Hi Elizabeth0607,

Once you are telling you understand completely how it works, I will skip this step.
Therefore check the following 3 items

1 - If you are using the green man--> this mean controlled Walk-Through instead of the yellow man, (animated Walk-Through) --> if this is the case, use the yellow man
2 - If your plan has a lot of topography, furniture, 3D objects in general or you imported a "heavy" DWG file or your plan is large (meaning Mb)-->if this is the case, you have 3 resources: use the clear view rendering or use use the fast / slow movements selector (bottom of the screen in live view) or Go to your liveview window--> On the toolbar you will find a pencil icon (or a menu at the right of the screen for older versions), click on it and you will see a menu of the elements appearing in 3D view--> hide the 3d objects and topography elements and see if this solve the problem
3 - Check the resources of your computer, available memory, vc, drivers, etc

Patricia

Hi Elizabeth0607

I will divide my answer in two parts

==> From the technical point of view
(I'd suggest to uninstall Punch--> defrag and install Punch again after the maintenance)

- Go to the website of your card manufacturer (ATI, NVidia, etc) and update the drivers
- Download and install the last version of DirectX--> (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx?url=/windows/directx/downloads/ ) This is the resource that Punch uses for rendering
- Some users reported interferences related with spyware software (those small programs installed to spy your computers). I strongly recommend the use of "Adware". Is a free application (for personal use). I use it. You can download and install it at http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

==> My bad experience
In 2003 I decided to buy a new computer. I found a good price with MDG and I bought it. As soon as I installed Punch I noticed that something was wrong, because the yellow man refused to enter inside the house I was designing, as it is happening with you. Also, the yellow man didn't walk, it didn't move or it jumped.
Making the story short, I returned the computer to the store, they discovered that the video card was defective (it was Nvidia) and there was a problem between the mother board and the video card. Of course, I didn't buy that computer
I don't know if this is a common problem, but perhaps is a point to check

Hope this helps

Patricia

Hi Allan H.

Oh yes, you can do a search with the keyword "unit", decimal, precision, etc

Anyway, use Go to main menu--> Design--> Unit of measure--> Precision
Unfortunately, dims in meters have (in Punch) 4 decimal places

Patricia

Hi Allan H.

You are writing "metric (metres)", and they are not the same concept
Please, check the attached image, these are the only decimal places' options for Metric units in Punch V10 programs

Patricia