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(More customer reviews)This is a really fun program - if you're just playing with imaginary floorplans. However, if you're trying to work on an actual house, forget it! I've tried various amateur CAD programs over the last two decades for landscaping and renovation plans. The underlying Punch! program is decent, but this version is very buggy.
Pros
- "trace" option is nice, if you can get your compy's video card to work with the program, and if you've got the patience to do repeated iterations of the zoom feature to match the program grid to your image.
- lots of options for sizes, etc.
- no wait time for tech support
- fairly generic format; easy to learn for anyone used to CAD programs except when bizarre hiccups occur (i.e., see note below about staircase)
Cons
- it takes over 1/2 hour to load this program as there are tons of graphics of brand name items; would have preferred to have downloadable packets for items that are actually needed.
- objects don't move, even though they should be repositionable; this occurs sporadically and very unpredictably
- your entire plan disappears from the file, no clue as to why this happens, but it's gone and isn't recoverable
- third party applications (PowerTool PlugIns) aren't all compatible yet
- using the 3D feature will often crash the program
- no way to preview the print output; sometimes it prints what you want, sometimes, it doesn't
- absolutely not for newbies - steep learning curve for the uninitiated and the tutorials don't explain everything (like why your staircase, drawn as per directions, looks like an Esher nightmare)
I'm running this program on a brand new VAIO with maximum memory, graphics card memory, etc. I can't imagine what a horror this would be on an older, slower computer.
This program goes back tomorrow. I'll give it another try in 9-12 months, AFTER they've debugged.
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