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Punch! Home Design Architectural Series 18 | 
 enlarge | From: Punch! Software
Category: Software
List Price: $129.99
Buy New: $72.99
You Save: $57.00 (44%)
New (3) Used (5) from $50.00
Rating:  40 reviews
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 8.1 x 3.2
MPN: 42100
UPC: 664446421005
EAN: 0664446421005
Release Date: October 25, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Bought it NEW!!! never used, outside box shows storage wear.
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| Features:
| • | 486-DX Processor, Windows 95 or higher, 16MB RAM, 700MB hard disk space, CD-ROM | | • | VGA video card set at 800x600 resolution and 16-bit color depth | | • | Mouse or other pointing device for Windows 2000 users: 16MB Minimum video card Memory | | • | For PC |
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Product Description
The big story is flexibility and ease of use. Architectural Series 18 provides innovative new tools to unleash your design creativity. Explore new tools for creating complex objects from simple ones, presentation tools for final prints and even special tools for easily changing the design in 3D.
Novice or Pro, Architectural Series 18 is easy to use!
A single, easy-to-use interface puts powerful tools at your fingertips; you can use as many or a few as you choose and still get professional results. Beginners will appreciate the Video ToolTips tutorials that teach you as you draw, and simple Drag & Drop functions for windows, doors, furniture, texture, color and landscaping. Professionals will appreciate the more complex features such as extensive framing and estimating, mechanical design and CAD functions to name a few. Architectural Series 18 was designed to grow with you as you become more proficient with the program. Regardless of your expertise, Architectural Series 18 makes home design an enjoyable experience. Main Features Manufacturer: Punch SoftwareManufacturer Part Number: 42100Manufacturer Website Address: www.punchsoftware.comSoftware Sub Type: ArchitecturalSoftware Name: Home Design Architectural Series 18 - Complete ProductFeatures & Benefits:
Video ToolTips
Elevation Editor
Convert-2-3D
DXF File Import Made easy
Layout Manager
Finally an easy tool to create the perfect presentation printouts of your design. Add multiple 2D/3D views of your plan to customize the page any combination to fit your project needs. Print a page with front/side/top views, or maybe a page with all of the custom bathrooms in your plan. Show 2D information and rendered images on the same page, then output to your printer or plotter.
Punch! PowerTools and the Punch! Developer's Network:
Architectural Series 18 is enhanced with PowerTools technology. A Punch
Amazon.com Product Description
From layout to landscaping, Home Design Architectural Series 18 from Punch! Software delivers a complete home-design solution. Flexible and easy to use, this software integrates 18 programs and adds more than 60 new features and enhancements. Explore easy-to-use wall tools, robust text and dimension tools, additional 2-D geometric creation tools, photo-realistic lighting, enhanced framing and estimating, and much more. Help text and video clips explain and demonstrate how each tool is used. Plus, you can join the Punch! Developers Network, download the free developer's kit, and get started customizing your own PowerTools plug-ins.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 35 more reviews...
 Hard to use, do not but from Hermanstreet April 10, 2008
Carle A. Linke (Colorado)
I am used to the Broderbund 3D 3.0. It is simple to use but even they have become more dificult to use in the latter versions. It is hard to do one section of a house at a time, and make adjustment to rooms. It's is a program for someone who knows what they want for a floor plan in the beginning. I would like to work backwards. start with the one room, with furniture, add the next room. then if I like the plan, then work on the roof and foundation. unfortunately the Broderbund 3.0 version does not work on Vista, or the campatibility mode.
Has anyone at Punch ever built a house!? March 24, 2008
Gary E. Hobin (Ottawa, Canada)
This program is adequate for designing dog houses, but not for the real deal. The most fustrating thing with this program is adding floors (the type you walk on, not a story). Punch seems to think that the second story walls of a building are built directly on top of the first story walls - no Punch, they are built on top of the floor that sits on top of the walls below it. That throws your elevations off by about a foot for each story (assuming 10" joists and 5/8" plywood).
When you look at the detailed framing view, you can see they have no clue how a house is framed.
 More cons than pros January 11, 2008
David W. Wilkening (Montana, USA)
I bought the suite to draw a set of working plans for a home I'm building hoping it would be an improvement over the plans I've roughed out on graph paper. I've used AutoCad in my work as an engineer, and had my own contracting business for several years - so I'm familiar with both building and drafting trades. I didn't expect the full features of a CAD program, but frankly hoped for better. The program strength is the 3-D rendering, but the 2-D design features are primitive. Basic drawing features such as midpoint, offset, group/ungroup are not supported. The program has a frustrating way of putting objects such as electrical fixtures on top of others with no way to edit the lower object(s). Other quirks abound - when you undo an edit the program displays hidden layers, trying to change print settings is futile - the default view is all you get. There may be some tricks and work-arounds, but after almost a week of working with it I've concluded this isn't worth further effort. Oh, and if there is tech support on this product it isn't easy to access.
Punch AS18 Home Architecht April 2, 2007
W. Hupp
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I wouldn't recommend this software to anyone. Have had it for about 2 years now and still unable to properly draft a project. Very user unfriendly. After purchasing the program I tried to put a plan together just for my home to have for future upgrades to the structure. I had 90 day support they advertised and called to try to get the system down so I was familiar with working with it. I had read the book that came with it but was not very clear or structured as to how to begin and how to follow through the planning processes. After contacting the support folks they were very reluctant to provide answers to my questions always referring back to reading the book again that came with the program. I was expecting a much larger library of windows, doors, lights, electrical, etc and all fell very short of expectations of advertisements. Pictures represent all custom drawn windows lights etc. Save you money on this one your money could be better spent.
Good software January 10, 2007
BJAllstate (Georgetown TX)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a highly rates software for home design. I was never really able to use it because it seems to require some AutoCAD training.
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