Features
|
PlansXpress Version 1
|
PlansXpress Version 2
|
PlansXpress Version 3
|
PlansXpress Version 4
|
PlansXpress Version 5
|
PlansXpress 2019
|
| Draft loft renovations including dormers, upstands, collared ceilings, roof windows etc |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Integrates with EstimatorXpress® Plumbing & Heating Trade Edition to give you a full plumbing library to add to your plans & price up
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Many renovation tools for pricing up alteration & refurb work
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Stone faced cavity block wall option |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Timber frame option for all wall types |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Extra roof types added including barn hips and catslide roofs |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| New 3D viewer |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows 7 Compatibility |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Placement of roof windows in lean-to roofs |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Hatching |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| New interface with Ribbons for improved user experience |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Improved speed and refresh rates |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Improved 3D model viewer (dockable window) with custom textures & live updating as you draw |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| New Intelli-Snap function to speed up snapping to existing points |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Create own drawing templates |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Parametric symbols |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| New ability to explode walls |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| 3D PhotoVisualiser† |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Expanded library of over 7000 PVC-U Windows & Doors from Crystal Direct |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Improved selection process for PVC-U Windows and Doors from Crystal Direct |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Expanded library of Stone Heads, Cills & Brickwork Arches |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| New drawing tools for Downlights |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| New drawing tools |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| New cross sections |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| New sections for timber frames/SIPs/ICFs |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| PlansXpress ScanPack as standard |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Drawing items including PVC-U Doors, Bi-Fold doors & many Plumbing items (new plumbing items require you to own EstimatorXpress and have a merchant link with Trade Point, Screwfix or Plumbfix). |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows 10 Compatibility |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Updated sample specification notes |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Compatibility with EstimatorXpress 2015 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Compatibility with EstimatorXpress 2017 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Compatibility with EstimatorXpress 2018 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Compatibility with EstimatorXpress 2018 v.9.09.0 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| 64 bit version |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| General performance improvements |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Improved handling of large drawings |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Improved import of large files for scan and tracing (e.g. PDF’s, DXF, DWG’s) |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Improved import of OS maps/image files |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| New look |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Compatible with 4k monitors |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Integrates with new feature packed 3D PhotoVisualiser† |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Brand new Toggle Drawing Mode |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Brand new Import Drawing Wizard |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Brand new Measure Image Scale tool to allow quick and easy scaling of PDFs. |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Improved clarity of imported PDFs |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Improved on-board 3D Model panel (visibility – one click to turn things on and off the 3D model and new backgrounds) |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| New ‘Level’ ribbon |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Room Fill Tool to quickly and easily fill room with slab or ceiling |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Improved Print Preview Dialog box |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Elevation Hatching improved and horizontal and vertical cladding hatch patterns added |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| New advanced mouse menu to aid your drawing process |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Pathway to get new features (prices ex VAT) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
