Review : Punch! Professional Home Design Platinum v10 Amazing prices >>> tinyurl/nmbyn8s This is a really fun program - if youre just playing with imaginary floorplans. However, if youre trying to work on an actual house, forget it! Ive tried various amateur CAD programs over the last two decades for landscaping and renovation plans. The underlying Punch! program is decent, although this version is very buggy.Pros- trace option is nice, if you can get your compys video card to work with the program, and if youve got the patience to do repeated iterations of the zoom feature to match the program grid to your image.- lots of options for sizes, etc.- no wait time for tech support- fairly generic format; easy to learn for anyone used to CAD programs except when bizarre hiccups occur (i.e. Create multi-level or -story decks; plant database with 4,000+ selections 2-for-1, easy-to-use home and landscape design software package See design in photorealistic 3D or print blue prints to scale More than 10,000 furnishings and objects; import real-world photos ClearView tool renders design with a glass house effect Punch! Professional Home Design Suite Platinum is a special two-for-one package loaded with incredible capabilities. You get all of the features of both industry-acclaimed Punch! Master Landscape & Home Design and Punch! Professional Home Design Suite software, plus more in this easy-to-use home and landscape design package. This updated home and landscape design software version is built on the same powerful platform as Punch! Architectural Series 4000, allowing you the flexibility to integrate Punch! PowerTools and much, much, more! Version 10 gives you even more features and enhancements: design with Decorator Palette--change your room colors with just one click! Use accessories to easily add art and window treatments. Also includes dormer and skylight tools, supports fractions, and now imports 3DS files. Room Wizard helps you get started fast--just input your room dimensions and the rooms are created for you. Keep your designs up-to-date with brand-name content and Punch! Updater. Home Design Software that Lets You Design and View Your Home with Incredible 3D Home Design Realism! Our PhotoView technology lets you import real-world photos into your home and landscape designs to create a truly realistic image of your home. You can import a photo of your own home, add landscaping design or deck design, and then view your work from any angle--with realistic, 3D perspective. Our LiveView window continually updates your home designs, in real-time 3D, as you draw. Interior and exterior 2D elevations are available with a single mouse click and the exclusive ClearView tool renders your design with a glass house effect. You can actually see through walls to maximize your design space. You will be amazed at our powerful 3D graphics engine that lets you create real-time walk or fly-throughs--for a Hollywood-style voyage through your new creation! The Choice for Complete Garden and Landscape design. This garden and landscape design software allows you to create multi-level or multi-story decks with 3D photo-realistic textures, stairs, railings, object placement, and color capabilities. Helpful deck-design wizards walk you through railing, baluster options, and more. Choose a basic shape or create one from scratch and watch the program draft a beautiful 3D rendering of your new deck design. Your deck-and-landscaping designs come to life with photo-realistic 3D--complete with shadows--giving you a stunning, true-to-life representation of your home design. Our plant database provides extensive information for a wide plant species including botanical name, soil, and moisture requirements, mature height, and other facts so you choose exactly what you want for your garden and landscape design. Use PlantFinder to easily locate plants that meet your requirements. Tap into information for over 4,000 selections of flowers, shrubs, trees, ornamental grasses, ground cover, and more. The new Plant Inventory Bar helps you keep your favorite plants handy to drag-and-drop into your designs. PowerTools in Punch! Professional Home Design Platinum Version 10: Room Wizard .DXF/.DWG Import/Export Roofing Wizard Deck Designer with Deck Wizard Topo Designer Cabinet Wizard PhotoView Material Modifier Elevation Editor 3D Custom Workshop RealModel Framing Editor Estimator More Features of Punch! Professional Home Design Platinum Version 10: 2D/3D exterior home design 2D/3D interior home design 2D/3D landscape design Punch! Master Landscape & Home Design integrated Punch! Interior Design Suite integrated Skylight and dormer cutout tools Deck cutout tool Brand-name content Decorator palette Punch! updater Handicapped access and solar symbols Compass Precision sizing Precision Lighting Planner and effects Expanded plant library 3DS import Foundation planner Electrical Plumbing HVAC Ultimate Deck deck design Wainscoting Object Organizer 3D Cutaway Slider Clear View transparent viewer Sprinkler-system design Plant Finder Detail Creator Standard or custom roofs Custom door and window styles Expanded measurements--supports fractions Log home objects Video (tool tip) tutorials Getting started tutorials Convert-2-3D Enhanced file import/export support Free Punch! developer kit AutoFraming FloorPlan Trace Interior material library Exterior material library--siding, brick, rock, paint, stucco, block, wood, mulch, gravel, concrete, roofing, ground cover, and much more Virtual Ruler Landscape topography Fences, gates, and edging Interior furniture objects Exterior furniture objects Automatic stair and railing generator Automatic curved stair generator Photo-realistic anti-aliasing Definable sun location for shadows Automatic floorplan dimensioning Editable 3D house plans Editable 3D deck and room templates--including kitchen, garage, dining, bath, bedroom, closet, and handicap access 2D/3D CAD furniture design English or metric measurements Schedules--including framing, window, door, roofing, and more My final thoughts : , see note below virtually staircase)Cons- it takes over 1/2 hour to load this program as there are tons of graphics of brand name items; would have preferred to have downloadable packets for items that are actually needed.- objects dont move, even though they should be repositionable; this occurs sporadically and very unpredictably- your entire plan disappears from the file, no clue as to why this happens, nevertheless its gone and isnt recoverable- third party applications (PowerTool PlugIns) arent all compatible yet- using the 3D feature will often crash the program- no way to preview the print output; sometimes it prints what you want, sometimes, it doesnt- absolutely not for newbies - steep learning curve for the uninitiated and the tutorials dont explain everything (like why your staircase, drawn as per directions, looks like an Esher nightmare)Im running this program on a brand new VAIO with maximum memory, graphics card memory, etc. My partner and i cant imagine what a horror this would be on an older, slower computer.This program goes back tomorrow. Ill give it another try inside 9-12 months, right after theyve debugged. .
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 05:56:33 +0000