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    Punch! Professional Home Design Platinum V12

    Punch! Professional Home Design Platinum V12

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    From: Punch! Software
    Category: Software

    List Price: $69.99
    Buy New: $53.99
    You Save: $16.00 (23%)



    New (18) Used (2) from $52.95

    Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 13 reviews
    Sales Rank: 759

    Format: Cd-rom
    Platform: No Operating System
    Media: CD-ROM
    Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
    Dimensions (in): 114 x 102 x 39

    MPN: 94100
    Model: 94100
    UPC: 664446941008
    EAN: 0664446941008
    ASIN: B000RHJUIO

    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

    Features:
      • All of the features of both industry-acclaimed Punch! Master Landscape & Home Design and Punch! Professional Home Design Suite software, and more
      • LiveView window continually updates your home designs, in real-time 3D, as you draw
      • PhotoView technology lets you import real-world photos into your home and landscape designs to create a truly realistic image of your home
      • Powerful 3D graphics engine that lets you create real-time walk or fly-throughs--for a Hollywood-style voyage through your new creation
      • 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

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    Editorial Reviews:

    Amazon.com
    Punch! Professional Home Design Suite Platinum Version 12 continues to expand its already incredible capabilities. This special two-for-one package is loaded with an incredible feature set. You get all of the features of both industry-acclaimed Punch! Master Landscape & Home Design and Punch! Professional Home Design Suite software, and more, in this easy-to-use home and landscape design package.

    The Power of Professional Home Design Software and Master Landscape Software Is Fully Integrated into Punch! Professional Home Design Platinum v12
    This updated home and landscape design software 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 12 gives you even more features and enhancements. Use new Aerial views to see how your overall design fits together; Color Sampling ensures that all of your colors fit your interior plan perfectly. Auto-elevation makes it easy for you to place objects on your floors or ceilings. Other enhanced components include lighting, editing, rendering, and advanced stair texturing options. Combine these with existing features for boundless home and landscape possibilities. Design with Decorator Palette--change your room colors with just one click! Use Accessories to easily add art and window treatments. Also includes dormer & skylight tools, supports fractions and 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.

    PowerTools in Punch! Professional Home Design Platinum Version 12:

    Room Wizard
    .DXF/.DWG Import/Export
    Roofing Wizard
    Deck Designer w/Deck Wizard
    Topo Designer
    Cabinet Wizard
    PhotoView
    Material Modifier
    Elevation Editor
    3D Custom Workshop
    RealModel
    Framing Editor
    Estimator

    Take a Box Tour.

    Home Design Software that Lets You Design and View Your Home with Incredible 3D Home Design Realism!
    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.

    The 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 Plant Inventory Bar helps you keep your favorite plants handy to drag & drop into your designs.

    Product Description
    With Professional Home Design 12 Platinum integrates 16 different professional tools, to give you millions of design combinations. You'll have the simple, step-by-step tools you need for building a realistic dream home, from picking the right color to making the perfect deck. Create walk-out basements and split-level designs, import the fanciest and newest cabinet designs and furniture, even topographic excavation & your own 3D cutaway elevations. Make your backyard look gorgeous with a searchable database of plants and flowers. Plan to perfection with the planning foundation, HVAC, electrical, and plumbing tools. Your dream home is just a few mouse clicks away. LiveView window continually updates your home designs, in real-time 3D, as you draw 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 Also includes dormer & skylight tools Supports fractions and now imports 3DS files


    Customer Reviews:   Read 8 more reviews...

    4 out of 5 stars Not as hard as I thought   September 8, 2008
    Mark Twain (United States)
    I was hesitant to try this software based on some of the reviews but I went ahead and got it along with the Punch University subscription (on-line videos). I have just finished the 6th lesson and I can now create a multilevel building with rooms and custom roof. I find the product pretty straight forward once you get used to how they do things. I guess there is a learning curve if you've never used home design software before, and I think they could clean up some of their UI to make it more friendly, but overall I like it. I'm looking forward to the rest of the classes and then re-modeling my house. One thing I do question about this is the 'feasibility' of my designs, knowing nothing about mechanical/structural engineering I suppose a real architect or engineer would have to review any designs that come out of the program for safety and local building codes.


    4 out of 5 stars Punch has Punch   August 22, 2008
    ChrisA (Poughkeepsie, NY)
    0 out of 1 found this review helpful

    After being tortured by Total 3D Home Design Punch was like drinking a glass of cool water! The program runs without a glitch on Windows XP Pro and is as detailed as anyone wants to get. I've had no problem working with it and contrary to other opinions do not find it too complicated. However I do use Photoshop CS3 so it's all relative. If you're looking for a great Home Design Product Punch Platinum won't clean your wallet and is all most people will need. The one con is it's addictive but maybe you can convince your wife and kids it's all for them!


    1 out of 5 stars Couldn't even get it installed on Vista   August 3, 2008
    spinoza (North Shore, MA United States)
    2 out of 2 found this review helpful

    I've had nothing but problems with Punch Software from the beginning, even purchasing it was a problem. I won't go into the many examples and gory details, but it's enough to know that I couldn't even get the software installed on my Vista machine: the Support site lets you know that you have to turn off the user authentication control and start in Safe Mode to install it, and even that didn't work for me. From my own experience I would recommend staying away from this software.


    5 out of 5 stars Home Design Platinum V12.0   June 19, 2008
    F. Rich (Farmingville, New York United States)
    0 out of 1 found this review helpful

    Although there is a learning curve in using this software, it comes with all the "bells & whistles"
    Should one need further info, there are numerous forums, and manufacturers support.
    I am on the way to designing my home

    Frank



    2 out of 5 stars Looking elsewhere   March 28, 2008
    Richard P. Mcclellan (San Diego, CA)
    2 out of 2 found this review helpful

    I give up. I don't know if it is me, or the program, but I have had it. Clunky user interface, features that simply don't work (try adjusting the viewer elevation with mouse clicks--as described--doesn't work). I cannot figure out how to group objects. You can group them, and cut and paste, but a reasonable approach would be to group and move. Help says you can, but I cannot make it work. Etc.

    Last straw--I finally got a decent layout. Saved it; exited the progam. Program asks you if you want to save, even if you just did. I didn't (mistake?). Reopen--half my work is gone.

    If you are like I was--ignorant of this class of program and don't know which to buy--try one of the others.

    I don't know if the alternatives are better, but this program is a mess.


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