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Summary: Doesn't work!
Review: The Land Designer portion of this software will not work at all on my computer. I have a new computer that well exceeds all of the system requirements. I'm running Windows XP on it. The program won't even open. I e-mailed customer service and the best they could do was tell me to clean the cd with water and then reinstall it!? Needless to say, that didn't work. The Photo Garden Designer portion worked fine, but that's not what I bought it for! Don't waste your time or money on this program.
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Summary: Product/Service falls short
Review: This program seems excellent based on the description of features. However, the program is extremely slow, has major glitches, and falls way short of expectations.The major glitch that I ran into is that the 3D function doesn't work. The first time I used the program, I was able to view things in 3D. During the next several attempts, I was unable to view anything in 3D because IT DIDN'T EVEN SHOW UP IN THE PROGRAM! I tried to return the product directly to the Manufacturer. They would not accept it back because I was a couple of days beyond their 90 day warranty. Don't waste your money on this product like I did. If you're looking for something like this, check out the Punch! Software titles.
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Summary: does NOT work with Windows 2000
Review: Too many glitches and bugs to talk about. Their website was of no help and after waiting for phone tech support, (my nickel) for a half hour, they couldnt resolve any of the problems. They said they would give me my money back, but how about the three days I spent screwing around with this piece of trash? One particular problem is that saving a file overwrites the old one without removing any of the deleted changes. The result is a uselss mess. Another is that for no apparent reason it does not choose to save some items, so when the file is brought back up all the work has to be done over again. Of course if you expect to print what you see on the screen you are dreaming. Break out the graph paper and pencil. You will do the job in half the time. Take the money and buy some plants.
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Summary: What a waste of time.
Review: Too many glitches and bugs to talk about. Their website was of no help and after waiting for phone tech support, (my nickel) for a half hour, they couldnt resolve any of the problems. They said they would give me my money back, but how about the three days I spent screwing around with this piece of trash? One particular problem is that saving a file overwrites the old one without removing any of the deleted changes. The result is a uselss mess. Another is that for no apparent reason it does not choose to save some items, so when the file is brought back up all the work has to be done over again. Of course if you expect to print what you see on the screen you are dreaming. Break out the graph paper and pencil. You will do the job in half the time. Take the money and buy some plants.
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Summary: An Enjoyable Product
Review: What a test of endurance to install the software. Firstly, you will have to go through the installation process for each of the seven modules althogh they ask the same questions and, for some reason, complain about screen resolutions that are above 640 x 480! When running the modules I have, several times, been issued a warning that the appropriate CD is not in the tray. This warning simply says that a certain folder (N:\DECK\DECK for example) is not available. There is no tie-up associating the required files to a CD number. Why not a simple "Please insert CD-3 in the drive"? I've only used the software for a simple low level deck project where, from the rear of my house I wish to walk down stairs to the ground level deck. It doesn't seem to like adding stairs that go to the deck? I will experiment more.
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Summary: Installation Procedure
Review: What a test of endurance to install the software. Firstly, you will have to go through the installation process for each of the seven modules althogh they ask the same questions and, for some reason, complain about screen resolutions that are above 640 x 480! When running the modules I have, several times, been issued a warning that the appropriate CD is not in the tray. This warning simply says that a certain folder (N:\DECK\DECK for example) is not available. There is no tie-up associating the required files to a CD number. Why not a simple "Please insert CD-3 in the drive"? I've only used the software for a simple low level deck project where, from the rear of my house I wish to walk down stairs to the ground level deck. It doesn't seem to like adding stairs that go to the deck? I will experiment more.
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