Punch! Home & Landscape Design Express v21 - Download – Mac

Punch! Home & Landscape Design Express v21 - Download – Mac

Punch!® 24 Home & Landscape Design Essentials - Windows

Punch!® 24 Home & Landscape Design Essentials - Windows

Punch!® 24 Home & Landscape Design Studio - Windows

Punch!® Home & Landscape Design Studio is the ideal program for the DIY person who wants comprehensive tools and capabilities to develop home plans and design interior rooms as well as landscaping options. This premium home and landscape design software suite combines all the materials; tools; textures; furnishings; and accessories that help make home design and landscaping projects a stunning reality. Use Punch!® Home & Landscape Design Studio to plan a home update or design entire homes; kitchen renovations; bathroom renovations; basement remodels; and landscape; create outdoor living spaces; decks; patios; pools; and get fast results for serious DIY home projects.

$179.99
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Bringing Your Dream Home to Life

Designing that dream home has never been simpler! Whether designing from the ground up; remodeling; or renovating; Punch!® Home & Landscape Design Studio will help bring that dream home to life! It's easy to get started with the QuickStart feature that can quickly drag and drop rooms to complete the layout. Need ideas? Use one of the editable professionally designed floor plans for inspiration and a fast start. Utilize the extensive library of brand name products, materials, furnishings and accessories to complete the ultimate design and then visualize the project in 2D, 3D and then print professional plans.

  • Create your own home design plan to renovate; redecorate; remodel or update your home inside and out.

  • Use our editable floor plans and layouts or take pictures of an existing house and easily add design features and details.

  • Easy to use interface, design tools, drag and drop materials, furnishings and accessories (thousands to choose from) plus tips for “Building Green” with a selection of green objects and materials.

  • Save time and money by visualizing your designs in 2D and 3D and estimating costs before you begin.

  • Includes how-to video tutorials, user forum and technical support to provide help when needed.

  • The Home Studio is for the DIY person who wants comprehensive tools and capabilities to develop home plans; design interior rooms and landscaping options.

 

 

Punch!® Home & Landscape Design Studio 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 to ensure the process is as enjoyable as it is efficient.

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Shape Terrain in 3D with Ease: Spray Topography

Click and drag to sculpt the landscape using our intuitive Spray, Smooth, and Erase tools. No need to create complex contour maps from topographical data—our software lets you make rapid terrain changes directly in 3D!

Custom Subplans for Precision

With our Custom Subplans, users have full control over what appears in both 2D and 3D views. Easily organize design elements, hide extraneous details, and focus on specific aspects of your project. It’s all about precision and customization!

Fine-Tune Floor Views: Floor 2D/3D Visibility Control

With our Floor 2D/3D Visibility Control, users have the power to selectively display or hide specific floors in both 2D and 3D views. This flexibility allows for rapid customization of 3D renders, ensuring that you can focus on precisely the design elements you want to showcase.

New Editing Options & Creation Tools

Duplicate as CAD

Easily duplicate shapes of existing smart objects, converting them to another type without the need to tediously trace over the shape with another tool. For instance, you can quickly create border edging along a pathway without drawing it manually using the edging tool.

Combo CAD Tool

CAD detail tools are now available on all plan sheets. You can add notes, callouts, and details to any of the plan sheets. Previously, this feature was only accessible on the Details plan.

Precision Input Resize Option

The resize window allows users to enter specific resize measurements in a chosen unit or percentage. You can apply this to specific segments or any combination of selected elements.

Shrink/Expand

This feature enables quick adjustments to the size of selected elements by a specific distance. Use keyboard shortcuts or editing toolbar buttons to change the width, height, and depth of any object effortlessly

Quick Elevation Change Buttons

Elevation control buttons have been added to the elevation bar controls. Instead of manually entering elevation values, users can now make adjustments visually using the buttons or shortcut keys.

Quick Edit Keyboard Shortcuts

An array of keyboard shortcuts has been introduced to modify selected elements. Instantly edit an element’s elevation, shrink or expand it, adjust width, depth, height, or rotation. Changes appear in both 2D and 3D views, saving users the hassle of manual data entry.

Additionally, the backspace key allows you to step back from misplaced point locations while drawing elements.

Fillet/Chamfer dialog

The Fillet/Chamfer dialog now lets you enter precise distances for filleting or chamfering corners of selected elements.

Help

A shortcuts PDF cheat sheet displays all available application shortcuts.

Guide images have been added to dialogs related to rotation, movement, moving the entire plan, and plan rotation.

Default Design Settings Templates

Users can tailor their design options, including font choices, lighting preferences, lot sizes, and more. Once customized, these settings can be saved as a template. Whenever users create new design files, their chosen template will automatically be applied, ensuring a personalized, consistent and efficient design experience.

3D Innovations Unleashed!

*Availability of certain features may vary across different model variants. For a detailed overview of feature distribution, kindly consult the Comparison Chart for feature availability per variant. This will help you identify which features are included in the model you are interested in.

  • Curved Railing Excellence: Experience smoother, more realistic curved railings that elevate your designs.
  • Guided Aerial Views: Snap assistance at 45-degree angles makes rotating 3D views a breeze. Achieve perfect alignment effortlessly.
  • High-Resolution Flora and Materials: Plants and materials import at up to 2048 pixels, ensuring stunning visual fidelity. Seamless options remain crisp at 512 pixels.
  • Customize with Precision: The 3D Custom Workshop now identifies applied effects using the space bar and eyedropper.
  • Effortless Navigation: Hold down the middle mouse button (wheel) to explore 3D views seamlessly, regardless of your active tool.
  • Stay Informed: Progress update messages during photo rendering keep you in the loop.
  • Selective Visibility: Hide the lot in 3D with ease using Design Options. Focus on what matters most.
  • Instant Effects: Drag an effect onto a palette entry, and watch it transform all surfaces. Perfect for fine-tuning lighting effects and more.
  • Custom Roof Thickness: The roof’s thickness dynamically adjusts based on the rafter size, ensuring consistency even when the roof is sloped.
  • Optimized Liveview: Enjoy a focused design setup with the ability to position the 3D viewpoint in 2D before transitioning to the 3D window, free from splitview distractions.
  • Decorator Palette Visibility: Maintain your flow of creativity with the decorator palette remaining visible and active, even when you switch between viewing modes or open new files.

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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’ve sketched.

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

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Windows, Doors & Walls

Punch!® Home & Landscape Design offers a rich library of door and window styles to choose from, ensuring that you can find the perfect match for your architectural design. You have the flexibility to customize various aspects such as size, grille style, and more to ensure that they fit seamlessly into your plan. For those who require something unique, the window and door designer power tools are available to create custom objects, providing the opportunity to add a personal touch or meet specific design requirements.

Room Addition and Decoration Made Easy

The process of adding rooms and decorating is simplified with drag and drop room creation. SmartWand technology applies paint or other materials to a specific wall, room, or the entire house with just one click.

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View in 2D, Elevation and Aerial

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Start your project

  • QuickStart: Drag & drop individual rooms to easily create your basic floor plan.
  • PhotoView: Take pictures of the inside of an existing house and easily add design features and details.
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Punch Software Object Library

Object Library

Thousands of objects for every part of your design, inside or out. Remodel with new fixtures, lighting, ceiling fans, sinks, appliances and more.

Flooring Carpets & Rugs

Try tile, carpet, wood, stone, and other materials including brand name, real-world products.

Furniture Showcase

Add predesigned furniture groups with simple drag & drop. Easily arrange or edit your selections to suit your design.

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.

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Precision Lighting Planner

Enhance your design with strategic lighting using the Precision Lighting Planner. Suitable for both exterior and interior designs, this tool offers detailed controls for ambient light, shadows, fall off, radius, and more. Add landscape light fixtures with a simple drag and drop, creating the perfect atmosphere for any space.

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Cabinet Designer

Cabinet 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.

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Start Your Project

  • QuickStart: Drag & drop individual rooms to easily create your basic floor plan and begin designing your landscaping.

  • PhotoView: Take pictures of the outside of an existing house and easily add outdoor design features and 3D elements.

Planting Library

The Planting Library is a comprehensive feature that enriches your design with a variety of botanical elements. It offers an extensive selection of flowers, shrubs, and trees that can be seamlessly integrated into your design. The library is not just limited to the existing database; it also allows the personalization of the collection by adding your favorite plants.

PlantFinder

The PlantFinder is an intelligent tool designed to ensure the success of your planting strategy.  It searches for plants suitable for your specific area based on a range of parameters that you set, such as international zones, sunlight, climate, water, and soil conditions. It provides photo-realistic images of real-world plants, viewable from any angle, enhancing the realism of your design. Additionally, the color-coded zone maps simplify the plant selection process, making it both easy and reliable.

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Irrigation Tools

The irrigation toolkit includes a variety of tools to design a comprehensive watering system. Sprinkler heads can be placed to achieve full coverage, visible only in 2D. Water lines represent the system's connections, and zone markers delineate different watering areas, both also in 2D. An irrigation control panel can be added to walls, allowing for repositioning and elevation adjustments. Backflow valves, essential for system integrity and sometimes legally required, are visible in both 2D and 3D views. Lastly, rain sensors can be installed to enhance system efficiency by conserving water and energy, which should be placed in unobstructed locations for accurate readings. These tools collectively facilitate the creation of an effective and efficient irrigation layout.

Plant Growth

Plant Growth visualization is a forward-thinking feature that lets you plan your design with the future in mind. It allows you to see how your plantings will evolve over time, which is particularly useful for planning the placement of trees and shrubs that will provide shade as they mature.

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Hardscapes

The Hardscapes feature enables you to create dramatic and functional retaining walls that not only define the space but also enhance the aesthetic appeal of your home. It offers a variety of materials like stone and brick, and once the structure is in place, you can add plantings to complete and complement the overall look of your outdoor space. These features collectively provide a robust toolkit for designing both the green and structural elements of your property with precision and artistic flair.

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Start Your Project

  • QuickStart: Drag & drop plants, flowers, shrubs and trees from the library and begin designing your landscaping.

  • PhotoView: Take pictures of the outside of an existing house and easily add outdoor design features and 3D elements.

  • Intellideck:This function smartly recognizes your home’s contours during the design process, enabling you to swiftly create a personalized deck in mere moments.

Outdoor Living

Transform any ordinary backyard into a vibrant space perfect for entertainment. Punch!® Home & Landscape Design includes a variety of objects such as outdoor kitchens, fireplaces, and furniture, allowing you to create a cozy and inviting atmosphere. Additionally, you can enhance your design with pavers, decks, and landscaping elements, tailoring the outdoor area to your preferences and needs.

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Auto Edging & Planting Templates

Deck and Patio Templates

The Deck and Patio templates provide a selection of predesigned layouts that are ready to use with a simple drag-and-drop action. These templates are fully editable, so you can either adopt them as they are or customize them to fit your unique style.

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Design Phase Tabs:

Design Phase Tabs

Easy tabs organize your project into the foundation, floor, electrical, plumbing, roof, etc. creating all the steps needed for your design.

Object Library

Object Library

Unlock a world of design potential with an expansive selection of 2D and 3D objects, offering endless possibilities to enhance your space. With a user-friendly interface, you can select and place entire furniture groupings through a simple drag-and-drop mechanism. Dive into a vast array of nationally recognized decorating materials, including stylish faux finishes, elegant wood flooring, sleek countertops, and versatile blinds, among others. Experience the ease and efficiency of our intuitively designed library, crafted for quick and straightforward searches, ensuring you find the perfect design elements in no time.

Simple Drag and Drop Tools!

Add rooms, paint color, furnishings, landscape plantings and more!

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Build Green

Build Green

Go green in one click; watch your design go green with design tips and objects; recycled glass counter tops, bamboo flooring and more! Make your home more energy efficient with new appliances or update your windows, doors and more!

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SmartWand

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

Instant 2D/3D Views plus the ability to create templates for a 3D model of your design

Instantly switch between 2D and 3D views with ease to bring your floor plans to life. This capability allows for a quick assessment of both the spatial and aesthetic qualities of a design. Additionally, you can create templates for a 3D model of your design for future projects or variations.

   
 

2D Engine

High performance and high-quality rendering for 2D geometry and text. Support for customizable line, fill, and pattern colors.

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Design in Greyscale

 

Draw Style Profiles

Pick and apply a profile to an object.Save your profile, then quickly and easily apply to selected objects.

 

Drawing Styles

Customize and apply drawing styles for any objects or group of objects.

Format Painter

Easily copy the same style to other objects.

 

Line and Pattern Styles

Customize lines and patterns to your design.

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Detailed View with Custom Applications

Antialiasing

Smooth lines and curves

Line Cap Styles

Choose from Miter, Bevel, and Round

Annotate Remodeling Details

Easily and Clearly Show Before and After Changes

Transparency

Options for Lines, Fills, Patterns & Text.

Railing, Decks and Staircases

Explore an array of railing styles, from offset spindles to glass and wire, and craft custom 3D posts for unlimited design possibilities. With detailed deck construction tools, you can define fascia heights and post dimensions, and ensure stability with support posts that extend to the ground. Fine-tune staircase post heights and achieve a continuous handrail flow over posts for a polished finish.

 

Windows, Doors Skylights

Windows, doors, and skylights now feature glass panes for enhanced realism in standard renderings. The photo rendering capability mimics the authentic qualities of double-pane window glass for a lifelike visual effect.

Modify Tool Bar

Align, edit, and distribute elements with ease.

Alignment Tools – Quickly align a selected set of design elements.
Distribution Tools – Spaces selected design elements evenly.
Size Match – Make selected elements the same width, height or both.
Duplicate – Creates specified number of copies, customizable spacing between copies.
Flip and Mirror – objects horizontally and vertically.
2D View Tools – Reset View, Fit To Window, Fit To Selected.
 

Rich Text

More custom text options.
Choose multiple fonts and attributes.

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High-Quality Resolution and Printing

Cost Estimation Tool

Cost Estimation and Mobile Landscaping

Instant 2D/3D Views plus the ability to create templates for a 3D model of your design

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Print Blueprints of Your Designs

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DWG/DXF Import and Export

Export Import
Intuitive Interactive Help

Intuitive Interactive Help & Do it Yourself Tips

Includes hundreds of DIY how-to-tips from the experts.

Interoperability

Punch!® Home & Landscape Design is equipped with robust import and export capabilities, ensuring smooth integration with a wide range of design and modeling tools. This flexibility allows you to bring in various types of data and materials to enrich your designs and to share your projects in versatile formats.

  • 3MF (Export)
  • OBJ (Export)
  • STL (Export)
  • DXF/DWG 2D (Import)
  • DXF/DWG (Export)
  • PDF 2D (Import)
  • SketchUp (Import)
  • 3DS (Import)
  • Material Import
  • 360° CubeMap Export: Export view in 360 CubeMap and view it online via a web portal.

Windows® 7 / 8 / 10 / 11  64-bit¹

Intel® or compatible 1.0 GHz 64-Bit processor or higher (multi-core processor supported)

Memory: 4 GB of RAM (8 GB or more recommended)

Hard Disk Space: 4 GB available hard disk space

Video Card: VGA Video Card displaying at least 1024x768 with 32-bit color. (Dedicated video card with 4 GB or more RAM recommended)

DVD-ROM drive for media installations only

Mouse with wheel recommended

Internet access and Internet Service Provider account required²

¹ Administrator privileges are required to properly install the program on Windows® 10, Windows® 8, Windows® 7.

² User is responsible for all Internet access fees and phone charges.