What’s New in v.3
Resize and rotate objects in place with the help of special handles.
Room tool helps to draw a complete room, which can be attached to any part of the house.
New Flip options are added to the Object Properties tab of the Inspector.
Wall drawing tool for complicated projects with round walls.
Polygonal-based Block tool for drawing balconies, porches, and other design elements.
Roof tool that allows the user to add custom shaped roofs to a project.
Smart Dimension tool helps to set the distance between underlying objects or walls.
Materials can be applied to objects or surfaces right on a floor plan.
‘Auto outline’ vector-based 2D representation for furniture.
Elevation View mode presents the project in 2D side view.
New advanced technique for non-destructive union and subtraction of intersecting building elements (openings, wall panels, floors, etc.).
Improved Shadow Map technique boosts program performance and makes shadows look soft and natural.
Level of details slider in Type & Representation dialog that allows to reduce the amount of vertices and triangles of any object.
Achieve natural lighting by setting up true Geo position, daytime and overcast.
Improved Object and Material libraries.
New camera settings, including FOV (field of view) and parallel camera projection (orthographic camera).
Export to Stereo 3D and Stereo 3D 360° Video.
Export to 3DS, FBX and OBJ formats.
Export to 360° Panorama images and videos.
Touch Bar support.
Other Enhancements:
- Significantly improved the program performance.
- Added ability to create arch segments for the contour based building elements.
- Help Instructor added for easier program learning.
- Flexible workspace allows to attach and detach both Library and Inspector panels.
- Vector-based hatch patterns.
- Redesigned Project Gallery with house projects and sample rooms.
- Sharing to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Vimeo added.
- Import 3D models in Google Earth’s KMZ and FBX formats.
- Added support for Sketchup 2017 models.
- 64-bit architecture.
- iCloud support.
- Versions and Autosave support.