Auto Paint Elevations
Elevations can be automatically painted with the textures used on the 3D model.
This quickly and easy gives your drawings a finished professional look of colored constriction documents without having to take the time to paint all the individual sections.
The textures opacity can be edited to show more or less of the pattern. If the martial either the 3D model or the construction document elevation is changed the change can easily be updated on the other.
We have all had color printers for a long time, this feature will put them to use producing better looking, easier to understand drawings in less time.
Auto Label Tops and Bottoms of Walls
To make creation of finished elevations and sections even faster than before SoftPlan will automatically add a label the elevation markers that indicate the bottom and tops of the wall on the various floors. The labels that are placed (top of wall, top of plate, top of footing are user configurable for each floor so your drawings can automatically label using your nomenclature. The extension makers are sized so that a dimension line can be easily added.
Automatic Shadows
The new elevation tools can also be used to isolate the shadows from the 3D model and add them to an otherwise vector drawing. This feature will be particularly useful for those of you that are required to supply sun study drawings as part of the drawing set.
I have been in the pc cadd world since Oct. 1983 and am still using a derivation of the ’83 version and published a book thru the Software Company entitled ” …..” and how I use it. That being said I am in complete awe of SoftPlan 2014 Pro+ and trying hard to learn it in some level of totality. I do not believe the old adage “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” I recently turned 78 years old and this old DOG is learning very New tricks.
Thank you for a fantastic product
John
These are great new features! Looking forward to implementing them. Way to go SoftPlan! You guys rock!
My architectural students have won two (2) national SkillsUSA National Architecture Championship Gold Medals (2012 and 2014) using Softplan 2014 Pro…we can’t wait to use Softplan 2016 Pro in the upcoming AZ state and (hopefully…) repeating as 2015 national champions.
These are nice touches.