Features
MASTER
LANDSCAPE™
When you're ready to landscape, just add your plantings to your
existing file. Punch! lets you landscape without redrawing your
house plan, unlike some other home design software "suites".
You'll see beautiful results rendered in realistic
3D!
ANIMATOR
Now you can show your family, friends, clients even your builder,
a video walk or fly through of your home
design.
PRECISION LIGHTING CONTROLS
A powerful tool that helps you determine lighting design,
interior decorating, even landscaping, with photo-realism.
Extensive palette of fixtures includes fixtures, lamp, spotlight,
outdoor lighting and more. You can also control light intensity,
falloff, ambiance and radius for each light
source.
PHOTOVIEW EDITOR™
A powerful new feature to use in tandem with PhotoView
technology, PhotoView Editor lets you add paint color, replicate,
mask and add materials to your real-world
photo.
Video ToolTips
Now you can get an instant demonstration of how any tool works.
Just click a tool, then read the tooltips or click video to watch and listen to a
demonstration.
LAYOUT MANAGER™
Finally an easy tool to create the perfect presentation printouts
of your design. Add multiple 2D/3D views of your plan to customise the page or any
combination to fit your project
needs.
Punch! PowerTools™
Architectural Series 3000 is enhanced with PowerTools technology.
A Punch! PowerTool™ is an accessory application that
integrates with Punch! Software to enhance/extend its
capabilities.
PLANT FINDER™
Benefit from this user-definable database that can actually find
the perfect plantings for your planting zone, based on your
search criteria. Over 2000 selections are
available.
FloorPlan
Trace™
Simply scan your favorite home plan and it becomes a traceable
template you can modify to create your own customised
plan.
ClearView™
Use ClearView to examine the topography of your property in a
unique wireframe view, without your plantings. You can also view
elevations of your home in monochrome or color with a few simple
mouse
clicks.
3D Custom Workshop™
Create objects from scratch or modify existing selections from
our library. Change colors, fabrics, patterns, materials,
textures and more, then use your creations to furnish your home
plan. You can achieve professional-looking results with this
powerful 3D CAD
studio.
Custom
Sprinkler Systems
Define both the radius and arc of your sprinkler with simple
click and drag. Design a system for your entire yard and/or
specific planting areas quickly and easily. Use the Custom
Sprinkler Tool to visualise maximum system
coverage.
Ultimate
Deck™
Design the perfect deck for your home plan. Multi-level or
multi-story decks with 3D photo-realistic textures, stairs,
railings, object placement, and color capabilities give you the
ability to design exactly the deck you want. Deck Wizards walk
you through railing, baluster options and
more.
3D Home Design
ALL program components work from the same simple interface, so
all design tools and 3D capabilities are always at your
fingertips. The LiveView™ window continually previews your
work, in real-time 3D, as you draw. Convenient features such as
the unique "colour ramp" give you thousands of subtle paint
colour choices, slope tool allows easy design flexibility for
walk-out basements and split-level
designs.
Material Builder™
Edit any material from our extensive library, then save it as a
new material in the program. Change color, tint and/or scale of
stone, siding, brick and more. Add your customised materials for
a truly personalised look.
PhotoView® (patented)
Add real-world photos to your virtual design with
PhotoView™. This breakthrough technology lets you add
digital images to your designs. You can import a photo of your
own home, add landscaping or a deck, then view it from any angle
.
Home and Landscape Estimator
Estimate your home design project! Estimate framing, roofing and
roofing squares, wall and floor covering, decking, doors/windows
and more. Automatically creates landscape estimates and
pavers/concrete. The estimate is broken down by schedules and
multiple price lists can be created for different material
sources
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