Cadsoft envisioneer 4 Features List
- Foundations
- Slab foundations
- Full or crawlspace basements
- Strip Footings — auto attach to walls, will automatically shape to curved or stepped walls
- Mono Footings — auto attach to columns Columns — wood, concrete, steel, brick or gypsum
- Members — custom beams, joists, purlins, etc. at any plane
- Walls
- Walls — interior, exterior, foundation
- Composite walls — insert framed exterior walls and veneer simultaneously
- Step or slope wall top or bottom
- Custom trim — base, crown, casing, chair rail, wainscoting
- Apply paint or wallpaper
- Wall framing — wood or steel
- Floors
- Automatic floors
- Floor by Room
- Floor by Perimeter
- Floor by Picking Points
- Sloped floors
- Custom flooring — carpet, vinyl, tiles, hardwood and laminates
- Floor Framing — wood or steel
- Room Division — split rooms into individual floor/ceiling areas
- Ceilings
- Ceiling by Room
- Ceiling by Perimeter
- Ceiling by Picking Points
- Sloped ceilings
- Stucco, drywall, suspended types
- Tray and cathedral ceilings
- Ceiling Framing — wood or steel
- Doors/Windows/Openings
- Insertion Offset option
- Center on Wall option
- Wide range of door types, including bi-fold, French, sliding, garage and pocket
- Flip Swing — edit hinge position
- Flip Opening — flip door around
- Wide range of window types, including casement, hung, sliding, awning, hopper, vent, bay, bow and louvered
- Custom window shapes, including round, arched, trapezoid, hexagon and octagon
- Window treatments such as curtains, blinds and shutters
- Sidelite, highlite and lowlite options for doors and windows
- Custom wall opening shapes including round, arched, octagon and trapezoid
- Door and window schedules
- Roofs
- Automatic roofs
- Roof by Picking Points
- Custom roof surfaces
- Roof types include hip, gable, mansard, Dutch hip, double, arched and bullnose
- Multiple pitches and plate heights
- Forced gables mid-fascia
- Convert roof to surfaces
- Roof framing — rafter or truss
- Dormers — with or without walls
- Skylights
- Framing
- Wall, floor, ceiling and roof framing in steel or wood
- Display Framing tool
- Custom stud, joist, beam and rafter size, type and spacing
- Stairs/Ramps/Railings
- 22 stair layouts including spiral, circular, L-shaped, U-shaped, fold-back and more
- Railings by Picking Points
- Railings on Stairs Automatically
- Railings on Stair Left/Right/Center
- Open or full ramp types
- Kitchens
- Kitchen Builder Wizard
- Kitchen cabinets
- Kitchen appliances and accessories
- Interior Design
- Cabinets — base, upper, pantry, island, and bathroom vanity
- Furniture — living room, bedroom, rec. room, dining room, kitchen and office
- Appliances — wide variety of kitchen and laundry appliances
- Electronics — audio/visual, computer, clocks, communications
- Accessories — area rugs, window treatments, decorative accents, dining/kitchen/bathroom, aquariums, much more
- Lighting — lamps, sconces, ceiling fans, recessed and track lighting
- Utilities
- Electrical Elements — outlets, switches, jacks, thermostats, and more
- Electrical Wiring
- Plumbing — sinks, tubs, showers, toilets, faucets
- HVAC — furnaces, air conditioners, fireplaces, stoves, registers, etc.
- Equipment — exercise, electrical/metering, cleaning, disposal
- Landscaping
- Plants — trees, shrubs, plants and flowers
- Plant Encyclopedia — information on 7500 species
- Plant Growth Over Time
- Plant Seasonal Change
- Fills — garden beds, ponds, etc.
- Edging — PVC, wood posts, or wood, stone, brick or concrete rails
- Retaining Walls — wood, concrete and concrete block
- Landscape Lighting — ground lighting and light posts
- Fences — wood, picket, privacy, ranch, stone, concrete
- Gates — wood, picket, privacy, ranch
- Irrigation — sprinkler systems
- Decks & Patios
- Deck Builder Wizard
- Decks — ground level, low-level and raised decks in pressure treated or cedar wood
- Deck Stairs — auto attach to decks
- Patios — concrete or brick
- Exterior Design
- Exterior Furniture — tables, chairs, swings, benches, and more
- Exterior Accessories — BBQs, planters, arbors, trellises, decorative accessories, and more
- Exterior Structures — pools, hot tubs, sports courts, playground equipment, house templates
- Shed Builder Wizard
- Terrain Modeling
- Hills/Valleys
- Berms/Trenches
- Plateaus
- Slopes
- Paths — driveways, sidewalks, boardwalks, and paths in various materials
- Pads — concrete or brick
- Site Boundary
- Draw a custom site boundary by picking points
- Two methods of measurement
- Customize site boundary edges
- Customize line styles, text styles and peg styles
- Notation
- Text, Labels, and Text with Leader
- Dimensions — auto exterior, auto interior, room, linear, aligned
- Dimensions per location
- Custom text and dimension styles
- Drafting
- Line, Arc, Circle, Rectangle,
- Polygon Hatch
- Details — batt and rigid insulation, wood and masonry sections, cut lines
- Insert View — Incorporate elevations, sections, 3D views and floor plans on one sheet
- Insert CAD File — import
- DXF/DWG images such as drafting symbols and title blocks
- Convert drafting objects to 3D elements
- Units of Measure
- Feet-Inches, Inches, Millimeters,
- Centimeters, Meters
- Viewing
- 2D Plan View
- 2D Designer’s View
- 3D Quick View
- 3D Camera Views — interactive
- 3D Stereo View
- Dynamic Cutaway
- Elevations
- Sections
- View Filter — display and selection filtering
- Multiple display modes including wireframe, hidden line, rendered and patterned
- Create multiple view windows
- View tabs
- Zooming and Navigation
- Zoom In/Out/Realtime
- Zoom Window
- Zoom Previous
- Zoom to Fit
- Pan
- Walk Around
- Fly Around
- Look Around
- Animation and Sounds
- Animation — live walkthroughs with sounds or voiceovers, can be recorded to AVI file
- Sounds — attach WAV files to elements
- 3DTrueView™
- Photo realistic renderings with light, shadows and reflection
- Auto raytracing after radiosity
- Option to raytrace separately
- Day or night shots
- Control quality level, image brightness, antialiasing, file output, and more
- Effects — fog or smoke
- Editing
- Unlimited Undo/Redo
- Commander
- Edit in 2D or 3D
- Right-click edit menus
- Customizable element properties
- Query Element/Location
- Virtual Ruler
- Pre-selection Assistance
- Materials
- Carpet, flooring, siding, wood, stone, fabric, paint, much more
- Texture mapping, rotation and position control
- Materials Paintbrush
- Estimating and Schedules
- Area/Perimeter Calculator
- Generate Project Estimate — instant quantity report/cut list
- Custom report templates for output to external packages
- Door, window, member schedules
- Auto tagging of elements
- Import/Export
- Project Trace Image
- Affinity import
- Object Import Wizard
- Photo Boards
- Export to BMP, JPG, TGA, DWG
- DXF, 3DS WRL, OPT and LP
- AutoCAD export layer setup
- Printing
- Print to File
- Print All/Display/Window
- Print Preview
- Print Quality
- Print tiling
- Adjustable print scale
- Print Setup
- File Management
- Save, Save As, Save All
- Multi-save backups
- Project Manager
- Repair Project
- Customization
- Up to 999 building locations
- Customize or import elements, materials and textures
- Create custom catalogs and libraries for use in any project
- Custom House, Kitchen and Shed
- Wizard configurations
- Custom workspace settings
- Help
- User’s Guide and Online Help
- Context-sensitive help
- Glossary
- Interactive tooltips