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| Professional Home Design offers 12 programs on one easy-to-use interface to help you design all of the critical components of your home, including foundations, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, custom windows, custom roofs, and much more. This package includes 3D Home Exterior & Interior Design, 3D Landscape, and Ultimate Deck, plus a 3-D scale model creator and an autoframing feature with a cost estimator. Use the 3D Home Exterior & Interior Design program to view your home in thousands of subtle paint color choices, or design walk-out basements and split-level designs with the slope tool. The ClearView tool renders your design with a glass-house effect, giving you a wire-frame perspective of your topography without your landscape plantings. A user-definable database helps you find the right plantings for your planting zone based on your search criteria. More than 2,000 selections of flowers, shrubs, trees, ornamental grasses, ground cover, and more are featured. As you design, the Landscape Estimator compiles planting information, producing a report in an editable, printable, exportable spreadsheet format. Design the perfect deck for your home plan with Ultimate Deck. Multilevel or multistory decks with 3-D photorealistic textures, stairs, railings, object placement, and color capabilities give you the ability to design exactly the deck you want. Deck Wizards walk you through railings, baluster options, and more. And make sure everything is planned to perfection with tools for foundation, HVAC, electrical, and plumbing planners.
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Punch! Software
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Punch! Software
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ISBN/EAN: 0664446311009
New Price: $29.99 /
Used Price: $10.80 /
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Average Rating: 2.0
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| Punch! Professional Home Design | Rating:  | Good product...PUNCH
Works as advertised.....
Amazon has the best softwareat the lowest prices | | Total Votes: 0, Helpful Votes: 0, Date: 2008-05-19 | | | | Read This Review | Rating:  | | Ok, I also bought both 3d home Architect that is marketed by Broderbun and Punch Pro Home Design. The Broderbun product is ok but Punch Pro is horrible. I have read the manual so that is not the problem. While the software is not intuitive, and the documentation is superficial, learning the software is not the problem. It's just plain bad. Standard features in any package like this - 2d (plan view) zooming in and out, undo, selecting a feature to modify, etc, just don't work correctly. Advanced features like moving around in the 3d view are a bad joke. I thought maybe it was just me so I started examining the sample plans they provide. They all look like they are slight modifications of the same three or four plans, are all pretty simplistic, and most have structural problems. If all you want to do is draw a box with a roof on it this software will do it - but you'll still suffer getting it done. If you want to do anything slightly creative don't even bother. If all this isn't bad enough they suggest that you download and install the "patches" for the program. The "patches" are over 150 megs. This size of the patches isn't that big a deal for me because I have a fast connection. After 5 days of trying I still can't download them. They tell you on their site to try at non-peak times. I've tried from early in the morning to late at night on weekends and on weekdays. I've never even got a download to commence. My last warning - there is a reason this software does not come with a money back guarantee. | | Total Votes: 12, Helpful Votes: 9, Date: 2002-06-26 | | | | punch professional home design | Rating:  | I dont usually WRITE reviews, but I do find them VERY helpful when deciding to buy a product so Im trying to return the favor.
It was with some hesitation that I bought the above software- reading many positive and equally negative views for the various packages. I went with "professional" so that I could change elevations for uneven lots- very useful feature.
what I was looking for in software was something that i could easily draw my own plans for a home, add textures, furniture and be able to easily view it in 3-D to asssess for room space, design etc. I didnt expect the software to be able to generate professional, usuable plans to construct a home for (not my goal). This software does a GREAT job with my objective, and its rather easy to use.
Ive constructed a 3 level complicated outer wall home(not a simple box) without much difficulty
(Ive spent 3-4 hours, all 3 levels are essentially done, just adding a few more windows, furniture etc)...(not in the computer field, reasonably computer savy)
I must admit, when I first sat down, I wasnt impressed with the program....so I opened the manual- pleasant suprise! After I began to build the home, using the steps in the manual (very clear) it was easily accomplished.( I was afraid i would have to build a simple home to get used to the features , but it wasnt necessary)Some VERY nice features:
1) Live view in a window- 3-D as you build it - it shows up view.
2) Importing scanned plans- that you can resize and draw on- VERY nice feature
3) walk through in 3-D- after I figured out to drag around the small arrow on the 2-D blueprint and watch the 3-d window- realized how nice this program is. you can get a really good feel for how big the home is/ rooms are- how open etc.
PROBLEMS:
I was unhappy with the textures- there was "bleeding through" of the exterior textures into the interior and vice-versa- went to the user support groups off punch website and found out the the software works better when you turn your pc graphics accelerator down(or off in my case)(renders 3-D in software- not hardware) - now the textures look really nice. they turn off while im moving through the house- and draw back on once I stop.
UNKNOWNS:
havnt used the estimator, deck builder or done much landscaping(added a few trees) so cant comment much about these- again...not my main focus for the software BOTTOM LINE:
I think this is an INVALUABLE tool if youre planning on building a home - If you want to be able to walk through a home in 3-D, design it easily and not spend alot of time this works VERY well.
got a manufactures rebate on the box and purchased it for a very reasonable price at Bestbuy.
I would buy this again without hesitation. | | Total Votes: 20, Helpful Votes: 20, Date: 2002-03-02 | | | | less than honest marketing/packaging | Rating: | | Purchased Professional home design suite from Punch. Overly complex and difficult to use in general. I was fairly satisfied nonetheless until I tried to outfit kitchen and bath space. To my amazement I found out that I would have to purchase an additional program from Punch called Cabinet Wizard (and upgrade to "platinum edition" Professional home design suite for approx. $40. dollars.) That is when I decided to take advantage of the full refund offer, which I will believe when the Punch check clears my account. I have used and been very pleased with my old 3D Home Architect from Broderbund for 5 years and now will purchase a newer edition. | | Total Votes: 15, Helpful Votes: 13, Date: 2002-02-27 | | | | Plant database is hard to use. | Rating: | | One of the more frustrating parts of using Punch is plant selection. One has to select from pictures that are scrolled down the right side of the screen. Down in the lower left hand side of the screen is the name of the plant being displayed. One should be able to type in the name of the plant and have the picture displayed, rather than the other way around. The database of plants, while seemingly large, is quite sparse, and is especially weak on native plants, which are of increasing importance in contemporary landscape architecture. | | Total Votes: 6, Helpful Votes: 5, Date: 2002-02-22 | | | | Punch! Professional Home Design | Rating: | Good product...PUNCH
Works as advertised.....
Amazon has the best softwareat the lowest prices | | Total Votes: 0, Helpful Votes: 0, Date: 2008-05-19 | | | | Read This Review | Rating: | | Ok, I also bought both 3d home Architect that is marketed by Broderbun and Punch Pro Home Design. The Broderbun product is ok but Punch Pro is horrible. I have read the manual so that is not the problem. While the software is not intuitive, and the documentation is superficial, learning the software is not the problem. It's just plain bad. Standard features in any package like this - 2d (plan view) zooming in and out, undo, selecting a feature to modify, etc, just don't work correctly. Advanced features like moving around in the 3d view are a bad joke. I thought maybe it was just me so I started examining the sample plans they provide. They all look like they are slight modifications of the same three or four plans, are all pretty simplistic, and most have structural problems. If all you want to do is draw a box with a roof on it this software will do it - but you'll still suffer getting it done. If you want to do anything slightly creative don't even bother. If all this isn't bad enough they suggest that you download and install the "patches" for the program. The "patches" are over 150 megs. This size of the patches isn't that big a deal for me because I have a fast connection. After 5 days of trying I still can't download them. They tell you on their site to try at non-peak times. I've tried from early in the morning to late at night on weekends and on weekdays. I've never even got a download to commence. My last warning - there is a reason this software does not come with a money back guarantee. | | Total Votes: 12, Helpful Votes: 9, Date: 2002-06-26 | | | | punch professional home design | Rating: | I dont usually WRITE reviews, but I do find them VERY helpful when deciding to buy a product so Im trying to return the favor.
It was with some hesitation that I bought the above software- reading many positive and equally negative views for the various packages. I went with "professional" so that I could change elevations for uneven lots- very useful feature.
what I was looking for in software was something that i could easily draw my own plans for a home, add textures, furniture and be able to easily view it in 3-D to asssess for room space, design etc. I didnt expect the software to be able to generate professional, usuable plans to construct a home for (not my goal). This software does a GREAT job with my objective, and its rather easy to use.
Ive constructed a 3 level complicated outer wall home(not a simple box) without much difficulty
(Ive spent 3-4 hours, all 3 levels are essentially done, just adding a few more windows, furniture etc)...(not in the computer field, reasonably computer savy)
I must admit, when I first sat down, I wasnt impressed with the program....so I opened the manual- pleasant suprise! After I began to build the home, using the steps in the manual (very clear) it was easily accomplished.( I was afraid i would have to build a simple home to get used to the features , but it wasnt necessary)Some VERY nice features:
1) Live view in a window- 3-D as you build it - it shows up view.
2) Importing scanned plans- that you can resize and draw on- VERY nice feature
3) walk through in 3-D- after I figured out to drag around the small arrow on the 2-D blueprint and watch the 3-d window- realized how nice this program is. you can get a really good feel for how big the home is/ rooms are- how open etc.
PROBLEMS:
I was unhappy with the textures- there was "bleeding through" of the exterior textures into the interior and vice-versa- went to the user support groups off punch website and found out the the software works better when you turn your pc graphics accelerator down(or off in my case)(renders 3-D in software- not hardware) - now the textures look really nice. they turn off while im moving through the house- and draw back on once I stop.
UNKNOWNS:
havnt used the estimator, deck builder or done much landscaping(added a few trees) so cant comment much about these- again...not my main focus for the software BOTTOM LINE:
I think this is an INVALUABLE tool if youre planning on building a home - If you want to be able to walk through a home in 3-D, design it easily and not spend alot of time this works VERY well.
got a manufactures rebate on the box and purchased it for a very reasonable price at Bestbuy.
I would buy this again without hesitation. | | Total Votes: 20, Helpful Votes: 20, Date: 2002-03-02 | | | | less than honest marketing/packaging | Rating: | | Purchased Professional home design suite from Punch. Overly complex and difficult to use in general. I was fairly satisfied nonetheless until I tried to outfit kitchen and bath space. To my amazement I found out that I would have to purchase an additional program from Punch called Cabinet Wizard (and upgrade to "platinum edition" Professional home design suite for approx. $40. dollars.) That is when I decided to take advantage of the full refund offer, which I will believe when the Punch check clears my account. I have used and been very pleased with my old 3D Home Architect from Broderbund for 5 years and now will purchase a newer edition. | | Total Votes: 15, Helpful Votes: 13, Date: 2002-02-27 | | | | Plant database is hard to use. | Rating: | | One of the more frustrating parts of using Punch is plant selection. One has to select from pictures that are scrolled down the right side of the screen. Down in the lower left hand side of the screen is the name of the plant being displayed. One should be able to type in the name of the plant and have the picture displayed, rather than the other way around. The database of plants, while seemingly large, is quite sparse, and is especially weak on native plants, which are of increasing importance in contemporary landscape architecture. | | Total Votes: 6, Helpful Votes: 5, Date: 2002-02-22 | | |
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