Cheap Punch! Home Design Architectural Series 3000 [LB] (Software) (Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows 2000) Price

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Customer Reviews of Punch! Home Design Architectural Series 3000 [LB]

GREAT BUY
Architectural 3000 meets all my home fantasies and business needs. This program has really useful tutorials for designing the home of your dreams! I am very satisfied with this product as I use it instead of very pricey CAD programs for my architectural drawing classes. It is a great tool for teaching, and I have used it to visualize and design an add-on to my previous home, and am now using the programs to design the house I have always wanted. Using the topography tool to match that of the real lot, the building I design is realistic, and the process is alot easier (and less draining on my pocketbook) then hiring an architect. <
>The best part about it? It is easy to learn the techniques and once you are finished...you can present a complete walk-through of your home's interior/exterior design and landscaping to your family and friends!

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This is a Architectural Design Software
I have used most of the Home Design packages that are on the market today. In fact, I have been using Home Design software for over 25 years, and before that using a CAD system to design houses. This product is a professional series for the advanced user. Yes it may be a little more complicated than the others, but if you are ready to move to a product that the rest cannot touch, this is it. If you want a basic design package, try their 5 in 1 Home Design, the Super Home Suite, or the Professional Platinum series for more advance users. But if you want a professional product, Punch is really the option to go with. This package does not hold you hand as the beginner packages do, but they have products that will do this. Once you get past the beginning stages and are ready to move to the top of the line in design software, Punch Architectural Series is the one. On top of all the options and abilities it has, the Online Community will answer any questions you have. Just look for an online community for those other products and you will know who is using what software. This product will do it all and provide you with real details that you can really give to a home builder to build a house. Plus along with the house design, you get see what it really looks like with the addition of Master Landscape software. This addition allows you to see exactly what your home will look like with those trees, bushes, or flower gardens that will make this house yours. If you want a complete package with all the options, get the 3000 or 4000 series of Punch. It includes everything you really need to be your own designer and to see exactly what it will look like when built.

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Buyer Beware
I researched various design software prior to purcahsing Punch AS3000 and thought I did a good job of doing so...I was wrong. I have been in construction related fields for over 20 years, and feel as though given some instruction, guidleines, etc I can learn almost anything! Purchasing this software proved me to be wrong. Upon making my purchase I learned that there were no "demos" available, this should be warning #1! I pursued it. I was told that I would have 90 day support via phone tech support, which I did, however, when I did call I was treated as though i was truly "bothering" the receiver of my call, and then treated as though they could not believe that I did not know how to do waht I was asking. The manual is basically useless as it does not walk the user through applications in any sort of logical format. The tech support is not helpful, the so called tutorials are also useless. I strongly reccomend that you do not waste your money on this program. My only wish is that I could provide an alternative solution at this time. Each task is cumbersome and most require "custom 3D sorkshop" design which if you have the patience and "creativity" to figure out how to use still do not accomplish the task.