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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Good program, covers the basics
Used for landscaping yard, generally easy and definitely helped in selecting a final layout. Video tutorials are good but there is lots to learn so resorted to finding how some aspects of the program worked via Google searches. Plant pictures seem overrated - every plant is shown in full bloom even though many only bloom for one month a year. Makes it difficult to see...
Published on May 18, 2008 by David Uvelli
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
Take a Valium before using
If you haven't kicked the dog or beat the spouse recently, you'll want to after using this software. From an ease of use standpoint, this stuff is crap with a capital "S". I write software for a living, and if I wrote this, I would expect to have users with pitchforks and torches outside my door by nightfall. From what I can tell, this product can (or would like to) do...
Published on June 30, 2008 by Rain Man
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
Take a Valium before using, June 30, 2008
This review is from: Punch! Landscape, Deck & Patio Designer V12 (CD-ROM)
If you haven't kicked the dog or beat the spouse recently, you'll want to after using this software. From an ease of use standpoint, this stuff is crap with a capital "S". I write software for a living, and if I wrote this, I would expect to have users with pitchforks and torches outside my door by nightfall. From what I can tell, this product can (or would like to) do some pretty sophisticated things for software in this price range. They even give you a nice thick user guide and some video tutorials to help you get started using the various designers. It's not enough. Plan on spending more time wrestling with this software than you'll spend actually building your house or deck or patio. Plan also to spend a lot of time in the Punch Software forums asking and reading questions. That's how I learned that, since there's no actual patio designer despite the name, you can use the deck designer to create a patio. You know, just create a deck and remove the steps, railings and skirting, change the wood to some other material, and there you have it.
If you're in prison, you might want to try to get the warden to pony up for this product to while away the time. On second thought, don't! It will make your sentence seem longer than it actually is.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Crummy Software that is Hard to Use, July 3, 2008
This review is from: Punch! Landscape, Deck & Patio Designer V12 (CD-ROM)
This software is extremely difficult to use, with this difficulty compounded by the fact that it doesn't always work as it should. I have experience with various CAD programs and understand how things 'should' work. This Punch stuff is far from it. I also write software and agree with the first reviewer: I would be hiding if this were my product. Don't waste your money unless you like being frustrated.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
YUK!!!!! :(, April 21, 2009
This review is from: Punch! Landscape, Deck & Patio Designer V12 (CD-ROM)
I bought this for my wife who wanted to plan our garden areas around the house. She was cussing at it in the first five minutes. After five more minutes of trying to help her I, too, was cussing at it. I went online and found something called REALTIME LANDSCAPING SOFTWARE by Idea Spectrum. (Google it!!!!) Their site had 3 software options with movie demos to watch. After watching the movies I ordered the "Plus" version and it not only was instantly downloadable but it installed in a fraction of the time that the Punch! software took. The download worked beautifully and in 5 minutes of running it my wife was saying, This is great...just what I wanted!" She kept repeating this as she played with it the rest of the day! The company also shipped a boxed version of the software as well and it came in just days! You will HATE the Punch software!!! You will LOVE the REALTIME LANDSCAPING software!! The buzzword that really caught my eye was they said it was "fun" to work with and they are absolutely right!!!! It's a blast and my wife was letting out screams of joy as she was finding all the specific flowers she wanted to plant from the database. I just read this to my wife to see if she agreed and she wants me to add:
"I have ZERO patience and I NEVER read instructions! It would be easier to just go out in your yard and plant and replant until you found what you liked than to work with the Punch! software! With the REALTIME software, I read NO instructions and had my ground cover down and was placing my plants in five minutes NO PROBLEM! REALTIME LANDSCAPING software is not only FUN but s-o-o-o-o-o EASY!!!!!!"
You want to buy REALTIME LANDSCAPING software by IDEA SPECTRUM! TRUST ME!!!!
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Good program, covers the basics, May 18, 2008
This review is from: Punch! Landscape, Deck & Patio Designer V12 (CD-ROM)
Used for landscaping yard, generally easy and definitely helped in selecting a final layout. Video tutorials are good but there is lots to learn so resorted to finding how some aspects of the program worked via Google searches. Plant pictures seem overrated - every plant is shown in full bloom even though many only bloom for one month a year. Makes it difficult to see how landscape will really look at different times during the year. Has nice function for laying out a sprinkler system. All in all a very good program for the price.
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missed key, June 14, 2010
This review is from: Punch! Landscape, Deck & Patio Designer V12 (CD-ROM)
This used product was missing the 'Product Key', required to register it and continue using after the 7 day trial. After contacting this seller, I was given a full refund and apology right away. I would do business with this seller again. The trial looked very useful.
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Directions very hard to understand to use this product, September 3, 2009
This review is from: Punch! Landscape, Deck & Patio Designer V12 (CD-ROM)
This is probably a very good program but very hard to understand directions to make it all work. Still working on it after buying it 1 month ago.
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SHATTERED DREAMS, March 3, 2009
This review is from: Punch! Landscape, Deck & Patio Designer V12 (CD-ROM)
Punch products apparently are designed for those familar with using CAD applications (Computer Aided Design). I have a post graduate degree, so I feel pretty good that I can follow instructions. Wrong! This software humbled me and what made it worse is that "How to" videos are included. This may be a remarkable tool for the professional engineer or landscape architect, but for the average Joe or Jane, it is a waste of money and a real disappointment. Let's face it, many of us buy these programs because we have dreams of improving the curb appeal or serenity of our homes and these software programs will provide the landscape expertise that we do not have to do it on our own. This is not the program to achieve those dreams.
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