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A Very Solid Product

- by Reviewer: Enrique (Phoenix, AZ (USA))

I was looking for a software that
would let me create a good design of my new house. I am not an architect and I
am not interested in details such as plumbing, electrical, framing etc. I just
wanted to create the walls, add the doors windows, furniture, stairs, roof, etc.

This software can do all of these easily, no bugs, no frustration, everything
fits or can be rezized. So far I am 80% done with my house. I have had no
crashes when I use it with my desktop (2.6 GHZ P4, 256 RAM, GeForce FX5200). But
it crashes when I use it with my Laptop (P4 1.8 GHZ, 512RAM but a mobility ATI
radeon). The error message says it crashed because of my video card and it
happens when switching to 3d view.

To see the good about this software read the marketing review, I strongly
agree in all of them. I'll list only my complains:
- Not 100% of the objects
can be copy/paste from one plan to the other.
- When you start a design make
sure you carefully select the template plan. The template plan gives properties
to the objects (cabinets, tables, walls, etc). Because when you are half way in
your design and realize that you want some object (ie fancy railings) that is
not available in your template but it is in another, you also realize that you
cannot change the template of the plan you are currently using. You can open a
new plan with the correct template, add the object and do a copy and paste, but
not all objects can be copy and pasted (ie. Railings).
- When you switch to
3d view it recalculates everything. This gets annoying and slow when your
project is almost finished.
- So far i do not see a solution to adding new
objects. For example a new door style, a new sofa style. The publisher does not
have an online database where they can add new styles for users to keep their
design updated.

The software is pricy but it is the best I have used. Granted that I have not
used the punch software. I have wasted 15/20$ at a time buying low cost software
on the software bins

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