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11 of 11 customers found the following review helpful:
 Horrible!, 2005-03-17
I pre ordered this Months ago before it was even available and waited patiently for it to be ready to be shipped.It sounded great and I couldnt wait to use it. Lets just say that it is now being used as a coaster. I could not get it to do anything that it was supposed to do .I thought it was just Me who was having trouble with it and I happened to look back here to look at the reviews,and see that everyone is having the saMe trouble with it. It is definitely not worth buying. Big waste of Money! I wont be preordering anything like this again. I will wait and read the reviews.
22 of 22 customers found the following review helpful:
Very Disappointed, 2004-10-04
Wish other negative reviews I have now read had been posted before I purchased. I had a similar experience - product sounded like it had everything I needed - but I'll never know. I too spent several hours on multiple occassions trying to "figure it out", but this software is painfuly unfriendly to use. After sinking many hours into it I gave in and emailed user support. Several days later I got an email saying, sorry we don't do "how to" user support, but try this web site, which was equally unhelpful. I might give it one more try before throwing in the towel and returning it, but if you haven't bought yet, stay away.
18 of 18 customers found the following review helpful:
3D Home Architect Landscape Design Deluxe 6, 2004-09-23
I too wish that I would have researched this title before I purchased it. After rebates and in store discounts this program ended up $14.99, so I figured I couldn't go wrong, right? WRONG!!!!! This program is so sorry that it is not even worth that much. I spent the entire night (and I do mean ALL NIGHT) trying to figure it out, but to no avail. This program is not only confusing but highly frustrating as well. It states right on the front cover "Easy-to-use landscape and garden design". The only thing easy to use about it was to load one of their designs already completed and look around. The instruction booklet or onscreen help are worthless, neither one offered any solution to problems I encountered. I have used 3 other programs over the last 8 years, and this one is by far the worst. This program in my opinion is terrible; I would not use it if they gave it to me for free. This title is definitely being returned. Also, so much for the 90 day money back guarantee, I have to pay to mail it to them in order to get reimbursed for the program.
54 of 54 customers found the following review helpful:
What a waste of my time (and money)!!!, 2004-08-23
I wish I have read other reviews before buying this product. I spent several hours trying to use this program (the manual does not help much)and ended learning by trial an error (many hours later). It is not friendly, nor easy.
My second problem was that I wanted to design a garden around my house and there is no feature or template to outline the house (at least not mine). There is not even a feature to draw just lines to show the house, so I have no idea of where to place the landscape in relation to my house!!!!!! And for sure I am not going to buy the House Design software just to be able to place the landscape somewhere.
It was very frustrating!!!!
22 of 22 customers found the following review helpful:
 Very, very, very frustrating!, 2004-08-22
After trying Punch's version and finding only a very limited selection of plants, I purchased this product. I don't know yet what the capabilities of this program are. After 2 days I'm still trying to figure out where a green square box on the screen is coming from. You would think that running a search on help for "green", "green line", "green outline", or "green box" would turn up something but, no, there is nothing. The manual and built-in help seem identical, and very superficial. There is nothing intuitive about this program. I'm guessing most people buy this software, try to use it, and set it on the shelf. I routinely use over 75 software packages and teach adult ed computer courses so this is coming from an experienced user. I've even successfully designed several remodeling projects in Chief Architect. Chief Architect was the creator of 3D through version 4. It's now marketed by Better Homes and Gardens. I chose to try this product because of it's superior plant library. If you absolutely have to do your own landscaping plan, I'm guessing this will do the job but have a glass of wine first [from a very large jug - you're going to need the rest] and plan on spending an enormous amount of time. If you're like me, you needed that plan "tomorrow" and that just isn't going to happen. If you do try this program, it will help you to know that it comes with limited house templates so you'll either have to use one of those or import a plan you created in either v5 or v6 of their home design package.
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