Complete 3D Parametric Building Modeling | yes | yes | yes | yes | Place and edit objects directly in 2D or 3D Views | yes | yes | yes | yes | 3D Editing of all objects including Walls, Roofs, and Stairs, etc. | yes | yes | yes | yes | Editing walls updates connected roofs, floors, ceilings | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| MEP Tools | yes | yes | yes | yes | Complete electrical tools: lights, switches, outlets, cable, telephone, and more | yes | yes | yes | yes | Wiring schematic tool | yes | yes | yes | yes | Define custom lighting with shadows, attenuation and intensity | yes | yes | yes | yes | Complete plumbing fixtures including toilets, sinks, tubs, showers. faucets | yes | yes | yes | yes | HVAC — furnaces, air conditioners, fireplaces, stoves, registers, etc. | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Complete Materials Editor | yes | yes | yes | yes | Create and edit your own materials with imported .jpg's or .bmp's | yes | yes | yes | yes | Material Paintbrush: allow drag-and-drop application of materials in 3D | yes | yes | yes | yes | Import your own textures and photos | yes | yes | yes | yes | Match properties with a eyedropper tool | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Landscape Design | yes | yes | yes | yes | Fills — garden beds, ponds, etc. | yes | yes | yes | yes | Edging - PVC, wood posts, or wood, stone, brick or concrete rails | yes | yes | yes | yes | Retaining Walls - wood, concrete and concrete block | yes | yes | yes | yes | Landscape Lighting - ground lighting and light posts | yes | yes | yes | yes | Irrigation - sprinkler systems | yes | yes | yes | yes | Exterior Furniture - tables, chairs, swings, benches, etc. | yes | yes | yes | yes | Exterior Accessories - BBQs, planters, arbours, trellises, decorative and more | yes | yes | yes | yes | Exterior Structures - pools, hot tubs, courts, playground equipment, etc. | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Site Plans | yes | yes | yes | yes | Create plot plans with accurate length, bearing and setback information | yes | yes | yes | yes | Custom paths, fills, pads, sidewalks, roadways | yes | yes | yes | yes | Contours | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Deck and Fence Design | yes | yes | yes | yes | Complete Deck design | yes | yes | yes | yes | Automatic deck framing for post-and-beam construction | yes | yes | yes | yes | Fence Tool - create picket, privacy, iron, glass rail, etc. | yes | yes | yes | yes | Control the orientation and size of deck planking | yes | yes | yes | yes | Fences - wood, picket, privacy, ranch, stone, concrete | yes | yes | yes | yes | Gates - wood, picket, privacy, ranch | yes | yes | yes | yes | Customizable Deck Railings | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Basic 3D Terrain Modeling | yes | yes | yes | yes | Terrain Modifiers - hills, valleys, slopes, elevated regions, and more | yes | yes | yes | yes | Display contour lines and elevation difference | yes | yes | yes | yes | Crop terrain around lot lines | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Advanced 3D Terrain Modeling and TIN Mesh | no | no | yes | yes | Detailed Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN) mesh modeling | no | no | yes | yes | Insert, edit and elevate accurate spot points using XYZ coordinates | no | no | yes | yes | Import site data from a variety of file formats including txt, csv, gpx, pnt, etc...to automatically build your TIN mesh | no | no | yes | yes | Generate true contours with contour labels | no | no | yes | yes |
| Plant Encyclopedia | yes | yes | yes | yes | Landscaping | yes | yes | yes | yes | Plants - trees, shrubs, plants and flowers | yes | yes | yes | yes | Information on 7500 species | yes | yes | yes | yes | Zoning information | yes | yes | yes | yes | Watering calendar | yes | yes | yes | yes | Plant Growth Over Time | yes | yes | yes | yes | Plant Seasonal Change | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Design Layout Tools | yes | yes | yes | yes | Import an image to trace from .jpg, .bmp, or .tga. | yes | yes | yes | yes | Basic drawing tools including line, circle, arc, rectangle, etc. | yes | yes | yes | yes | Polygon hatch command | yes | yes | yes | yes | Snap tracking for automatically aligning points | yes | yes | yes | yes | Text and notes for floor plan annotation | yes | yes | yes | yes | Dimension features for model layout assistance | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Kitchens, Baths and Interior Design | yes | yes | yes | yes | Fully customizable cabinets: backsplash, appliances, countertop, drawers, rail, doors | yes | yes | yes | yes | Furniture - living room, bedroom, rec. room, dining room, kitchen and office | yes | yes | yes | yes | Appliances - wide variety of kitchen and laundry appliances | yes | yes | yes | yes | Electronics - audio-visual, computer, clocks, communications | yes | yes | yes | yes | Accessories - area rugs, window treatments, decorative accents, dining, kitchen, bathroom, aquariums, much more | yes | yes | yes | yes | Lighting - lamps, sconces, ceiling fans, recessed and track lighting | yes | yes | yes | yes | Materials Paintbrush — change your finishes with a mouse click | yes | yes | yes | yes | Complete fireplace tools: masonry, freestanding, corner, and more | yes | yes | yes | yes | Customizable Spacer cabinets | yes | yes | yes | yes | Custom Countertop tool with customizable edges and backsplash | yes | yes | yes | yes | Kitchen appliances and accessories | yes | yes | yes | yes | Sinks in corner cabinets | yes | yes | yes | yes | Details include shelves, toe-kick, custom mouldings, and more | yes | yes | yes | yes | Place, edit, and customize cabinets in plan view and 3D views | yes | yes | yes | yes | Create and apply custom edge moulding | yes | yes | yes | yes | Detail cabinets and doors with hinges, handles, and pulls | yes | yes | yes | yes | Use Cabinet Modules Library to create 1,000's of custom combinations | yes | yes | yes | yes | Specify Electrical, Fixture and Furniture items and attach them to the floor, ceiling or roof | yes | yes | yes | yes | Kitchen Builder Wizard | yes | yes | yes | yes | Customizable kitchen cabinets | yes | yes | yes | yes | Sinks attach to cabinets | yes | yes | yes | yes | Definable cabinet edges for display flexibility | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Building Design Wizards | yes | yes | yes | yes | House Builder | yes | yes | yes | yes | Kitchen Builder | yes | yes | yes | yes | Deck Builder | yes | yes | yes | yes | Shed Builder | yes | yes | yes | yes | Bathroom Builder | yes | yes | yes | yes | Floor and Foundation Builder | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Custom Members | no | yes | yes | yes | Custom beams, joists, purlins, etc. | no | yes | yes | yes | Variable insertion points | no | yes | yes | yes | Rotate member profiles | no | yes | yes | yes | Member Schedules | no | yes | yes | yes | Use custom profiles and sizes to create custom trim pieces, cabinet filler pieces, cabinet end panels, ductwork, curbs, or just about anything! | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Parametric Catalog of Objects Including Manufacturers | yes | yes | yes | yes | List of actual product manufacturers content | yes | yes | yes | yes | Completely customizable groups, sub groups and elements | yes | yes | yes | yes | Search for library items by style and name | yes | yes | yes | yes | Select and edit multiple items with global change | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Automatic or Manual Roofs | yes | yes | yes | yes | Automatic roofs | yes | yes | yes | yes | Skylights | yes | yes | yes | yes | Custom gable roof returns | yes | yes | yes | yes | Auto dormers - with or without walls | yes | yes | yes | yes | Roof framing | no | no | yes | yes | Convert roof to surfaces | yes | yes | yes | yes | Forced gables mid-fascia | yes | yes | yes | yes | Multiple pitches and plate heights | yes | yes | yes | yes | Roof types include hip, gable, mansard, dutch hip, double, arched and bullnose | yes | yes | yes | yes | Custom roof surfaces | yes | yes | yes | yes | Roofs by picking points | yes | yes | yes | yes | Auto Roof Returns | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Draw and Edit Walls | yes | yes | yes | yes | Wall types - interior walls, exterior walls, foundation walls | yes | yes | yes | yes | Automatic wall corner trim | yes | yes | yes | yes | Display cavity walls | no | yes | yes | yes | Display wall solid fill in plan view | yes | yes | yes | yes | Insert walls by building perimeter, interior dimension or baseline | yes | yes | yes | yes | Insert walls by typing distance and direction | yes | yes | yes | yes | Custom trim including base, crown, casing, chair rail, wainscoting | yes | yes | yes | yes | Step or slope wall top or bottom | yes | yes | yes | yes | Adjust overall thickness of walls | yes | yes | yes | yes | Automatic wall quoining | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Control Cavity Wall Thicknesses | no | yes | yes | yes | Adjust thickness of exterior veneer | no | yes | yes | yes | Adjust both sides of walls' interior surface thicknesses | no | yes | yes | yes | Set thickness of airspaces between all surfaces of the wall | no | yes | yes | yes | Adjust thickness of wall core | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Draw and Edit Foundations | yes | yes | yes | yes | Slab foundations, monolithic slabs, full or crawlspace basements | yes | yes | yes | yes | Strip Footings: auto-attach to walls, will shape to curved or stepped walls | yes | yes | yes | yes | Auto-fillet at corners and T intersections | yes | yes | yes | yes | Mono Footings - auto-attach to columns | yes | yes | yes | yes | Columns - wood, concrete, steel, brick or gypsum or custom | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Automatic or Manual Floors | yes | yes | yes | yes | Automatic floor option, floors inserted by room, building, perimeter or picking points | yes | yes | yes | yes | Sloped floors | yes | yes | yes | yes | Custom flooring - carpet, vinyl, tiles, hardwood and laminates | yes | yes | yes | yes | Floor Framing - wood or steel | no | no | yes | yes | Room Division - split rooms into individual floor/ceiling areas | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Automatic or Manual Ceilings | yes | yes | yes | yes | Ceilings inserted by room, building perimeter or picking points | yes | yes | yes | yes | Sloped ceilings, automatic tray, vaulted, barrel and cathedral | yes | yes | yes | yes | Ceiling framing - wood or steel | no | no | yes | yes |
| Insert and Edit Doors/Windows/Openings | yes | yes | yes | yes | Wide range of door types including bi-fold, French, sliding, garage, etc.. | yes | yes | yes | yes | Exterior sill - specify sills for windows, set height and width | yes | yes | yes | yes | Niches in walls | yes | yes | yes | yes | Sidelite, highlite and lowlite options for doors and windows | yes | yes | yes | yes | Automatic shutters | yes | yes | yes | yes | Window swings can be turned off and on | yes | yes | yes | yes | Window treatments such as curtains and blinds | yes | yes | yes | yes | Flip opening - flip door from wall side to another | yes | yes | yes | yes | Flip swing - edit hinge position | yes | yes | yes | yes | Insertion offset option, center on Wall option, position from edge or center | yes | yes | yes | yes | Fully customizable parameters | yes | yes | yes | yes | Custom window shapes including round, arched, trapezoid, hexagon, etc. | yes | yes | yes | yes | Wide range of window types including casement, hung, sliding, bay, etc.. | yes | yes | yes | yes | Import Custom Door Leafs | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Insert and Edit Stairs/Ramps/Railings | yes | yes | yes | yes | 22 stair layouts including spiral, circular, L-shaped, U-shaped, fold-back and more | yes | yes | yes | yes | Construction styles include notched, side stringer, stringer under, solid | yes | yes | yes | yes | Edit nosing, riser angle, stringer spacing, extension | yes | yes | yes | yes | Auto-attach railings to stairs or pick points for a horizontal railing | yes | yes | yes | yes | Open or full ramp types | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Productivity Settings | yes | yes | yes | yes | Commander for keyboard entry of exact distances and angles | yes | yes | yes | yes | Mirror image plans | yes | yes | yes | yes | Context specific right-click edit menus | yes | yes | yes | yes | Pre-selection assistance | yes | yes | yes | yes | Up to 999 building locations | yes | yes | yes | yes |
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