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Publisher's description of Punch Professional Home Design Platinum Suite

From Punch Software:

Punch Professional Home Design Suite Platinum is a special two-for-one package loaded with various capabilities. You get all of the features of both industry-acclaimed Punch Master Landscape design software and Punch Professional Home Design Suite in this home and landscape design package.

Note: This is a very large (139MB) file and may take several hours to download via dial-up modem.

Note: Trial version is save- and print-disabled.

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Editor's review of Punch Professional Home Design Platinum Suite

If you've ever dreamed of being an architect or landscape designer, this software may be tailor-made for you. The program offers a suite of extraordinarily intuitive tools to help design a home, bringing a user step by step through the process from foundation to roof. A simple drag-and-drop interface helps finish a project with everything from electrical sockets to trees in the yard, drawing from a huge library of interior and exterior objects. A 3D preview function, complete with variable lighting, allows a would-be designer to see the work as a whole. The trial version of the download does have tight restrictions, disabling many of the tools and objects and making it impossible to save work. However, we recommend the tool strongly to anyone in the process of designing a home or landscaping a yard.

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  Punch Professional Home Design Platinum Suite

  Easy to use. Doesnt cost like Auto Cad

  by: thedeed on 25-May-2005 10:15:39 AM

  Pros: User friendly interface. Does foundation, Floor, plumbing and landscaping. Easy to use. Bought the full version and the power tools are really nice. Wow it even does cost estimation. Brings in files from Autocad. The framing Editor allows you to turn stud walls to concrete or concrete block.

  Cons: I couldnt get it to run at first, till I updated my video drivers, then it worked just fine.

  No Macintosh support.

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  Punch Professional Home Design Platinum Suite

  Best Program of its kind...

  by: Retroactive on 25-May-2005 10:06:02 AM

  Pros: Easy to use interface, intuitive design tools, AUTO-CAD COMPATIBILITY!! Stable as all get out!

  Cons: Though the demo is limited ( IT'S A DEMO DUAH!) It's very clear what this program has to offer. /internetguy

  Took a while to download...but thats to be expected for any program of this size on my old 56k.

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  Punch Professional Home Design Platinum Suite

  Nearly impossible to use

  by: jay6244 on 26-Dec-2006 01:58:53 PM

  Cons: Poorly written and laid out user guide; not for the novice; very frustrating to understand; this should be easy but Punch has made it almost impossible to enjoy.

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  Punch Professional Home Design Platinum Suite

  could be good

  by: kysmet on 15-Aug-2005 02:23:39 PM

  Pros: has possibility

  Cons: cute cusors get in the way,can't find their hot spots,want to feel like a moron-download

  the demo then comeback and read the reviews

  easy to use(maybe for a super geek)help videos don't work. go to 2nd floor lose first floor,stops rendering,I think it is worthwhile to sit down with a designer and

  pay the money

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  Punch Professional Home Design Platinum Suite

  awesome!

  by: raliz12 on 17-Jan-2007 11:35:01 PM

  Pros: I have never used any type of architecture program before, but the video tutorials made learning easy. There are tutorials for everything from laying walls and navigating the animated walk-through and fly-around, to adding lighting and creating complex decks. You can fully customize furniture from within the program and you don't need AutoCAD to create your own objects. Everything is simple drag-and-drop; very easy to use. The 3D View looks amazing, in my opinion. I did my own house with this program and it totally feels like you're there.

  Cons: If you add lots of furniture and complex 3D objects, it takes a long time to render the 3D animation view. (But you don't have to keep the 3D View open.) Also, you can add/remove floors, so supposedly you can create floor cutouts, but I haven't found out how to remove ceilings, which you would also need for it.

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