Punch! Home Design Architectural Series 3000

Punch! Home Design Architectural Series 3000.exellent condition.like new,better than describe.I am very happy with it.I will buyfrom this vendor againg.

very complicated and does not allow you to do as you want very tiresome to do roofing

Don't buy this thinking you won't need to pay for a professional draftsman.We made blueprints from this software, and the framer ASKED for the professional blueprints b/c he knew it was reliable and to scale. We certainly thought we had everything to scale.We never had a CAD class. We weren't taught how to use the software. It takes alot of time to figure it out. Your work can be erased easily. My husband clicked the wrong button and hours of work vanished.Using the stair feature is quite a pain. The program has outdated cabinet features, and OUTDATED appliances. A program like this needs to include side-by-side fridges, Front Load WASHER/DRYERS, or different (modern) kitchen sinks/faucets.Those appliances take more space (WIDTH) and use more depth.The progam should also suggest the 4ft of floor space you need between a kitchen island/ and the counters. You DON"T want to plan a tight kitchen where appliances cannot be moved, and cabinet doors hit the opposing kitchen island cabinets.You need pop-up warnings when you've created a space to tight to function.Creating the cut-up roofs are also near impossible. The program doesn't have the best & updated window selection. Like casement windows. And some other imporant styles of windows.Just buy the program if you have the time to make a rough-draft blueprint to BRING TO THE PROFESSINAL DRAFTSMAN.!!!!!!!!!!!We are 1st time home builders, and glad we have the program for the 3D feature. If you can create your own 3D home using this PROGRAM... great, b/c the Draftsman charges even more fordoing that.

I like the program, but I really wish that it was available for the Mac. As it is, I had to buy Virtual PC just to run it. I really wish that software companies would be more inclusive, instead of moving some of us to the back of the bus.

Moving into a new house, I had so many projects to make it my own. This product made it all happen. It was easy to start and I had walls drawn and showing in 3D in a few minutes.First, I drew the existing structure. The ability to draw the plan easily and see it in 3D every step of the way made it quite easy. And, I've tried all the competitors. The only product that lets you show the 3D view (with shadows from lights and sun) without grueling waiting and finger tapping is Punch.. its blazing fast.Changing the plan was just as easy! You drag a wall and dimensions display showing you were you are. Move a window or door and you instantly see the results in the 3D view. When I wanted to knock down a dividing wall between the great room and kitchen, it was a couple of mouse clicks and poof, gone. This was huge in determining how open the plan would be and if this part of the remodeling was worth it.When it comes time to landscape, this was way cool. You can customize your yard and its a blast. With a few mouse clicks you can add hills/berms to your yard, I even used the excavation tool and dug a hole for a swimming pool(now if I could just really have it :) The picket fence I added even conformed to the changed landscape. And.. then I added plants. Tons of plants and I even used their tool to select only plants in my area. Then.. to top it off..with a click of the mouse I could grow the entire landscape to see how it would look when the trees grew.As for learning.. you'll love it. You can be drawing in minutes.. but if you need some help there are videos that walk you through how to use each tool. Very cool.

Purchasing this program was an unfortunate choice. Frustrated by the limitations of the Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Suite, the Punch Home Design Architectural Suite 3000 version 12 looked like a good solution.WRONG!1. The software is extremely buggy, especially in 3D mode. It is very picky about which graphics adapters and configurations that it will work with, usually forcing you to change your display setup to 16 bit from 32 bit. I have used this program in both XP and Vista implementations on two different systems, and the program routinely crashes while working in 3D mode. I can't print a 3D view at all from the program, but have to resort to screen clipping to another program in order to print out a 3D view.2. The interface is not at all intuitive, and will drive you bonkers trying to figure it out.3. As another reviewer has written, there are a number of displayed features on the box that are essentially impossible to replicate when using the program.4. There is a truly goofy activation process for the program when you have to reinstall to try to get it to work on a different system (although there seems to be little point in trying).While the Better Homes and Gardens product seems like it has some serious limitations, it at least was easy and bug-free to work with.

This is my second try with Punch this time buying the 3000 series which at the time was second from the top of the line. It has the same problems as all the rest of their products! It's incredibly slow!!!! My machines (fast ones <quad core>) all bogg down to almost a stop when it loads and every time you try to move something, sometimes I'll just go get coffee while I wait. It crash's constantly on Windows 7 and Vista even on XP Pro. If you're trying to build a house the contractor will have it built before you get the design completed. As for customer service THERE IS NONE! Thats right, when you buy this you'll never get help except from others online with the same problems and there are a lot of them! I've run several kinds of CAD ware and this is the worst. I'm looking for a real one now.DON'T BUY