Do It Yourself Patio Designer

by BIG HAMMER

Product Features

• Design the patio of your dreams with the materials of your choice
• Pre-designed patterns you can preview and try out to see if they've got the look you want
• PatioBot handles the calculations for you -- all you do is lay out your design and take a look
• Fully-rendered design view makes it simple to visualize your beautiful new patio

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000099SGL
• Item model number: 0389
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 18, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,313 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money!, June 10, 2004

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VRE919 "Vince" (Newport Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Do It Yourself Patio Designer (CD-ROM)

This software is still based on the old Windows 3x format so the look & feel is definitely clunky. While it is not very difficult to learn (on-line tutorials available on their website), it is VERY limited in what it can do. (...)

The use of the word "Designer" for this software title is very misleading, because all you design is 1 dimensional patio flooring drawings that you could do faster by hand.

The use of "Patio" is used too freely for this software title as well. There is nothing that lets you design anything that remotely resembles a patio... no cover, no plants or shrubbery, no BBQ island, etc.

At best, use this application to estimate the amount of materials (cement, gravel, sand, bricks, etc.) that may be needed for your project as it appears to be able to calculate that fairly well.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Patio Designer is Terrible, March 12, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Do It Yourself Patio Designer (CD-ROM)

I wasted my money on this software - don't make the same mistake. It's non-intuitive, inflexible, cumbersome, and does nothing that you can't do yourself in 15 minutes with a pencil and paper. Does not allow you to design a custom patio - only provides a very few options of pavers and patterns, and creating anything other than a rectangular patio is almost impossible. Big Hammer support admitted the problems, but offered no solution or help.