Punch! Home Design Architectural Series® 4000 v12 The Latest Industry-Leading Home Design Software from Punch!

Punch! Home Design Architectural Series® 4000 v12 is a quantum-leap in performance and realism over any other competitive product. Its 3D redraw speeds are up to FOUR times faster than the competition -- allowing Hollywood-style walk or fly-through in real time! New design wizards and a deep reservoir of design elements let you drag & drop over 30,000 design combinations with just a click! You’ll be amazed at the power, versatility, and realism you’ll have at your fingertips!

Home Design Features

• Integrated Video Tutorials- Allows you to launch video and audio tutorials straight from the help menu while in your project.
• Real Model®- Takes your home design & automatically creates templates to build a 3D model! Choose a scale, print, and assemble the numbered sections.
• 3D Custom Workshop™- CAD-based feature lets you build virtually any object. Start from scratch or modify existing objects from the library. Use photo-realistic program materials including wood, fabric, paint colors, stone, and brick.
• Precision Lighting Planner™- Interior or Exterior. Precision lighting controls deliver multiple shadows with new beam direction and glow options.  One click day to night lighting. 
• PhotoView™- Add your favorite real-world objects using scanned photos or a digital camera. Mask or enhance your photo with Photo View Editor™.
• Home Estimator™ - Produces a report in an editable, printable spreadsheet format. Enter the labor and material costs for your locality and Home Estimator does the rest.
• Professional Plan Views- Plumbing, Electrical, Heating, Ventilating, Cooling & Foundation Plans. View Individually or combine phase layers. Detailed views include slabs & beams, post-tension, air ducts & registers, plumbing fixtures & drains, hip, gable & custom roofs, multiple elevations, electrical fixtures, receptacles, switches, 110/220v, fans & much more!
• Elevation Editor™- Edit within elevation views. They can be viewed as line drawings, shaded line drawings, full color, or in ClearView mode with wireframe topography. You can also choose elevations with or without dimensions.
• Room Wizard™- Choose your room, type dimensions, and your dimensioned walls are created instantly.
• Floor Plan Trace- Get an idea from a book or magazine into the program immediately. Just scan, trace, and draw.

 

Interior Design Features

• Ceiling Designer™- Autogenerate custom tray and recessed ceilings to your specs. Add custom designed trim in a snap.
• Mantel Designer™- Choose custom styles and trim to create a unique and fully detailed mantel design.
• Cabinet Designer™- Automatically creates editable custom cabinetry based on style, details, and dimensions.
• Translucency Tool- Controllable translucent effect turns opaque fabric into sheer curtains instantly. Visualize how sunlight affects your room with different window treatments and fabrics.

• Color Sampling- allows you to easily match walls, and more, to your furniture.
• Decorator Palette™- Switch your room’s entire color scheme with one click of the mouse.

Landscapes, Decks and Pools

• PhotoView Editor™ -lets you edit your photos right in the program.
• Site Planner™- Enter coordinates and dimensions from your plot plan, legal description or infield measurements. Site Planner auto-generates your property line, as you enter the coordinates.
• Deck Wizard™- automatically creates a deck designed to your specs.
• Pool Designer™- Draw from scratch, use and edit predrawn templates or let Pool Wizard create your pool to your exact specs. Choose in or above ground styles, vinyl lined or composition, multiple depths, shapes, spa combos, and more.
• Plant Finder™ - Over 4,000 plants included vs. the competition with only 2,000.
• Automatic Growth Tool - See how your plantings will look years from now. Use included tools to create outdoor living designs.  Make your backyard a showcase.
• Global Sun Positioning™ - (set sun angle by time and location) casts shadows including all trees and plants.
• Video Tutorials- Allows you to launch video and audio tutorials straight from the help menu while in your project.
• Topo Designer™- Add real-world topography to your building site.
• Fence Designer™- Versatile tool lets you design fences with any custom material, color, or photo object- even draw your design freehand! Create custom fence insets, gates, or combinations of building materials.

 

 

Additional Features and Powertools In Architectural Series® 4000 v12

Log Homes
Interior material library Exterior material library – siding, brick, rock, paint, stucco, block, wood, mulch, gravel, concrete & roofing.
Ceiling Designer™
Fireplace Wizard™
Window & Door Designers
.DXF/.DWG Import/Export
Trim Designer™
Roofing Wizard™
Deck Designer™ w/Deck Wizard™
Plant Editor™
Material Workshop™
Layout Manager™
Framing Editor™
Symbol Editor™
Section Detailer™
Fireplace Wizard™
2D/3D Exterior & Interior home design
2D/3D Landscape design
Auto Elevation control
Plant Inventory Bar
Punch! Master Landscape Pro & Home Design™
Punch! Interior Design Suite™ Integrated
Skylight & Dormer Cutout tools
Deck Cutout tool
Brand name content
Accessories
Handicapped access & Solar symbols
Compass
Precision sizing
Expanded plant library
3DS Import
Foundation planner
Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC
Ultimate Deck™ – deck design
Wainscoting
Object Organizer™
3D Cutaway Slider™
ClearView™
Sprinkler system design
2D Elevations
Standard or Custom roofs
Custom door and window styles
Expanded measurements—supports fractions
Convert-2-3D
Enhanced file import/export support
FREE Punch! Developer Kit available
AutoFraming™
Interior material library
Virtual Ruler™
Landscape topography
Fences, gates, and edging
Interior & Exterior furniture objects
Automatic stair & railing generator
Automatic curved stair generator
Photo-realistic anti-aliasing
Automatic floor plan dimensioning
Editable 3D house plans
Editable 3D deck & room templates – including kitchen, garage, dining, bath, bedroom, closet and handicap access
2D/3D CAD furniture design
English or metric measurements
Schedules – including framing, window,
door, roofing, and more!

Other features of Architectural Series® 4000 v12

2D/3D Exterior Home Design
2D/3D Interior Home Design
2D/3D Landscape Design
Punch! Master Landscape Pro integrated
Punch! Interior Design Suite integrated
Skylight & Dormer Cutout Tools
Deck Cutout Tool
Brand Name Content
Decorator Palette
Punch! Updater
Accessories
Handicapped access & Solar Symbols
Compass
Precision Sizing
Precision Lighting Planner & effects
Expanded plant library
3DS Import
Foundation Planner
Electrical
Plumbing
HVAC
Ultimate Deck
Wainscoting
Object Organizers
3D Cutaway Tool
ClearView
Sprinkler System Design
Plant Finder
Detail Creator
Standard or Custom Roofs
Custom Door and Window Styles
Floor Plan Trace
Expanded measurements—supports fractions
Log home objects
Video (tool tip) tutorials
2D Elevations
Getting started tutorials
Convert-2-3D
Enhanced file import/export support
FREE Punch! Developer Kit

System Requirements for Architectural Series® 4000 v12

Intel®, Pentium 3®, Celeron®, or compatible 1.0 GHz processor or higher (dual core processors and those with Hyper-Threading Technology Supported)
Windows®98 or higher
512 MB of RAM
4.5 GB of hard disk space
VGA video card displaying at least 1024x768 with 24-bit color (32-bit, if available)
DVD-ROM Drive
Mouse or other pointing device
64 MB minimum video card memory