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(More customer reviews)I'm remodeling a small cottage. Taking out some walls, putting in French doors, new windows, a bath, etc. I have no experience at all in interior design or with design software. I'm on a 2 yr. old MacBook Pro (OS 10.4.11). I just wanted something that would "think" logically. I wanted a variety of room types that I could alter. I was given this. So then it's: I want this wall to be longer, how do I do that? Oh, you just grab the wall and pull it out. Or if you want it smaller you push it in. I want to delete this window - okay, highlight and click delete. I want to add a window to this wall. Okay, I grabbed a sample window from the doors and windows display and dragged it on to the wall. It was oriented ACROSS the wall at first but if I dragged it around a bit it adjusted to be IN the wall. There was another software "window" that let me size the window and say how far off the floor I wanted it. For some reason the default setting was "fixed ratio" which seems sort of stupid. I didn't notice this button at first so when I made the window wider it kept getting taller. Then I deselected the "fixed ratio" button and all was fine. It seemed to be lacking a bit in objects (variety of doors, kitchen appliances - still don't have a stand-alone refrigerator) but I was offered a 200MB library of additional objects so I downloaded that and next time I checked my library of objects there were a lot more.
I could easily toggle between 2D view and 3D view. Most importantly, when I wanted to figure out how to do something I went to "Help" at the top and usually I was then able to figure out how to do it. I haven't made anything that looks "realistic" and I probably never will. But I was actually expecting this program to be a pain in the ass and it really wasn't. I seem to be doing okay with it and I wasn't expecting that I would. I got an email promoting Punch Home Design. The reviews on Amazon weren't very good. I really can't compare what I got with anything else. I don't know if it is a very sophisticated program or not. But it just didn't seem to hard to make a room and put in walls and windows, doors, kitchen, bath, etc. and then take a look at it in 3D, go "inside" and move around, and get an idea of what I want. It was reasonably intuitive and I really appreciated that.
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