Punch! ViaCAD 2D/3D V6

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Product Features

• 3D Modeling Update - Was updated providing improvements to blending, chamfering, shelling, booleans, and direct face editing
• 0Architectural Tools - 2D architectural tools provide fast drafting tools for creating walls, windows, and doors. Features associated with these tools include - Automatic healing with neighboring walls; Auto-dimensions; Attach doors, windows, and custom symbols; Support for customer wall styles (user patterns & colors for multiple material regions)
• Performance Boosts - Significant boosts in visualization including - 200X Faster Hidden Line; 6X Faster Dynamic Repaints (Mac & PC); 2X Faster Static Repaints; Level of Detail for even faster performance
• 3D connexion Support - The SpaceNavigator device drivers are now recognized by ViaCAD. This includes support for Mac OSX (Universal Binary), Windows XP, and Vista. Use the SpaceNavigator to dynamically zoom, rotate, and pan views into your data models.
• Multiple Viewports - Viewports provide a graphical user interface to display the same drawing in multiple views. Each view may have a different orientation, which provides the ability to see an object simultaneously in isometric, side, front, and top views

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.8 x 7.4 x 5.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0019RJ202
• Item model number: 16800
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 5, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,374 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Product Description

PUNCH! VIACAD 2D/3D PC V6 MB CROM

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Whwt did you want for the money?, March 7, 2009

By	M. A. Cotter "crazed cad user" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are used to using Autocad, this will probably dive you a little nuts. Several nice little features that you use all the time like trim and expand, are not so easy to use or find (I still cant fine the stretch or expand). I don't seem to be able to insert drawings into other drawings, like blocks. It could be me!.
Overall though it is a very good program for the money, just a little frustrating.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thumbs up for ViaCAD, December 16, 2008

By	R. Cook (So Cal, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Two years ago I bought Punch! architectural drafting software to help with some remodeling design projects for my home. Liking that, I recently got ViaCAD 2D/3D V6 to facilitate the design of a tubular frame and suspension for a custom vehicle that I am in the process of acquiring parts for.

I run this proggy on a home built 2.2 GHz P4 system, with 3/4 Gig of ram, an NVidea GeForce MX400 video card (supporting dual Acer 1716 monitors), Maxtor 60 GB and 120 GB hard drives...under Windows 2000 Pro, SP4. The software actually runs very well on this system even though it is not particularly powerful or well appointed by today's standards. Moreover, ViaCAD 2D/3D V6 is NOT officially supported under this OS, which probably accounts for most, if not all, of any quirkiness I've encountered using the program.

All told, I am VERY happy with this software. The tools are powerful enough to do very complex drawings and they are "relatively" intuitive in how they do it. Which is a good thing because the included manual leaves much to be desired. A prior knowledge of drafting terminology and techniques is a big plus...it's been over 20 years since I studied drafting and what little I remember has served me well.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Punch! ViaCAD 2D/3D V6, April 21, 2009

By	Lori L. Deen - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Product loaded easily and does exactly what we were hoping for our business. Great product.