Punch! Home & Landscape Design Architectural Series is a powerful home and landscape design program developed for the architect or designer who wants professional-level features, tools, and presentation capabilities. This complete home update and landscape design software suite combines the most materials, tools, textures, furnishings, accessories, and photorealistic visualization that make architectural design projects a stunning reality. Quickly update or design entire homes and commercial buildings; renovate, redecorate, remodel, landscape; create outdoor living spaces, decks, patios, pools and get fast, professional results with the user-friendly interface. This Architectural Series includes thousands of kitchen and bathroom accessories, paints, lighting, objects, and tips for "Building Green" with green objects and materials for eco-friendly construction.

• Design, remodel and renovate homes, commercial buildings, landscaping, outdoor living spaces, decks, patios, and pools with Punch! Home & Landscape Design software.
  
• Easy to use interface, design tools, and drawing methods, along with professionally designed 3D Home Plans and thousands of materials, paints, objects, furniture, and accessories provide a better home designing experience.
  
• Create kitchen, baths, and landscapes with professional designer-quality layouts, materials, paint, and furnishings that you can drop into your home design projects.
  
• Exclusive to the Architectural Series is Lightworks Visualization Technology for photorealistic rendering. Visualize your designs in 2D, 3D, 3D cutaway, animated, and more.
  
• Includes how-to video tutorials, a user forum, and technical support to provide help when needed.
  

Punch! Home & Landscape Design Architectural Series includes an integrated interactive help system to make finding and using the right tool fast and easy for professional or serious DIY home projects. It also comes with helpful training center video tutorials and free technical support to ensure the process is as enjoyable as it is efficient.

What's New!

2D PLAN DETAILING:

Punch v21 now provides extensive detailing tools suitable for annotating site plans, floor plans, elevation views, and providing other details required for proper construction and permits. These new tools include a Callout tool, Level Lines, Plan, Window and Door labels, and Note Markers. In addition, numerous improvements to line styles and fill patterns provide a greater ability to annotate and call out regions and areas of the drawing. All essential in accurately communicating design intent.

NEW CALLOUT TOOLS:

Define portions of the building model as details, sections, and elevations.

LEVEL LINES:

Add labels to drawing to callout important structural elevations when creating construction documentation.

LINE STYLES:

Ability to add labels to line styles.

NOTE MARKERS:

Identify building specifications such as framing requirements, pier locations, etc.

PLAN LABELS:

Add title lines to display Plan names; customize text alignment and font style.

WINDOW AND DOOR LABELS:

Add custom labels for use, for example, in identifying manufacturer name or model/part number.

2D OBJECT DETAILING:

FILL PATTERNS:

Newly added patterns, and a new rotate pattern option.

FILL PATTERN LIBRARY:

Expandable through downloadable content.

3D EDITING WITH ALL NEW PROFESSIONAL CAD TOOLS:

3D CUSTOM WORKSHOP PRO:

This new Punch! PowerTool adds over 90 professional CAD tools to Punch! Home Design. Its diverse feature set, consisting of 2D drafting, 3D modeling, editing, and data sharing tools allow the user to create virtually any object to complement their home design project. Objects created can be saved to your library and used with any of your home and landscape designs. Custom Workshop Pro can bring in popular CAD file formats such as SketchUp, 3D Studio, 3MF, STL, DAE, PLY, as well as Adobe Illustrator, PDF, SVG, TIFF, BMP, PNG, and JPG.

Some of the features included in Custom Workshop Pro:

2D Drafting Features:

• Line Tools (8 methods)

• Arc Tools (5 methods)

• Circle Tools (7 methods)

• Ellipse Tools (5 methods)

• Polygon Tools (7 methods)

• Bezier Spline Tool Fillet/Chamfer (5 methods)

• Spline Fill

3D Modeling Features:

• Primitives (6 types)

• Extrude, Lathe, Skin, Cover

• Booleans (Add, Subtract, Intersect)

• Subdivision (Add Loop, Fill, Bridge, Inset)

• Split & Slice

Modification and Editing:

• Align, Group, Ungroup, Copy, Paste

• Transformations (Translate, rotate, scale, mirror, along path)

• Arrays (Polar and Rectangular)

• Magnet Tool

Data Sharing:

DWG/DXF, SketchUp, 3D Studio, 3MF, STL, DAE, Ply, Adobe Illustrator, PDF, SVG, TIFF, BMP, PNG, JPG

Usability Improvements:

LogiCursor anticipates your moves with visual feedback Gripper anticipates your moves with visual feedback View Navigator, Zooming, Panning, Orbits Inspector for parameter edits Keyboard shortcuts Layer Manager, Select Mask, Show/Hide, Verify Distances, Perimeters, Areas, Volumes, and Angles Drag and drop texture library

POWERFUL VISUALIZATION & RENDERING:

Create even more stunning renderings with new LightWorks Skylight, Area and Custom Object lighting options. These enhancements are ideal for creating dynamic, photorealistic Interior Designs, allowing you to more effectively communicate your design ideas to your client, or your interior designer, builder or contractor.

NEW LIGHTING AND RENDERING OPTIONS:

Create even more stunning photorealistic renderings with new LightWorks Custom Object, Area and Skylight lighting options.

EVEN MORE FREE CONTENT!

2D HOUSE PLANS:

Save hours of design time by using professionally drawn single and two-story house plans as 2D tracing layers which can then be automatically viewed as a 3D design. 1000 plans from which to choose!

INTEROPERABILITY SUPPORT FOR POPULAR 3D FORMATS:

3D EXPORT SUPPORT:

OBJ with Textures and STL are now available as file export options.

FOUR WAYS TO START YOUR PROJECT:

• QuickStart - Drag & drop individual rooms to easily create your basic floor plan.

• Professionally Designed Plans - Need inspiration or an instant starting point? Utilize our editable house plans to fast track your design or browse them for room layout ideas.

• Floor Plan Trace - Trace a favorite floor plan, or use one you‚Äôve sketched.

• PhotoView - Take pictures of the inside or outside of an existing house and easily add design features and details.

AUTO ROOF GABLE: Instantly add gable roof panels

AUTO FRAMING:

Select metal, wood or custom framing options, including custom roofs, walls, and floor joists.

AUTO ROOF GABLES AND ONE CLICK DORMER TOOL:

Instantly add gable walls and roof panels

WINDOWS, DOORS & WALLS:

• Select from an extensive library of door and window styles. Customize the size, grille style, and other parameters to fit your plan.

• Use window and door designer power tools to create custom doors.

ADD ROOMS AND DECORATE WITH ONE MOUSE CLICK!

• Drag and drop room creation.

• SmartWand technology adds paint or other material applications to a specific wall, room or your entire house with one mouse click.

VIEW IN 2D, ELEVATION AND AERIAL:

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BRAND NAME PRODUCT LIBRARIES: Thousands of possibilities! Faux finishes, interior and exterior paint, wood floors, solid surfaces, blinds, stone, and much more.Nationally-recognized decorating materials you can try before you buy.

PRECISION LIGHTING PLANNER: Add functionality and drama to your design. Works with exterior and interior designs. Precision controls for ambient light, shadows, fall off, radius, and more. Drag & Drop landscape light fixtures.

CABINETS DESIGNER: Customize your cabinets with shelving, pantries, drawers, and appliances. Also perfect for media centers, bathrooms and garage organization.

STORAGE DESIGN

Gain more closet space by planning an inexpensive wire shelving system or layout a garage that makes the best use of space, yet keeps things organized and within reach. Drag & drop shelving, workbenches and cabinets are included in the library.

PLANTING LIBRARY: Includes a full selection of flowers, shrubs, and trees you can add to your design. You can also add your own favorite plants to the database! PLANTFINDER: PlantFinder searches plants for your area, using parameters you specify, ensuring growing success. Sorting feature lets you select growing parameters, international zones, sunlight, climate, water, and soil conditions. Photo-realistic images of real-world plants that can be viewed from any angle. Color-coded zone maps make plant selection easy and foolproof.

PLANT GROWTH:

Plan smart! Plan your design and see it grow over time. Perfect for previewing shade.

HARDSCAPES: Build dramatic retaining walls that define and accent your home. Choose stone, brick, or other materials. Then add your plantings to finish the look.

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AUTO EDGING & PLANTING TEMPLATES:

Zone specific plant groupings with simple drag & drop placement. A variety of shapes for freestanding, corners, and more.

OUTDOOR LIVING: Turn a drab backyard into outdoor entertaining space with included objects for kitchens, fireplaces, furniture, and more. Add pavers, decks, and landscaping to your design.

DECK AND PATIO TEMPLATES: Predesigned, drag and drop, editable designs you can use as is or customize to your personal style!

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