Landscape, Deck and Patio Designer with NexGen v2

by Punch!

Product Features

• This totally new product gives you the power to choose from over 4000 plants specific to your region
• Integrated Videos guide you step by step and can be easily accessed from your planning design project
• PhotoView Editor lets you edit your photos right in the program
• Automatic Growth tool allows you to see how your plantings will look years from now
• Decorator Palette click to switch the entire color scheme of your design to try different color schemes

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0042D74FA
• Item model number: 24761
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 11, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,250 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Create beautiful outdoor living spaces! Start with a photo of your house or from scratch, Fast and Easy! Thousands of plants to choose from; the Plant Finder will help you select the right plants for your area. Create the perfect Deck or patio then add outdoor furniture and accessories. Place pre-made outdoor kitchens or create a custom outdoor cooking island. Custom fences, concrete stains and paints let you finish your outdoor spaces. Add a pool with Pool Designer and light it up with outdoor lighting. Integrated training provides help if you need it. Make Punch! your landscape design partner.

Product Description

Create beautiful outdoor living spaces! Start with a photo of your house or from scratch, Fast and Easy! Thousands of plants to choose from; the Plant Finder will help you select the right plants for your area. Create the perfect Deck or patio then add outdoor furniture and accessories. Place pre-made outdoor kitchens or create a custom outdoor cooking island. Custom fences, concrete stains and paints let you finish your outdoor spaces. Add a pool with Pool Designer and light it up with outdoor lighting. Integrated training provides help if you need it. Make Punch! your landscape design partner.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great if you have no idea what kind of Deck you want to build, April 18, 2011

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T. Frisble (Mississippi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Landscape, Deck and Patio Designer with NexGen v2 (CD-ROM)

I have been searching for a good, but in expensive, program for helping me get some ideas for building a deck and patio for my back yard. I basically "took a shot in the dark" and decided to buy this program (Office Max was the cheapest I found - ~$40). I was very apprehensive about this software because I had not had luck with similar software in the past, plus reviews for version 1 were not that great. However, I have been pleasantly surprised so far. It takes a little time to "enter" you house floor plan to get it ready for your deck ideas, but once you are there the program is great. The software gives you a lot of deck and patio templates to choose from, plus you can easily make changes to these templates to customize it to your home (i.e. it is very flexible). Most of the reviews I read on Amazon (on version 1) say that the program is not user friendly. I found it relatively easy. If you can navigate around Photoshop, CAD and similar programs, you should be able to use this program fine. If you have difficultly with productivity programs such as Photoshop or Excel and such, then you will likely have a hard time. There are a couple of glitches in the software, but nothing that causes a major crash or loss of material (just some minor inconveniences). I started using the software on a Thursday and by Sunday I feel I am about 80% proficient with it (working/playing on it for about 2 hours per day) and already have a design for a deck and patio. Bottom line: the program does what I wanted it to do, its relatively easy to use and its working above my expectations.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Really What I Needed, July 18, 2011

By 

Steven J Kiffmeyer - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Landscape, Deck and Patio Designer with NexGen v2 (CD-ROM)

I purchased this software so that I could design and build a deck. Turns out it does not give you the actual wood sizes and configurations for the deck. So it works as far as visualizing the deck, but it does not give you any information on how to actually build it in terms of what size lumber to use and where. The program loads good and I was up and running fairly quick, but it is not really what I needed.