🆙 A Few of Our Recent Updates

We set out to create new tools that will not just help you save time, and not just help you impress your clients, but also help you create accurate and detailed projects.

2023 Update

  • All-New 3D Gizmo
  • Camera Redesign
  • Redesigned Snap System
  • Background Image Layers
  • Gutters and Downspouts
  • Dormer Clipping
  • Refined Design Stages
  • Set Default Materials
  • 2X Faster Real-Time Rendering Times
  • Copy and Paste Photo Settings
  • MMS Text Messages for Images
  • Custom Fill Patterns
  • New Excavation Smart Data for Pools
  • Over 1400 New Assets Including:
    • 455 New Plants and Trees
    • 692 New Accessories
    • 237 New Materials
    • 26 New Profiles
  • Vip3D Exclusive Features:
    • Custom Media on TV's and Projectors
    • New Dynamic Cloudscapes
    • Accurate Focus Mode
    • Window Opacity
    • All New Filters and Effects

2022 Update

  • All New Roof Controls
  • New Window Controls
  • Volumetric Clouds
  • Real-Time Ambient Occlusion
  • Subsurface Scattering on all Plants and Trees
  • New Plant Editor
  • Streamlined GIS Aerial Imagery
  • 2X Faster Rendering Times
  • 233 New Plants and Trees
  • 70+ New House Objects
  • 100+ New Accessories
  • 100 New Materials
  • Vip3D Exclusive Features:
    • Light Controls
    • Custom Volumetric Cloud Settings
    • Sky Atmosphere

Summer 2021 Update

  • 200+ New Plants and Trees
  • 70+ New Furniture Objects
  • 88 New Materials
  • Wet Camera Effect
  • Vip3D Exclusive Features:
    • Ray Traced Reflections, Refraction, and Shadows
    • Dynamic Water Ripples
    • 3D Grass on Coping

Spring 2021 Update

  • Totally redesigned 3D Engine, Materials and Models
  • Edit Shapes in 3D
  • Level Ground in Terrain
  • Vip3D Exclusive Features:
    • 3D Grass
    • Window Lights and Strip Lights
    • Professional Camera Controls

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2020 Update

  • Quickly Draw Ellipses and Ovals (Circle Tool + Shift)
  • Design Specialty Windows
  • New Fence and Railing Styles
  • More Right Click Options

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Winter 2019 Update

  • Access Tools Instantly with the Right Click Menu (Convert Shapes, Jump to Stage, and many time saving buttons)
  • Embedded Symbols in Construction Lines
  • 24-hr Time Lapse with Enhanced True Shadows

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Summer 2019 Update

  • Customize Shapes Easily with New Point Heights
  • Autocomplete Shapes (Perfect for raised bond beams, pathways, and retaining walls) 
  • Union Tool (Combine multiple shapes and let the software remove the extra lines)

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Spring 2019 Update

  • Add Scoring Lines with Custom Scoring Mode
  • Scale by Perimeter
  • Lock Shapes in Place
  • New Camera View in 3D with ALT Click

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Winter 2018 Update

  • Customize Hardscape Coping
  • Add Lip Styles to Custom Shapes and Staircases
  • Create Tiered Spillovers
  • Take Multiple Photos in Photo Mode

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