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Software Punch 5 In 1 Home Design

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- Just Don't
I bought this program awhile ago, and I absolutely hated it. I no longer have it. It crashed constantly and although it had many good features (landscape, exterior, decks, interior), it was difficult to use...and yea theres plenty of better programs out there

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- Very Disappointing
I bought this software to replace an old Visual Home software I have had for many years. I will probably uninstall Punch and re-install Visual Home because Visual Home is much easier to work with. Also, my old software has much better kitchen and bathroom fixtures, furniture and at least offers more garage/shop items to place in the model. The only advantages to this Punch software is the deck design and the fact that you can design additional floors over the first floor footprint. I have not gone as far as using the furniture workshop and the RealModel--I don't think I will waste my time. This WAS NOT money well spent.

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- Keep Looking
Ok, I too bought both 3d home Architect that is marketed by Broderbun and Punch Pro Home Design. The Broderbun product is bad 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 don't even come close to being adequate.

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. If you don't have a broadband connection too bad I guess. The patches don't help with most problems anyway.

My last warning - there is a reason this software does not come with a money back guarantee.

Rating:

- It just misses
This is a program that seems to have so much, but then you find all of these stupid limitations that suggest the program was never "play tested". These limitations have made it almost useless to get what you need. Examples (in no particular order):
1. With the CAD tools, you cannot "group" graphic items like you would be able to do with any simple drawing program (let alone CAD).
2. The screen can show the "grid" spacing, but you cannot make a floorplan printout with the grid, which can be very useful for visuallizing and making hand sketches.
3. The furniture tool is worthless. You can create 3D objects, but there is no way to specify their size (no menu you can acess to enter dimensions, not even on-screen rulers so you can see it).
4. When you use the ruler tool, you can show the lengths on your floorplans. However, if you print a floorplan with these rulers, they are not scaled correctly with the rest of the drawing, so they give incorrect information for dimensions.

5. You cannot export drawings into a useful format (e.g. no GIF, JPG, etc.) that you could then import into other programs.
6. It is next to impossible to specify different wall thicknesses. You can customize a wall thickness, but then when you have a wall that connects to that another wall, the program automatically groups them together and makes the thicknesses the same for both. Yet another example where there is just no need to do this.
7. You cannot specify lengths that are a fraction of an inch. Everything is rounded to the nearest inch. I don't think it would have been that difficult to specify the variable as a floating point rather than an integer. But the programmers once again didn't think about it. In the real world, there are items and walls with lengths that have fractions of an inch.

Rating:

- Punch vs 3d home architect 4.0
Punch is a limited program that is not very intuitive. The walls dont self sguare for a room, door choices are few, closet doors are limited, and measuring is difficult. I went to 3d Home, faster more intuitive, easier to use. Punch was a waste.

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