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Award-winning CAD software
20/05/2011 12:45:28
Article appeared in Master Builder April 2011
A new version of a CAD software package aimed specifically for builders and developers has just been launched.
Developed by HBXL, PlansXpress Version 3 will allow FMB members to offer a full design and build service for their customers. This means you will be able to quickly and easily draw your own building plans and elevations without the need for any training or employing the services of an architect.
PlansXpress was first launched in 2007 and soon grabbed the imagination of builders and developers wanting to create their own drawings rather than spending money outsourcing the service. The product also won 'Best IT product for SME's at the Interbuild 2008 awards.
And this latest version includes a number of upgrades and improvements so it is compatible with the very latest technologies and building techniques such as construction with ICF and SIPs.
Ideal for planning applications and building regulations, FMB members will be able to print architect quality, working drawings in plan format as well as producing automatically generated elevations and 3D visuals.
In addition by importing the plans from PlansXpress into HBXL's leading estimating software EstimatorXpress, means the entire plan and design can be automatically priced and scheduled at the click of a button!
NEW FEATURES
Some of the new features on this new release include a 3D dockable window so that as plans are drafted, a 3D model is created right before the users' eyes, new 3D objects which helps enhance the 3D output, extra 2D symbols, faster speed and refresh rates and a host of new parametric symbols.
Anthony Botibol, Marketing Manager at HBXL said: "The CAD software market is the only software package aims full square at builders and developers.
"We're hugely excited about this latest version. As the first and only CAD software on the market that gives builders the tools to draft plans quickly and easily, places a huge amount of power at their fingertips.
"Not only does it save huge amounts of money from outsourcing this sort of service, it also helps impress the customer.
"There are many 3D design programmes on the market but none actually link the drawings into the estimating software. This means the user still has to go through the arduous process of putting the estimate together and inputting dimensions again.
"We have many customers who have improved their win ratio, become more profitable and reduced massively the time and money spent on creating drawings and producing estimates by using our software."
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