can get a refund for defective materials, but I'm not holding my breath. Hope there's something better out there - any recommendations? Waste of $40.00......ugh! | | Total Votes: 2, Helpful Votes: 2, Date: 2008-05-20 | | | | 3D Architect | Rating:  | | Product was as expected. Received on time and worked properly. My kids love it. | | Total Votes: 2, Helpful Votes: 1, Date: 2008-05-18 | | | | A Major Let-Down | Rating: | | I bought this because of its compatibility with Mac OS - but I might as well have stuck with pen and paper. The software is poorly designed, not intuitive, has the worst selection of stock objects I've ever seen, and manages to take the fun out of home exterior/interior design! I wish I could get my money back. | | Total Votes: 2, Helpful Votes: 2, Date: 2008-05-18 | | | | Pathetic | Rating: | This is one of the worst programs I've ever used. Period. I am a programmer, and I am really annoyed by bad, poorly thought-out software. My first indication was when I went to register, and they required a company name for HOME Architect. This is just plain sloppiness, and it gave me a bad feeling. Second, when I started the software, it dumped me to a blank screen, ready to go. No tour, no starting point. I went to the help, and the help file was useless. I went to the site, and they said there was a PDF manual. The manual is abysmal. By page 17, it tells you how to view in 2D and 3D. What good is that, when pages 1-17 say nothing about how to start a drawing?!
Sample/demo files? I can't find any, and I'm pretty sure there are none. I saw on the Punch! website that the homes on their box covers were purchased from stock photography, not made with the software. This is utterly dishonest!
More idiocy: The scrollbars let you leave the drawing area completely. In software design, this is considered malpractice. I accidentally got off the drawing area, and in trying to find my way back, I got lost, and the window started to flash wildly. Could the program get any more awful?
Really, this software crosses the line from bad into the fraud territory. | | Total Votes: 6, Helpful Votes: 6, Date: 2008-03-22 | | | | Worthless Software | Rating: | | Years ago, I had Broderbund's 3DHA, version 3. It worked fine. Then Broderbund had the audacity to completely revamp the software, and when version 5 came out (under the same name), it became almost useless. Now, Punch is marketing 3D Home Architect, version 9. This one is also useless. The libraries are small; e.g., only four door styles to choose from. There is no way to "cut a section" and view an elevation. The "Help" line is unresponsive; e.g., my current question has gone unanswered for 10 days. I could go on with a litany of reasons why this software is worthless, but the publisher hasn't earned my time. | | Total Votes: 2, Helpful Votes: 2, Date: 2008-07-08 | | | | Wish I hadn't.... | Rating: | | purchased this. Wish I had read these reviews before purchasing it (I got it at a local office supply store). I have a really old (approx 1998) version of 3D Home Architect - it lacks a lot, but is easy to use. I was hoping for some improvements on this one. I've tried many others, including Punch! and haven't liked any of them. That should've been my first clue - it's now Punch! I purchased several programs on that trip and installed them & I can't even get this thing to install! I hope I can get a refund for defective materials, but I'm not holding my breath. Hope there's something better out there - any recommendations? Waste of $40.00......ugh! | | Total Votes: 2, Helpful Votes: 2, Date: 2008-05-20 | | | | 3D Architect | Rating: | | Product was as expected. Received on time and worked properly. My kids love it. | | Total Votes: 2, Helpful Votes: 1, Date: 2008-05-18 | | | | A Major Let-Down | Rating: | | I bought this because of its compatibility with Mac OS - but I might as well have stuck with pen and paper. The software is poorly designed, not intuitive, has the worst selection of stock objects I've ever seen, and manages to take the fun out of home exterior/interior design! I wish I could get my money back. | | Total Votes: 2, Helpful Votes: 2, Date: 2008-05-18 | | | | Pathetic | Rating: | This is one of the worst programs I've ever used. Period. I am a programmer, and I am really annoyed by bad, poorly thought-out software. My first indication was when I went to register, and they required a company name for HOME Architect. This is just plain sloppiness, and it gave me a bad feeling. Second, when I started the software, it dumped me to a blank screen, ready to go. No tour, no starting point. I went to the help, and the help file was useless. I went to the site, and they said there was a PDF manual. The manual is abysmal. By page 17, it tells you how to view in 2D and 3D. What good is that, when pages 1-17 say nothing about how to start a drawing?!
Sample/demo files? I can't find any, and I'm pretty sure there are none. I saw on the Punch! website that the homes on their box covers were purchased from stock photography, not made with the software. This is utterly dishonest!
More idiocy: The scrollbars let you leave the drawing area completely. In software design, this is considered malpractice. I accidentally got off the drawing area, and in trying to find my way back, I got lost, and the window started to flash wildly. Could the program get any more awful?
Really, this software crosses the line from bad into the fraud territory. | | Total Votes: 6, Helpful Votes: 6, Date: 2008-03-22 | | | | Worthless Software | Rating: | | Years ago, I had Broderbund's 3DHA, version 3. It worked fine. Then Broderbund had the audacity to completely revamp the software, and when version 5 came out (under the same name), it became almost useless. Now, Punch is marketing 3D Home Architect, version 9. This one is also useless. The libraries are small; e.g., only four door styles to choose from. There is no way to "cut a section" and view an elevation. The "Help" line is unresponsive; e.g., my current question has gone unanswered for 10 days. I could go on with a litany of reasons why this software is worthless, but the publisher hasn't earned my time. | | Total Votes: 2, Helpful Votes: 2, Date: 2008-07-08 | | | | Wish I hadn't.... | Rating: | | purchased this. Wish I had read these reviews before purchasing it (I got it at a local office supply store). I have a really old (approx 1998) version of 3D Home Architect - it lacks a lot, but is easy to use. I was hoping for some improvements on this one. I've tried many others, including Punch! and haven't liked any of them. That should've been my first clue - it's now Punch! I purchased several programs on that trip and installed them & I can't even get this thing to install! I hope I can get a refund for defective materials, but I'm not holding my breath. Hope there's something better out there - any recommendations? Waste of $40.00......ugh! | | Total Votes: 2, Helpful Votes: 2, Date: 2008-05-20 | | | | 3D Architect | Rating: | | Product was as expected. Received on time and worked properly. My kids love it. | | Total Votes: 2, Helpful Votes: 1, Date: 2008-05-18 | | | | A Major Let-Down | Rating: | | I bought this because of its compatibility with Mac OS - but I might as well have stuck with pen and paper. The software is poorly designed, not intuitive, has the worst selection of stock objects I've ever seen, and manages to take the fun out of home exterior/interior design! I wish I could get my money back. | | Total Votes: 2, Helpful Votes: 2, Date: 2008-05-18 | | | | Pathetic | Rating: | This is one of the worst programs I've ever used. Period. I am a programmer, and I am really annoyed by bad, poorly thought-out software. My first indication was when I went to register, and they required a company name for HOME Architect. This is just plain sloppiness, and it gave me a bad feeling. Second, when I started the software, it dumped me to a blank screen, ready to go. No tour, no starting point. I went to the help, and the help file was useless. I went to the site, and they said there was a PDF manual. The manual is abysmal. By page 17, it tells you how to view in 2D and 3D. What good is that, when pages 1-17 say nothing about how to start a drawing?!
Sample/demo files? I can't find any, and I'm pretty sure there are none. I saw on the Punch! website that the homes on their box covers were purchased from stock photography, not made with the software. This is utterly dishonest!
More idiocy: The scrollbars let you leave the drawing area completely. In software design, this is considered malpractice. I accidentally got off the drawing area, and in trying to find my way back, I got lost, and the window started to flash wildly. Could the program get any more awful?
Really, this software crosses the line from bad into the fraud territory. | | Total Votes: 6, Helpful Votes: 6, Date: 2008-03-22 | | |
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