~ I really wish there was a Macintosh version of affordable landscaping software (hardscape, softscape, plantings) costing under $75 or less. There probably ~USED~ to be such software, but Microsoft killed off the maker, as usual.

"STOP! DON'T BUY IT!!"
I'll cut to the chase. Here are just a few of my complaints (I posted this on the Punch forums - which also suck by the way - but, curiously, it never appeared):

My biggest complaint is primarily focused on the inability to precisely move objects or points. I built three different triangular-shaped roof pieces. For some reason, one piece had a point that was a few feet higher in elevation than the others. The software only gives you a top-down modeling view. Think about that. How can you precisely line up two points in the Y axis (up and down) if you can only look at them from the top? Punch gives you the ability to view in 3D perspectives but anyone with any experience in 3D modeling will tell you that that doesn't work. You need all three views - top, front, and side, for accurate modeling. The result? Inaccurate models and a very frustrating piece of software.

You can't join or group objects or points (wall ends automatically join but then that creates other problems I won't even get into). The Snap-to feature, which could help a lot, doesn't work. It's there, but I dragged wall pieces, furniture, all kinds of stuff onto the grid and nothing stuck. Yes...the feature was turned on. The perspective 3D "walk through" camera is psychotic. One click and it's zooming in, the next click, same button, it's zooming out.

I checked out the Punch software forums and found lots of similar complaints and quite a few more related to problems I had yet to encounter (lots of texture complaints).

There is obviously a market for this software. It actually has a lot of promise. The problems are relatively simple to fix. In fact, I read a comment on their forums that said that people have been asking them to fix some of these problems for some time and that the developer apparently isn't interested. Why should they? Suckers like me come along at Home Depot, Best Buy, and here at Amazon every day.

I advise you to keep looking, stay far away from this developer, and spend a few extra dollars on a better program if you really need it.

"Awful"
I purchased this software thinking it would be better than an old version of 3D Home V.3 I was currently using. What a joke. Do not waste your money. Very Difficult to navigate. limited fixtures. I could draw faster in ACAD 2002.

"Makes nice pictures, but thats all."
I think it's fair to say that most people who have bought this software have
been disappointed. If you are familiar with any of those 3D "doom" type video
games you might be familiar with how you can design a castle in the game, then
walk through the castle in 3D shooting people. You'd probably have about as
much luck trying to design a house using one of those video games as you will
using this product. In fact, I'm not so sure this software isn't anything more
than a 3D video game that has been modified slightly and marketed as a house
design tool. This program is clearly not worth the...price tag. It's more
like something you'd find for...in the bargain bin.

Having spent many hours using it I can tell you that the only use I've gotten
out of it is creating 3D pictures (BMP) that are similar, but not identical, to
what a design would look like. I don't care what the manufacturer claims or any
sales people tell you, this is ALL it can do.

If you're serious about designing a house, then you need to get QuickCAD. It's a
lite version of AutoCAD and sells for around $50. It isn't as easy to use. Plan
on spending several evenings just going through the tutorial. But it is powerful,
bug free, and will do everything a home builder needs. It is also the leading
drawing software used by professionals.

Problems with this software are too numerous to mention. Every time I tried
drawing a wall right where I wanted it, it would tend to move it somewhere else
so as to intersect another wall. I found drawing a 5' North/South wall
impossible because it kept changing it to a 3" East/West wall. I had to draw
the walls too short then go back and stretch them to the right length. If your
plan calls for any walls that are at a 45 degree angle then forget it, this
program simply can't handle it.

Whenever you are more than 4' or so from a wall in the 3D view the wall
pattern on the other side will show through. You'll see a bunch of vertical
stripes which is the wall coloring on the other side. This vertical striping
problem applies to everything. Windows, trim, walls, trees, etc. That's why I
suggest you make a separate drawing for the outside of the house and a separate
drawings for each room or two inside the house. When doing the outside view,
you'll need to put siding on both the inside and outside of the house. This way
when the inside wall shows through to the outside, it will match the outside.
You'll also need to put a wall a few feet behind all the windows and color it
blue to prevent the house from looking like an empty shell.

If you want to save a view as a BMP (picture) you'll want to make the
resolution as high as possible. Do this by clicking and dragging on each side
of the viewing area and drag it out so the image fills the screen. (There
isn't a maximize button). Then use the File:Export:BMP and it will create a
hi-res 3D picture in a BMP format. Ignore the resolution settings because they
don't work and don't do anything.

Other problems are the beds are not of a standard size. (Twin, Queen, King,
etc). Some look like they are for a Barbie doll and others are for King Kong.
There is no way for you to know which you are selecting. The problem is even
worse with cabinets. None seem to be of the standard size and it doesn't tell
you which are base and which are wall cabinets. When in 3D it's hard to keep
the controls from moving you through the yard at 100 mph and spinning you at
10,000 rpm. When zooming in and out in 2D the view tends to jump to a different
area of the drawing before zooming. The snap & grid are a joke, so it's not
possible to make walls the exact length or location you want. You can only get
within a few inches at best. Mouse commands are inconsistent. Sometimes you need
to press and HOLD the mouse button and drag it to make a line. Other times you
need to press & release the button to mark a point, then press & release it

again to mark the other end of the line. This lack of consistency will cause
you to erase and redue about half of everything you draw.

Some advice on 3D images: When I see a view I like, I save it to a BMP file.
Because of bugs in the software I usually have to change the drawing each time I
create a BMP to get to get the view to look right. By making BMP's from different
drawings over time I will accumulate a set of BMP's. I then edit the BMP's in
Paintbrush (Standard with Windows) to touch up and remove the many errors that
are in the images. Eventually I'll end up with a set of hi-res 3D pictures of
what my house will look like, and you know, they don't look too bad. The question
you need to ask yourself: Is it worth [the price]and a lot of trouble to create 3D
images?