Punch! Interior Design Suite |  | From: Punch! Software
Category: Software
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  14 reviews
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows NT
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows ME
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0.1
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 81100
Model: 81500
UPC: 664446811004
EAN: 0664446811004
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Select from a huge assortment of doors, windows, furniture, and cabinets included in the object library | | • | Choose everything from paint to wallpaper to sink & faucet designs -- it's all here for you | | • | Basic drag-and-drop functions apply the right colors and textures to your new interior | | • | Trace a unique floor plan that fits your sense of style and makes the most of your space | | • | Turn layered drawings on and off for uncluttered viewing of your home design -- combine as few or as many layers as you wish |
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Product Description
Interior Design Suite Apply your design in seconds! There are thousands of new furniture objects and accessories included in Interior Design Suite. Re-create your own existing furniture by simply entering dimensions. Add any digital picture, like a special rug, your family portrait, or even a pet to your design. The Punch Door, Window Designer, and the Trim Wizard for designing intricate trim, makes the design possibilities endless. System Requirements: Pentium, Celeron, Xeon, AMD Athlon, Duron, Opteron, Turion, Centrino. 64 MB of Ram. Windows 98 or higher. 3.0 GB, VGA card capable of displaying at least 800x600 with 16 bit color depth. (24 bit recommended) 32MB or higher, CD-rom drive, Mouse or pointing device.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 14
 Better than Most-Hard to Learn-Customer Support Lacking August 1, 2008
Linda L. Wagner (Martinsburg, WV)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I do interior design work as a part time business. I have tried several software programs but most are very limited. This is better, but I am usually fustrated with trying to design something that I can't get the system to let me do. For example, I wanted to use tin that you would normally put on a roof on an interior wall. It could not understand and would not allow me to do it. I did complete a room and wanted to present the animated verson of it to a customer however I could not find a way to open it on anyother computer. I emailed customer support and to this day, I am still waiting on an answer. I wonder if real people work there? as there is no tel # to call!
 The "Interior design" in the title misleading October 23, 2007
MacWald (Edmonton Canada)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I expected to design new details in my existing interior but this program is useless in this respect. The program basically does visualization of the floor plan of given layout if one wants such a function. The photo editor could be very use full but the design of the editing interface is annoying and not workable. The available details are not to attractive and the learning curve is steep indeed compare with effect desired.No files of examples of interior design submited in the software (although used extensively in the product advertising's.
 The user interface is terrible. July 8, 2007
C. Nicoloff (MA, United States)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This program is awkward to use, counter-intuitive, and poorly-designed. It's unfortunate that this program requires many hours of reading through a manual of equally-poor quality just to get started. Good software allows anyone to pick it up and do something with it, with extra features and power for those users who wish to spend a little time learning advanced techniques. With this software, you'll spend a couple hours just trying to figure out how to put up four walls and some cabinets in your kitchen. Sure, it does some good stuff once you get going, but that just highlights the major design flaws of this software:
1. The UI is all over the place. Menus at the top, buttons on the left, buttons at the bottom, tabs at the top (each containing more buttons), tabs on the right (each containing menus and more buttons). I tend to immerse myself in new software by looking in all the menus and learning where things are. Good luck doing that with this product! You'll be lucky if you can find the same button twice without the manual.
2. In addition to the sins of the UI, this program also fails to handle a scenario that is increasingly common: Windows users who have increased their font sizes. Higher-resolution screens often necessitate pumping up the font size from 100% to 150% or more, and to say that this product handles it "ungracefully" would be too kind. This program assumes that you will always be using the default Windows font size, which is one thing no commercial Windows program can ever be allowed to assume. Should you be one of the many users out there who need to increase your font scaling due to poor vision, you will discover you can't use about half this program's features at all.
This program may be the best out there, but that's not saying much. This software genre desperately needs its Photoshop.
Punch for Beginners February 12, 2007
MimiS. (USA)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
I was very anxious to receive the Punch software and thought I would be able to figure it out quickly (despite the warnings of previous reviewers). Unfortunately after 4 hours, a pinky cramp, and much frustration I found the other reviews to be very accurate. . . the software is not intuitive and you spend a lot of time just trying to figure out what you did wrong/what to do next. It would have been helpful to me if the user manual had a quick 1-2-3 guide, tipsheet, or easy button for those of us who just want to create and decorate a room---not build an entire house (or maybe that's in there somewhere and I missed it).
I also found the paint choices to be limited. Long and short of it, I put it down and have not gone back to it. My decorating project is now complete without help from Punch. Maybe I'll try tackling Punch again one day, but as of now I consider it a waste of money.
 It's a very useful software when you want to do interior design yourself January 18, 2007
X. Li (CA, USA)
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
There are a lot of good things about this software. The major pull-back is the learning curve, othervise it's a 5-star one. By the way, be sure to set the correct elevation of your house to start with, or you won't be able to change it once you put on walls, windows everything.
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