Punch! Home Design Architectural Series 4000 brings you all the features of our industry-acclaimed Punch! Architectural Series 3000 -- plus we?ve fully integrated our most popular landscape software title, Master Landscape Pro.
The result: The most powerful and comprehensive Punch! Architectural suite of products ever assembled into one package.
400 Powerful Applications & 32 Powerful Programs all in one easy-to-use interface.
Regardless of your level of expertise, Punch! Home Design Architectural Series 4000 produces professional results.
New Punch! Updater.
Millions of Design Combinations.
Integrated Pool Designer!
Punch! Architectural Series 4000 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, realism you?ll have at your fingertips!
PowerTools In Architectural Series? 4000 v10
3D Custom Workshop?
Animator?
Cabinet Wizard?
Deck Designer?
Door Designer?
DXF/DWG Export?
DXF/DWG Import?
Elevation Editor?
Estimator?
Fence Designer?
Fireplace Wizard?
Framing Editor?
GSP Sun Angle?
Layout Manager?
Material Workshop?
PhotoView?
PhotoView Editor?
Plant Editor?
Pool Designer?
Punch! Updater?
RealModel? (patented) ?
Roofing Wizard?
Room Wizard?
Section Detailer?
Site Planner?
Symbol Editor?
Topography Designer?
Trim Wizard?
Window Designer?
Other features of Architectural Series? 4000 v10
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 v10
? Intel?, Pentium?, Celeron?, Xeon? and Centrino or AMD? Athlon? , Duron and Opteron Processor
? Windows?98 or higher
? 64 MB of RAM
? 3.8 GB of hard disk space
? VGA video card set at 800 x 600 resolution with 16 bit color depth (24-bit, if available)
? CD-ROM Drive
? Mouse or other pointing device
? 32 MB minimum video card memory
? (optional) ******oft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above to use Punch! Updater
? (optional) Speakers and sound card to hear audio of Tutorial Videos
Rar file contains, AS4000Setup_Download.EXE, Content_Pack1.EXE, Content_Pack1.W02. Unrar to folder and run the AS4000Setup_Download.EXE. It will then take you through the install process.
So you say you dont have a clue how to use this? No worries, some links for Punch University so you can learn the fundamentals.
Welcome to Punch! University
The goal of Punch! University is to help you understand how to design with Punch! not just draw with it. Start with the basics and advance your skills with tips and tricks presented in the courses. As you advance your capabilities, give us your feedback. Most importantly .. enjoy the training.
Punch! Software Fundamentals
Course Series Overview
The 'Fundamentals' series focuses on the tasks needed to work through your first home design from start to finish. The material extends beyond the tutorials included with the product and will include in-depth instruction on using the tools to create a complete home design. The course will be presented with practice exercises and each course will apply the material to a complete 'project' house.
A great place to start for Punch! Software? users who are either unfamiliar with the Punch! user interface or who are only familiar with older versions of Punch! Software. Gain an understanding of the Punch! user interface and how to view your drawing in both 2D and 3D.
Learn how to tackle basic tasks that you will use, regardless of how large or small the drawing. Topics will include multiple methods for selecting, moving, and rotating objects. An overview of coordinate systems is included, along with how they are used in Punch!
Where do you start? Setting up your property to draw the house. You will learn to draw property lines based on field measurements as well as how to customize the lot size. The course also explores two methods of creating a basement and introduces concepts for customized topography.
Every project needs a good foundation to start with. Learn how to create interior and exterior walls, place walls precisely, and customize the wall properties. The lesson progresses from drawing single walls to experimenting with creating multi-story houses. The concept of customized AutoFloors will be introduced.
Learn to create floors and ceilings using the automated Floor/Ceiling tool. Because many times individual floor and/or ceiling sections are needed, discussions will also include how to create custom floors and ceilings, using the Flooring tool. Also explored will be other uses of floor sections like creating patio slabs.
The roofing fundamentals course starts off by experimenting with the Roofing Wizard?. This tool is often used when roof design is not a priority. Roofing tools will then be highlighted to learn how to begin creating your own custom roof. Finally, the roofing tools will be used to create the actual roof for the project house. Wall styles and how they are tied to roof styles will also be discussed.
Doors and windows invite friends, family, and sunshine into your home. This portion of the series will work through adding them, precisely, into the plan, styles, and options. Even stacking them on a wall for more flexibility. Using custom doors will be discussed, as well as adding double doors.
The stairs/railings session deals with adding staircases of different sizes and configurations, as well as railings. You will learn to create straight, L-shaped, and custom U-shaped staircases. Additionally, curved staircases will be discussed, as well as creating custom staircase shapes, using the ?Convert? option. Staircases will be created for the project house, including creation of floor openings for the staircases.
Through this workshop you will learn to add plumbing, electric, and HVAC equipment. Additional exercises will hilight precision placement of electrical components, add an air conditioner to a concrete slab, even experiment with drawing enclosures for exposed ventilation ducts.
The color segment includes using paint to decorate your Punch! design, dividing walls to provide control over where to apply the paint, and creating custom colors. Using materials will be demonstrated, while learning how to customize the characteristics of the material pattern will be presented. Finally, you will learn how the Decorator Palette? can be used to speed up the decorating process.
Trim adds architectural detail to the wall surfaces in the home. This course will demonstrate how to apply and remove base and crown trim. Wainscot trim will be discussed as will applying new colors and materials to trim. Additionally there will be an introduction to custom trim styles. Trim will also be used to create a wallpaper border in a room.
Drawing the house is just the first step. Next you will fill it with furniture, accessories and more. This course will teach you how to select objects, position objects and resize them. Also, you will learn how to organize a 'favorites' folder for objects that you use often. Applying and stacking accessories will be discussed. The session will explore using 2D symbols and even creating a template of an object layout. Finally, you will learn to use 3D Custom Workshop to create a furniture grouping as well as to creating a glass-top table using transparency.
Detail your design with cabinets. For a truly custom kitchen, first the Cabinet Wizard? is used to build cabinets for your kitchen design. The cabinet object libraries will also be used to assemble cabinet layouts, while discussing how to take cabinets from different libraries and give them a similar appearance.
The annotations course explores the different tools available to detail the drawing with text and dimensions. This will include text formatting and placement options. Also discussed will be the control of text and dimension visibility and color. Text callouts for site features will also be discussed. Exercises will demonstrate different dimensioning styles.
f200 - Hardscapes: Walkways, Driveways, and Patios
Driveways and walkways aren?t just paths to enter your house; they can be important design features in the landscape. This course will explore methods for creating a variety of walkways and driveways. Patios will also be discussed through a demonstration of creating a patio using one material and adding a border of another material.
Sometimes you just have to dig a hole. Learn to use the excavation tool to create a hole, of any depth, in the landscape. Through this course you will begin understanding how to customize topography by adding a simple slope to the lot. Use the excavation tool to create a walk-out basement in the slope, as well as on a flat lot.
Your rooflines, and your roof?s overall appearance, are very important aspects to consider in creating appealing designs. In this course, you will acquire an understanding for roofing behaviors and the mechanics by which they function. The main focus concentrates on the roof?s elevation control, what you should expect from their behavior, how a wall interacts with their function, and what you can do to keep your roofs in order. Link checked on Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:13 am [WBB_Linkchecker_Bot]
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