Punch! Home Design Studio Essentials 17.5 at Mac App Store analyse

Plan the house of your dreams, deck, landscape or any remodel and renovation project with Punch! Essentials. Design your new spaces for outdoor living, room makeover, the perfect gourmet kitchen, dream bathroom or even a game room. Save money by planning changes to your interior and outdoor living spaces before you invest in building materials.

• Enhanced Floor Management: Create up to 6 floors! Create independent structures such as outbuildings and detached garages.
• Drag and drop 3D objects and plants while using the 3D viewpoint. Objects will automatically position themselves on the top of surfaces like countertops and tabletops.
• Endless Electrical Switches and Outlets: Choose from an extensive library of electrical switches and outlets.
• QuickStart is Even Better: Set exact dimensions in inches AND centimeters. New snap feature ensures that rooms line up quickly by snapping them together.

FAST Start Up
Start with an existing floor plan or create your own dream home from the ground up; quickly and easily.

EASY Planning
Design tools are organized on easily-accessible plan tabs, all tools are available–all the time!
• Includes tools for building, electrical, plumbing, roofing, HVAC, decks and landscape.
• Custom Cabinet Assistant™
• Save energy with integrated “Building Green” design tips and objects.
• Estimator lets you track costs for room, landscape or whole home projects.

FUN Decorating
Decorate the fast and easy way! Drop in entire groups of furniture with the click of a mouse.
• With SmartWand technology you can apply building materials and paint colors to a single surface or the whole house with a mouse click.
• Enhance the design with hundreds of combinations of doors, windows and trim.

Versatile Landscaping
Create outdoor living spaces, decks and landscape designs. Customize every detail of the property, including making modifications for the sun direction to plan shade plantings.
• Drag and drop plants from a massive library that includes thousands of trees, shrubs and flowers.
• Use the Automatic Growth tool to see how your landscape will look in a few years.
• Add pre-made landscape gardens with a single mouse click.

Help When You Need It
• Unlike other products, Punch! provides an integrated Training Center. With Essentials 17.5 Software, you can easily access videos, written instruction and real-world tips for your design projects.

Exciting design features:
• Import Background: Easily import images to use for a backdrop in 3D rendering.
• QuickStart 3D view: Preview your room layouts as you drag and drop rooms together to create the perfect floor plan.
• RoomView: 3D navigation tool. Select a room in 2D and get an instant Aerial view looking down in to the selected room or rooms.

Also enjoy using these features to enhance your designs:

• Intelligent Room Detection - Complete automation that changes when you change the size or shape of your design, including the roof!
• Speed and Performance - Up to 26 times faster rendering speed than our competitors.
• Intelligent Cursor - Quickly snap and align objects and walls
• Photo-Realistic Cabinets, Doors, and Outdoor items - Make your designs more realistic than ever before
• Auto Roof Generation - Roofing is now generated automatically and can be easily modified
• New 3D Objects - Expanded library with stunning looks to bring your design to life
• Room Assistant™ - Plan your space, input dimensions, and walls are auto-generated to create your rooms.
• Object Organizer™ - Create custom categories, then move objects from library to library, so you can quickly locate your favorites or organize them the way you use them.
• DXF/DWG Import & Export - Convert existing drawings to Punch! files or use the export option to share a drawing file with a friend or architect.
• Video Tutorials - Watch & learn with video tutorials