http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5545 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Punch! Home Design - Architectural Series 4000 Free on Avanquest en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:05:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5545#post-58470 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:29:38 +0000 watcher13 58470@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks, GM. Certainly seems like a good deal for anyone interested in CAD type home design and the like. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5545#post-58469 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:07:09 +0000 GMMan, A+, Game Modder 58469@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I think this is between the Pro and Personal edition. It's supposed to be a Comfort edition. However, after converting to English, the program displays Architectural Series 4000. I guess this version is short a few plugins and other bonus materials, but it is fully functional. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5545#post-58459 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:35:01 +0000 watcher13 58459@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks a lot, GM. One thing, though, is this the Pro version or the Personal version? From what they posted on Avanquest, I believe this is an older version of the Personal. Maybe it's a cutdown from the 4000, though. </p> <p><a href="http://www.softwarehouse.de/oli/extref/software/3D_Haus_Design_Studio.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.softwarehouse.de/oli/extref/software/3D_Haus_Design_Studio.html</a></p> <p>That would make more sense that they were giving away a software that normally retails for 40 Euros, vice 130 Euros. Unless they got confused and made the wrong version available for download. That would be great! Either way, sounds like a good value. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5545#post-58451 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:04:02 +0000 GMMan, A+, Game Modder 58451@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>As a part of the ongoing Avanquest 10 Days of Deals promotion, Avanquest is giving away Punch! Home Design - Architectural Series 4000 (3D Haus Design Studio Comfort in German) for free (a $199.99 value, as per Punch!'s website). <a href="http://register.avanquest.com/ABSOFT/produits/Promotion/enregistrement_presse/register_cov_gd.cfm?idcgd=441&#38;email=" rel="nofollow">http://register.avanquest.com/ABSOFT/produits/Promotion/enregistrement_presse/register_cov_gd.cfm?idcgd=441&#38;email=</a> is the place you want to visit. Fill out the form (last name first), and click the button. After you receive a confirmation mail, click on the link in that message to get to the download page. (It'll send you that page by email too.)</p> <p>After you install it, you'll find that the program is in German (expected). If that puts you off because you can't understand German, don't uninstall it yet. You can turn the entire user interface into English. In the program's folder (Punch!), you'll find a folder called local. In there there is a file called lang.id. Open it in a hex editor, and change the first byte from 0x02 to 0x00. If you don't have a hex editor, you can just rename or delete the local folder. Do the same to all the plugins (under PlugIns\pluginName) to turn them into English too. Some parts of the program will still be German, but you can find their description files and translate it using an online translation service.</p> <p>(I think this offer is already mentioned, but I'm just adding the revert-to-English part.) </p>