Awarded
the prestigious Innovative Housing Technology Award for "Best
Computer Aided Design and Drafting Product" at the International
Builders’ Show, the largest trade expo for the building industry
in North America!
Envisioneer
delivers unsurpassed power by integrating Home Design, 3D Modeling,
Interior/Exterior Design, Landscaping, Working Drawings, Rendering,
Animation and Estimating in one seamless solution. This professional
solution offers a fast, easy-to-use drawing environment, incredible
3D imagery, and quick 3D navigation.
Fast,
easy, accurate.
Envisioneer’s
state-ofthe-art technology drastically reduces the time needed to
complete a building project. Point-and-click element insertion,
instant 3D modeling and real-time navigation make designing, viewing
and editing fast and easy. Any changes you make are reflected throughout
the entire project, ensuring accuracy and consistency across the
board.
Just
point and click.
Insert everything
from walls to appliances by simply clicking your mouse. Dynamic
dimensions help you draw and position elements precisely.
Work
in 2D or 3D.
Switch between
2D and 3D easily for instant visual feedback. Expand and edit your
design in either mode for ultimate comfort and usability.
Design smarter.
Experience the benefit of active
building elements. Envisioneer uses a virtual, intelligent, three-dimensional
building model that far surpasses the limitations of simple and
traditional graphic objects. This pioneering advance means that,
for the first time, drawing objects are aware of their surroundings,
and behave accordingly.
Product Overview - Features
1. Envisioneer's Active Building Elements
Envisioneer's Connected Associative Behavioural engine allows elements and drawing objects to be aware of their surroundings and to react and behave according to their building application. Not only are doors and windows associated to the walls but also so are structural elements such as floors, ceilings, roofs, footings, members and columns. This delivers unparalleled power as a simple command of moving a wall will update all the associated building elements that are connected, saving valuable editing time and saving costly mistakes.
Features include:
Structural connectivity between walls, ceilings, and floors.
Collision Control — Elements cannot occupy another Element's space.
Auto-wall fusion.
Auto-alignment of Elements.
Elements inserted on floors, remain associated to floors.
Elements inserted on terrain, remain associated with terrain.
Sinks automatically remain associated with cabinets.
Railings associated with stairs remain connected.
Skylights inserted into roofs remain associated.
2. Create and edit in both 2D and 3D
Working in plan view creates a 3D Model at all times when the students draw their structure. Envisoneer can also create and edit in full 3D view, giving the student instant visual feedback at all times during their design process.
3. Native DWG output
One of Envisioneer's features is its ability to write to the DWG file format for use with AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT.
4. Customizable quantity estimate report templates
Envisioneer gives your students the ability to customize their quantity estimate reports. Format and tailor the estimate complete with pricing, units of measure, and totals. Students can also link with the most popular estimating and accounting packages in today's construction market such as Buildsoft, CSG, and ISS to name a few.
5. Custom catalogs
Create an unlimited variety of custom walls, doors, windows, floors, members, etc… and store them in the custom catalog for reuse in any future project or choose from the 2000+ Elements that ship with Envisioneer's extensive Master Catalog.
6. Key industry-standard formats
Envisioneer has the ability to export models to a variety of applications such as DXF, Abvent's Artlantis, Autodesk's Lightscape, VRML, 3DS, BMP, JPG and TGA.
7. Automatic dimensioning and annotation
Envisioneer delivers an impressive toolset of automatic dimensioning and annotation features. Students can dimension their floor plan exterior at the single click of a mouse. Automatic interior dimensioning functions drop in interior dimension strings with another quick command. Add text and leaders instantly as well.
8. Real-time navigation
Students can navigate in real time through their 3D model. Walk, fly, orbit, or spin through and around your finished 3D model gaining fast client approval and catching problems before they arise on site.
9. 3DTrueView Lighting Module
Cadsoft Envisioneer has the unique 3DTrueView radiosity technology available for visualization. Lighting components that are inserted into the model are true to life and are necessary for the ultimate in photo-realism and visualization.
For exteriors, position your home in your desired geographical location, set the month and time of day, and watch as Envisioneer calculates the accurate lighting effects and based on your criteria. Great for sun studies!
10. Landscaping features
Students can add hardscape features such as paths and paths to their 3D terrain. The addition of ponds and other fills complete with edging, fences, and gates complete their project's realism and paint the entire picture.
11. Complete 3D terrain editor
The three-dimensional terrain editor delivers an easy-to-use method for students to create a stunning 3D look of their lot. Comprehensive modeling tools mold and sculpt their landscape into their existing or desired results.
Modeling tools include:
hills and valleys
berms and trenches
plateaus
slopes
12. Detailed plant encyclopedia with over 7500 plants
The comprehensive plant encyclopedia contains more than 7500 trees, flowers and shrubs from around the world with associated care information. Students can view the growth over time of the plants in their project and view the seasonal appearance of each.
Complete zone maps and plant care information, photos and animations round off this awesome gardening and landscaping tool!
