Whats new in SoftPlan version 2020.2.9 – SoftPlan home design software

Release: 2020.2.9
Feature: Stability Release
Description: Improved minor stability issues in a number of areas.

Release: 2020.2.8
Feature: Recovery page fault | File
Description: If you ignore the recover drawing dialog that pops up and open a project, SoftPlan could crash when the recovery dialog is later closed. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.8
Feature: Print | Site Line Arc
Description: On certain drawings specific site arc lines would print incorrectly. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.8
Feature: Print | Arcs | Plan Set Rotate
Description: Setting a drawing on a Plan Set page to be rotated prints the arcs incorrectly. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.8
Feature: Openings | Solid Surface Style Lines
Description: Door elevation openings that are also defined with a Glazing section are no longer recognizing the solid surface style lines (door panels). All lines on the door are considered Grille lines and turn on/off with the grille option. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.8
Feature: Openings | Door Swing | Sliding Doors | Open In Model
Description: Sliding Doors would not display open in 3D view when Open in Model is enabled. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.8
Feature: Multi Drawing | Modes
Description: If you removed all drawings from a Multi Drawing the remaining drawing no longer changed drawing modes properly. This has been corrected.

Feature: Regenerate 3D, Elevations
Description: In certain circumstances the prompt indicating you must push the regenerate button in order to display was not being presented. The prompt now displays where appropriate.

Release: 2020.2.8
Feature: Door frame opening
Description: Frame options were unavailable when editing a system library door at the component level. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.8
Feature: Copy |Number of Copies Screen Preview
Description: When copying items and selecting “Number of Copies”, only the first copied item was previewed on screen. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.8
Feature: Ceiling | Display Tile | 3D View
Description: Certain drawings were locking up in 3D when Display Tile was enabled on ceilings. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Wall | Wall covering | Cover Floor | Interiors
Description: Wall Coverings would not cover the floor even when full coverage is enabled.. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Wall Definition | Footings | Project Template
Description: Footings on the instance of a wall could turn back on if you modify the walls definition. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: System Library Configure post
Description: One Step configuration on the Post Library caused an inappropriate warning message when canceling the dialog. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: System Library Configure post
Description: When configuring SoftList Properties under the System Library Configure Post, the program could crash when closing the dialogs. This has been corrected

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: SoftTalk
Description: When selecting strings in list controls the number beside the names in the list could not be voiced. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: SoftList Stall
Description: A particular sloped ceiling was causing SoftList not to generate a report. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: SoftList Roof Horizontal Intersect
Description: Intersecting roof edges that are horizontal were no longer reporting in SoftList. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Soffit Fascia
Description: A soffit and fascia could disappear after an overlay was turned off and then back on and the roof cleaned up. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Roof | 3D
Description: A particular roof material in a specific circumstance wasn’t generating correctly in 3D. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Print | Site Line Arc
Description: Printing a certain site arc line on a plan set page was failing. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Post | Deck | Print | Hidden Line
Description: “Hide Deck Lines” in the post edit menu was not preventing the deck lines from printing. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Plan Set | Overlay | Custom Visibilities
Description: When using custom visibilities on a plan set page, the overlay wasn’t displaying correctly when exporting to PDF or printing. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Keynote Schedule
Description: In certain circumstances, adding a column to a keynote schedule would cause it to crash. Adding rows and columns is now blocked as keynote schedules are non-editable.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Elevation Model View Reflections
Description: If you open a project that has an elevation model view tab active, and reflections are enabled, no elevation will generate until you select Regenerate. The bubble message now prompts you to regenerate the image.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Custom grille
Description: Custom grille on certain polygon openings would fail to extract in 3D. This was improved.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Copy Multiple
Description: Any placement after the first placement is not visible at the cursor when the cursor stops moving until the item is placed. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Cathedral (sloped ceiling)
Description: Cathedral (sloped) ceilings were not saving properly in cross section as a line drawing. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Attic Truss Space
Description: The attic space in an attic truss was not centering properly to the ridge or to the space when the ends of the truss did not go to the edges of the roof. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.7
Feature: Annotated Elevations| SoftTalk
Description: The wrong set of voice commands were available in annotated tabs. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.6
Feature: StartPage Download
Description: If the start page is open and another user makes changes to a shared project the start page would not prompt to download the project before opening. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.6
Feature: SoftList Materials
Description: When certain modifications were performed some openings would disappear from the Softlist report as updates were made incrementally. Closing and reopening the project fixed the issue. The incremental update issue has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.6
Feature: Save Sections as Drawings
Description: Some section items were being saved at the wrong size position and angle. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.6
Feature: False Dormer Shed
Description: Improvements were made to the wall shape and positioning on Shed style false dormers.

Release: 2020.2.6
Feature: Edit 3D Options
Description: The Exit 3D Options button is no longer disabled when editing 3d Options for a Model View on a planset page.

Release: 2020.2.6
Feature: Default Planset Scale
Description: If the space available on a planset page will allow for an inserted drawing 1/4 inch scale, the drawing will now be inserted at 1/4 inch. It will use 1/4 regardless of whether a larger scale will fit.

Release: 2020.2.6
Feature: Opening Symbols Custom Grills
Description: Custom Grill Option is available for Elevation opening symbols

Release: 2020.2.6
Feature: Annotated Views
Description: Annotated Views on planset pages were not always exporting to DWG properly. this has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.6
Feature: Cabinet Face | Cabinet Layout Lines
Description: Display of lines for different cabinet styles improved.

Release: 2020.2.5
Feature: Wall 3D Texture
Description: Textures of walls facing certain directions will display their textures upside down. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.5
Feature: Assembled Symbol Thumbnails
Description: Assembled symbols were not generating thumbnail images correctly. This has been corrected

Release: 2020.2.5
Feature: Footing Floor Slab
Description: When editing a dimension between two structural slab footings you could not pick a direction arrow to modify the dimension. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.5
Feature: Opening ID Conflict message
Description: Opening Conflict messages could appear multiple times when selecting no to each sequential message. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.5
Feature: TIFF Files
Description: If tiff files that used CMYK formats were used in previous drawings or title blocks a page fault could occur. The image in the drawing does not display but does not crash.

Release: 2020.2.5
Feature: Gable Vents
Description: In certain cases a gable vent could crash when being extracted in 3d. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.5
Feature: Sloped ceiling insulation
Description: Sloped Ceiling insulation was extracting as a large box rather than sloped boxes. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Wall Texture Alignment
Description: Texture alignment was improved from one floor to the next

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Assign Colors Project Options
Description: Button redraw issues were occurring when Reset to system was selected

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Metric Walls and Beams
Description: New button was disabled for wall and beams on some metric systems.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Beam Fit to Ceiling
Description: When both ends of a beam were referencing walls, fit to ceiling would offset the beam downwards and cleanup would move it up again.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Cabinet Schedules
Description: Cabinet schedules were not filling in the comment and link columns

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Openings Crown Mold
Description: In certain circumstances wall trim was being cut by an angle top window when it shouldn’t have.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: DWG Export Roof Mode
Description: Exporting a DWG from roof mode would not export bearing walls.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: DWG Annotated File
Description: Exporting a Plan Set to a DWG file would export all annotated views as a front elevation.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Elevation Marker Lines
Description: In certain circumstances elevation marker lines would be missing from one side of the annotated view.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Gable End Vent
Description: In certain circumstances a gable end vent would not extract in a wall that was fit to roof.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Grade Lines Print
Description: The @grade in the linestyle would display 0.00’ when printed or exported to pdf.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Softlist report
Description: The speed at which Softlist reports can update was improved

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Support Ticket Window
Description: Support Ticket window text was hard to read on high resolution monitors.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Reset layout | Auto Hide
Description: Reset Layouts could create a second navigation panel if the original panel was set to Auto Hide.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: PDF Export
Description: In certain circumstances exporting to PDF at a scale of 1”=50’ or 1”-40’ was returning an error.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Open Project Crash
Description: In certain circumstances when closing a project displaying an annotated view by opening another project, the program could crash. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Planset Template Resize
Description: The template dialog is now resizable so that the drawing names can be fully visible.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Roof Material Area
Description: Roof material area was listing the same values as Roof Area after a roof hole was edited to Leave Sheathing. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Roof Hip Returns | Double Hip
Description: Hip Return roof planes were being trimmed when the adjacent roof edge was a double hip. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Save As | Italics
Description: When using Save As to save a local drawing to another folder, the active drawing tab does not change the name to be displayed in italics. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.4
Feature: Ticket Attachments
Description: When downloading an attachment from a ticket, the “file Download” dialog could get stuck such that it was floating behind the “File Download” dialog. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.3
Feature: Gable Textures
Description: Gable Textures will now align with wall below when the roof provides the gable end material

Release: 2020.2.3
Feature: Annotation Export review
Description: Annotated drawings can now be exported to SPV (review) files.

Release: 2020.2.3
Feature: Anti-Aliasing 3D Preview
Description: Anti-Aliasing in the 3d Preview window has been reduced to level 1.

Release: 2020.2.3
Feature: Beam Fit to Roof
Description: Fit to Roof and Fit To Ceiling actions on beams was corrected to use version 2018 behavior.

Release: 2020.2.3
Feature: Cursor Lag
Description: When using annotated views or planset pages on a project located on a remote drive on a network, the cursor movement could lag. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.3
Feature: Navigation Control
Description: Renaming or deleting a drawing within the navigation window does not update the display until the program is closed and reopened. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.3
Feature: Insert Polygon Edges
Description: Inserting Polygon edges in a deck ramp could cause the program to crash. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.3
Feature: Print Scale Invalid
Description: After printing a planset from the navigation window, the custom scale could become enabled and have a value of “inf” when later using the file print method. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.3
Feature: Roof Elevation Lines
Description: Extra Lines could be generated when saving an elevation if the drawing was configured to have the “Sheathing Upper Corner at Fascia Edge” placement. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.3
Feature: Roof Hole Ridge Cap
Description: Roof holes could cause ridge cap’s to extract incorrectly. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.3
Feature: Roof Edges Elevations
Description: On larger projects extra lines were generated when saving elevations. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.3
Feature: SoftList header information stamps
Description: Information stamps @plan, @path and @GFA where not working when placed in a SoftList report header. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.3
Feature: Stair Break | Angled Stair.
Description: Angled stairs would not show dashed lines when the angled part is below the break line in certain circumstances. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Annotated View
Description: Reduced the cursor jumping during the period where annotated views were applying their updates.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Annotated View
Description: Fixed annotated view status messages in certain circumstances where they would spin even when the work was finished

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Cabinet Face Lines
Description: In certain circumstances older drawings would show extra lines in cabinet faces. Libraries were updated to reduce lines in these cases.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Annotated View
Description: Speed up the annotated view redraw operations as changes are applied.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Annotated View
Description: When using multiple child windows in certain circumstances the annotated view generation could show up in the wrong window.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Annotated Section
Description: Exploded wood I-Joist sets could cause an annotated section to display both wood I and solid wood joists.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Birds eye walls
Description: Incorrect wall sizes could be displayed in birds eye view if the drawings contained a different list of walls from the project.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Board and Batten | Vertical Profile | Opening
Description: The board and Batten profile was extending through openings in certain cases

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Cabinet Face Lines
Description: Dynamic cabinet faces improved such that the interior cross lines are not displayed.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Closing Project
Description: A system could experience a slowdown in the user interface during the period while SoftPlan was shutting down and copying files to the cloud. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Dimensions | Drawing Templates
Description: When Project Drawing templates are used existing dimensions could be restrung to match the position stored in the template when the drawing is being loaded. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Drawing Template Grid Setup
Description: Grid interactions between Drawings and Drawing Templates have been improved.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Opening Edit Fields
Description: In certain circumstances the boarder around certain edit fields would not display. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Enlarged Dimension Numbers Site Plan
Description: Enlarged dimension numbers were displaying smaller than the original in certain circumstances. Should the default “enlarged” size be smaller than the original, the current value plus 25% is now used.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Shutdown | start screen
Description: In certain circumstances the start screen would fail to fully display after a project was shutdown. This has now been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Soffit
Description: In certain circumstances a soffit was not finding the higher roof section as it should. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Frieze Board
Description: Frieze boards added to walls under a Roof on Opening were not mitering correctly. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Planset Scale
Description: Inserting a drawing into a planset page now uses a best fit option between the 1/4 , 3/16 and 1/8 scales. In the past 3/8 was accidently considered as a possible scale. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Import Image Page Fault
Description: Images with an unsupported color format could crash the program. An error message is now displayed indicating it is not supported.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Keynote Edit
Description: Repeat editing notes to be keynotes now carries the outline and mask features properly.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Ladder Wall Framing
Description: In certain circumstances ladder wall framing was generating incorrectly in corners where openings exist. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: File Save
Description: Depending on what tabs were open SoftPlan could prompt multiple times to save the same file. This has been improved to prompt only one for a file.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Neighborhood Site
Description: Drawings were not retaining the fact that Neighborhoods were enabled when Drawing templates were used. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Interface
Description: When using multiple windows in certain circumstances the start page could appear in a secondary window rather than under the tab selected in the main window. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Plan Set Site
Description: Drawings that are added to a plan set page while in site mode are now treated as siteplan drawings for the purpose of determining their scale.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Post symbols
Description: The line work in some post simples has been improved. Previously there were too many edges visible.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Profile Ridge Cap Gable
Description: A profile ridge cap did not look correct when extracted on a gable end in certain circumstances. The cap is now clipped to the shingles so as not to protrude through them.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Railing Handrail | Toerail
Description: In certain circumstances the toerail and handrail were not mitering properly. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Ridge Cap
Description: Ridge cap was not mitering properly in certain circumstances when a hole is present. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Rod and Shelf
Description: In certain circumstances moving a note could adjust an overlapping rod and shelf. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Roof On Opening
Description: In certain circumstances roof on opening shingles would not properly meet the shingles of the main roof. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Roof | Elevation Drawing
Description: Extra lines were display in saved elevations when using the “Sheathing Upper Corner at Fascia Edge” method. This has been improved..

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Roof Overhang
Description: In certain circumstances an overhang could not be specified on a roof edge with an intersection style. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Ceilings
Description: When large ceilings with many lights cutting them were used in a design it could take a long time for 3d and cross section to generate. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Site Plan Extraction
Description: Site Polygons with spline edges could cause spikes in the elevation extraction. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Site Plan Extraction
Description: In certain circumstances a site polygon set to cut ground would still have the property material bleeding through. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Neighborhood House
Description: Changing which project an existing neighborhood house instance uses would cause the house to disappear on the site. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.2
Feature: Bird’s Eye Lines
Description: When saving a top elevation or Bird’s eye drawing, duplicate lines could be generated at double hip edges. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Accent Truss
Description: Accent Trusses are not were extracting correctly when roof edge is angled.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Accent Truss
Description: When using a beam for a gable end to reference and disabling the gable end material provided by roof, the accent truss did not appear when enabled. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Block Move
Description: Block move was pausing on clicks when annotated views were visible

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: cooktop symbol
Description: When placing a cooktop type symbol with rounded elements within two cabinets, the cabinet panel no longer overlaps the symbol and now uses the correct surface type to cap the hole.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Cover Floor system
Description: The floor system is now covered by the exterior material in cases where the wall material is specified to be fixed.
Notes: This restores behavior that existed prior to version 2020.2.1

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Railings on Curved Stair
Description: Railing spindles on a curved stair could detach from the railing in certain cases.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Draw Speed Note
Description: Drawing a speed note with attributes (with the shift key pressed) could cause the program to dead lock or crash.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Edit Unit Opening
Description: Editing a unit opening could cause a delay before the edit dialog opens. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Shingles False Gable
Description: Shingles were not being cut on the main roof under a false gable.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: False Gable Profile
Description: Extra surfaces have been removed that were extending from a false gable from the peak of the roof when a false gable was set to a use a profile.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Slab recess.
Description: Wall surface now extends into a slab recess.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Frieze Board
Description: In certain circumstances frieze boards do not line up across multiple roofs and this has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Gable End
Description: In certain circumstances a gable end material was being cut by an interior opening. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Rod and Shelf
Description: In certain circumstances when inserting a drawing, rod and shelves could become unreferenced. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Keynote Renumbering
Description: Renumbering keynotes gives all keynotes an outline.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Neighborhood Floor Cover
Description: Wall surfaces were not covering the floor system in 3D when a house was inserted as a neighborhood house. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Wall Type
Description: Scrolling the mouse wheel while the cursor is hovering over the wall type field in the wall edit dialog could cause multiple alignment dialogs to pop up and in some cases crash the program. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: PDF Import
Description: When importing a pdf file containing white lines on a black background, the lines would not be visible in SoftPlan if the background of the SoftPlan drawing was white. Line color of the pdf shapes is now modified to be visible if they are the same color as the SoftPlan background color.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Plan Set Drawing Label
Description: The Section Lines visibility could improperly control the visibility of the Drawing label of cross section drawings on a plan set page. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Title Block
Description: Moving a Project to a different folder could cause plan set pages to lose their connection to custom title block drawings. This has been corrected for custom title block drawings located in the folder of the project referencing them.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Railing post height
Description: In certain circumstances the height of a railing post would be incorrect at the corner of a stair way. This has been improved.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Shadow board | Dutch Gable
Description: In certain circumstances the shadow board would extract incorrectly in 3D when added to a Dutch gable roof edge.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Shadow board | Roof Shingles
Description: In certain circumstances the shingle overhang was not extended to cover a shadow board. This has now been corrected

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Hinge Indicators
Description: Cabinet door hinge indicators are saving incorrectly when partially obscured. This has now been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: 3D Posts Neighborhood
Description: Posts in a neighborhood house could extract in inconsistent colors.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Vent Opening Frame Offset
Description: Frame offset was not available when editing vent openings in certain circumstances. This has been corrected.

Release: 2020.2.1
Feature: Wall Trim End Options
Description: When changing between end treatments on a wall a stutter occurs when additional fields appear. This has been corrected

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Extraction Options Lowest Drawing
Description: The lowest drawing can be removed from extraction in views in the extraction dialog.
Notes: This is useful when you wish to eliminate the site plan drawings from elevations and sections without modifying the floor stack of the model.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: 3D | Edit Roof Edge
Description: When editing a roof edge in 3D a screen was flashing white
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Adjust Item Undo
Description: When adjusting roof edges or a floor system in certain circumstances Undo would no longer work.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Annotated View | Modified
Description: Any time the model was modified annotated drawings (views) were also set as modified. Now annotated drawing tabas are only set as modified when changes are made to it directly.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Bull Nose roof | Freeze
Description: In a stacked gable with a bull nose the freeze board could fail to generate correctly in certain cases. This was improved.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Corner board
Description: Corner board could fail to form properly when wall materials of two different material types joined. This was improved
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Framing mode Deadlock
Description: The program could deadlock in framing mode when generating a plan view. This was improved.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Cross Section Deadlock
Description: The program could deadlock when drawing section lines on certain drawings. This was improved.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Door Edge Lines
Description: Visible lines were removed from 3D door symbols to improve their appearance in elevation.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Symbol Cost table version control
Description: Editing an opening could be very slow as it could trigger a one time version control of the SoftList cost tables. This has been improved to version control specific elements as needed.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Wall Definition Edit
Description: Drawings containing wall definitions not in the Project Level were not displaying those definitions in certain cases. These definitions should now display when editing the definition from the wall.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Electrical Symbols Offset
Description: Electrical symbols such as Can Lights were sitting at the wrong elevation offset. They were off by 1 inch. This has been corrected.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Elevation Roof
Description: Stray Fascia Lines could be created when vertical hip surfaces were in use. Stray Lines have been eliminated in this case.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Elevation View Camera
Description: Changing the camera direction in elevation now updates the tab name to correspond to the new direction.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Extraction Options
Description: The Site extraction option was renamed to Site Polygons..
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: False Gables
Description: False gables with plan gable corners were not extracting correctly in 3D. This has been improved.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Image Paint
Description: Importing certain PDF files as Shapes could cause the program to pause for a long time before the preview appears. This long pause has been eliminated in these cases.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Model Menu
Description: Alt+M now opens the model menu as it did in previous versions.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Keynote ID
Description: Copying Keynotes and changing content could leave the original keynote with an ID of zero. Keynote ID’s are now incremented to the next number in these cases.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Mirror | Spline Pointer
Description: Mirroring a Spline Pointer can leave the new spline pointer connected to the original note. This has been corrected.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: PDF Export
Description: Some Revision clouds would not export when optimizing a pdf from size at 600dpi. This has been corrected.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Model Menu
Description: In some circumstances the Model menu would disappear as an option. This has been corrected.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Multi Floor Roof
Description: Roof edges could become unreferenced when re-opening a project. This has been corrected.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Opening Schedule Hinge
Description: The hinge column of an opening schedule could display the incorrect information. This has been corrected.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Opening Custom Text
Description: The custom text field of openings was performing mathematical operations on the text when it should not. This has been corrected.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: PDF Import
Description: Certain PDF files could import 90 degrees off from their preview orientation. This has been corrected.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: PDF Import
Description: Certain images within a pdf could import with an incorrect orientation. This has been corrected.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Performance Lag
Description: In certain circumstances, during the time when 3D was extracting walls, a performance lag could be noticed in 2d when drawing objects. This has been improved.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Plan Set | Rotate | Room Name
Description: The Room name mask would not display correctly when rotating a drawing on a plan set page. This has been corrected.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Railings | Wrap around Stairs
Description: Railings would fail to reference wrap around stairs after a cleanup was done. This has been corrected.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Erase Roof
Description: Erasing a single roof on a drawing with multiple roofs would erase all the auto stick framing on the drawing. This has been corrected to only erase the framing corresponding to the roof being erased.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Roof Bull Nose
Description: When a bull nose roof edge was forming into a hip roof it would not properly close under the roof.
Notes:You might have to issue a cleanup command to correct improperly closed roofs.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Roof False Gable Reverse
Description: Reversing a floor plan that contains a false gable can cause the fascia to extract incorrectly in 3D. This has been corrected.
Notes:None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Annotation Items Shifting
Description: Annotated items could shift incorrectly when adding site plans to the floor stack after the drawing has been annotated. The annotated items now maintain their relative position to the existing floors.
Notes:None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: SoftList Cutlist Export
Description: The asterisk character that is added to a material name is no longer exported with the cutlist report.
Notes:None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: SoftList Tab name
Description: If a report configuration has only one layout, the layout name is not included in the tab name. It is identified uniquely by the report configuration name.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: Publish reView
Description: In certain circumstances some walls could be missing when publishing to review. This has been corrected.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: symbol wizard
Description: The texture box was hard to view in the symbol wizard. Layout of the dialog was improved for readability and ease of use.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: wall joins
Description: In some cases walls of different types could join materials in unexpected ways. This has been improved.
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.2.0
Feature: wall plates
Description: In some cases wall plates would drop to cover a floor. This has been corrected
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Shadows
Description: Textures with transparency were not casting shadows in the ray trace engine. This has been corrected
Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Window->Output
Description: The output windows button is now disabled in a 3D window.
Notes: The output window is used for SoftList mode only.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Angled Walls
Description: Openings were not breaking angle walls textures and shading in certain cases. This has been corrected.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: DXF|DWG Export Images
Description: Annotated views were not exporting correctly to DXF|DWG because images were not being exported. This has been corrected.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Auto basement wall definitions
Description: When selecting a wall definition in the Auto Basement command, a different wall definition could be used than the one selected in certain cases. This has been corrected.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Champher Railing Deck Stair
Description: Depending on railing orientation the railing spindles could locate inside the handrail/toerail rather than beside it. This has been corrected.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Door Edge Lines
Description: The Standard Door list could have extra lines visible in elevation and section than desired. Those lines have been removed.
Notes: Downloading additional content should replace the 3d door symbols to give the desired result.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Rounding Dimension Text Metric
Description: Openings text dimensions were displaying decimal mm when in metric. It has been corrected to round up to the next whole mm.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Drawing Templates
Description: When switching between drawing templates in the System Options/Project Options, the proper units (metric/Imperial) were not being displayed in the dialog. This has been corrected.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Drawing Templates Workspace
Description: Changing the workspace in a drawing template was not applying to the drawings referencing the template. This has been corrected.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: DWG Import Arcs
Description: Importing a DWG with elliptical arcs and a line style could fail. This has been corrected.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Use Cardinal Direction
Description: Old projects were being converted to have Use Cardinal Direction set as on. IT has been corrected to set as off. This has been corrected.
Notes: Old projects didn’t have the Use Cardinal Direction option so off is the proper default to ensure the project does not change.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Face Sliding Door
Description: Face Sliding doors were not extracting open in 3d when open in model is turned on. This has been corrected.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Face Sliding Door
Description: Face Sliding doors were not reversing correctly. This has been corrected.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Framing Mode Headers
Description: Headers drawn in framing mode could disappear when opening the drawing. This has been corrected.
Notes: This was specific to how close the header was to the corner of joining walls.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Import PDF
Description: If a PDF file had a large number of images the pdf file could fail to import the images and shapes. This has been corrected.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Joist Border
Description: The ceiling joist and floor joist polygon borders were printing. This has been corrected so that only the joists themselves print.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Note Dialog
Description: The note dialog could display the note at a size that was hard to read on UHD monitors at certain text scales. This has been corrected to employ better scaling for legibility.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Note Underline
Description: Trailing spaces in a note were not being underlined when the underline option was selected. This has been corrected.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Schedules
Description: Drawings with schedules on them could prompt as modified even though no changes occurred. This has been improved.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Site Polygon
Description: Site Polygons with grade lines drawn as splines could cause a crash. This has been corrected.
Notes: none

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Roof Repeat edit
Description: Repeat edit of a particular roof could cause a page fault. This has been corrected.
Notes: none

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: PDF Import
Description: Importing a pdf file with shapes on it could import the lines with improper thickness. This has been corrected.
Notes: none

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Annotation Mode
Description: When drawing with multiple tabs open in annotation mode, a cursor lag could occur in certain circumstances. This has been improved.
Notes: none

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Plan Sets Schedules
Description: Schedules on a plan set page were not updating when the model floor stack was modified. This has been corrected.
Notes: none

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Railing
Description: In certain circumstances a railing’s mid-posts were not fitting properly and the spindles could display outside of the rail section they were supposed to be located in. This has been corrected.
Notes: none

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: PDF Import
Description: Polylines were not importing with a solid fill when appropriate. This has been corrected.
Notes: none

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Shape Texture
Description: The Texture pulldown is blank in the status bar when drawing shapes. This has been corrected.
Notes: none

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Material List Menu
Description: The Material List Menu could be blank when using traditional menus over ribbons. This has been corrected.
Notes: none

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: SoftList Layout Library Categories
Description: The Edit Material option has been removed from the right click menu when operating on a library Category.
Notes: Edit Material is not applicable to library categories.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: SoftView Save
Description: Including a “.” in the folder name of the project could stop images and animations files from saving. This has been corrected.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Symbol
Description: Symbols with a circular reference (ie symbols that contain a reference to a symbol of the same name) could cause a crash. A message is now displayed indicating that the symbol is corrupt and the program does not crash.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.9
Feature: Workspace Limits
Description: A saved top elevation could save data outside the workspace. The workspace is now increased to include the data.
Notes: none.

Release: 2020.1.8
Feature: Plain Gable Corners
Description: Plain Gable Corners were not extracting correctly in 3D when Sheathing Placement was set to “Sheathing Upper Corner in line with Fascia Edge”. This has been corrected.
Notes: none

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Sloped Property Polygons

Description: Changes have been made to improve extraction of sloped property polygons at the edges of the property.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Adjust Wall Material Status Bar Message

Description: The status bar no longer displays getMsg() 1999 Not Found when the Adjust wall material tool is selected

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Elevation Marker Line

Description: User adjustments to elevation marker lines hold as the model is modified and the annotated views are updated.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Annotated Views Print/Export

Description: Image quality improved when printing or exporting annotated views.

Notes: Antialiasing and reflections are used when configured to do so.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Ceiling Joist | Section

Description: Ceiling Joists now generate in a saved cross section drawing.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Corner Board | Outside Width

Description: Outside corner boards display proper width in 3D.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Elevation Marker Lines | Cross Section

Description: Elevation Marker Lines are now added when a Cross Section is generated without the background on.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Deck Stair Railings

Description: Improvements made to the railings so that the profiles do not become distorted in 3D

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Roof Fascia

Description: Improvements made to 3D Fascia extraction between gable ends and hip ends of a roof.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Fence Symbols

Description: Fence Symbol panels now extract the last section of the fence.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: PDF Import

Description: Escape cancels the preview of the PDF import.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: 3D File Save As

Description: Changes have been made to prompt for permission to overwrite existing files.

Notes: Previously it would only prompt when you selected the browse button.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Repeat Edit Note

Description: Repeat edit of a note to a custom size could change the font used. This has been corrected.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Interior Trim

Description: Interior trim could display on one side of a wall if the wall definition was covering the floor system..

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Metric SoftList

Description: Header Depth could display an incorrect value.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Auto Railing

Description: Auto Railing could page fault on angled stairs.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Speed Note

Description: Editing a Speed Note could page fault if the speed note contained entities on non-existent layers.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Speed Note

Description: Editing a Speed Note could page fault if the speed note contained entities on non-existent layers.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Railing Spindles

Description: Railing spindles were not always following the rails

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Cable Railing Definition

Description: Cable Railing definition added to both deck and stair rail types

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Roof Extraction

Description: Roof extraction in 3D did not always match the 2d picture of the roof.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Generate Building Outline

Description: Generated outline could have edges on the wrong angles.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Shot Point

Description: Dropping a shot point on an existing terrain could alter the terrain in unexpected ways.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Fence Symbols

Description: Fence symbols were not displaying their previews

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Slab

Description: Added Auto to the toolbar level selection for Slabs. When auto is selected slabs will draw on different levels automatically.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Railing Mid Posts

Description: Addition of Mid posts could alter the slope of the railing section to section so that it was no longer straight.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: Symbol Center Anchor

Description: Drawing symbols configured to anchor at center would shift instead of holding position after the second click.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.8

Feature: System Options

Description: Drawing Option Selector appearance was improved

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: Rod and Shelf – Page Fault

Description: Drawing rod and shelf no longer causes a page fault.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: 3D Views – Cabinet End Panels

Description: 3D views now update to reflect changes made to the Face Style of Cabinet End Panels on the floor plan. Additionally, this behavior will no longer cause page faults.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: SoftList – Rounding

Description: Changes have been made to ensure that SoftList drops decimal units below 3 decimal places before applying upward rounding when calculating material quantities.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: SoftList – Flooring Formulas

Description: Changes have been made to ensure that the Flooring formulas in SoftList correctly count Tile Underlayment and Carpet Underpadding.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: Railing Finish – Texture Material

Description: Railing finish 4 has been changed to Metal Railing finish by default.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: SoftList – Jack Arch Area Variable

Description: Changes have been made to ensure that the jack_arch_area variable in Group: Opening Trim / Component: Jack Arch calculates correctly.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: Cabinet Binding – Page Fault

Description: Changes have been made to ensure that cabinets moved near cabinets in symbols do not try to bind with each other which can cause a page fault.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: Shadow Boards – Extraction

Description: Changes have been made to ensure that shadow boards on gable ends extract correctly in 3D when adjacent hip edges also have shadow boards enabled.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: Adjust Wall Material – Development Error

Description: Changes have been made to ensure that selecting a wall corner when using the Clear command of the Adjust Wall Material function does not produce a Development Error.

Notes: Tools > Adjust Wall Material > Clear.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: SoftPlan+ – Support Ticket Cursor Behavior

Description: Changes have been made to ensure the cursor remains responsive when clicked outside the support ticket window from a 3D/Elevation/Section tab.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: Opening Details – Saved Elevation Drawings

Description: Changes have been made to ensure that details on openings such as glazing and panelling display correctly when saving an elevation drawing.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: Blank and Blank Cased Arch Openings – Threshold

Description: Blank and Blank Cased Arch openings have been configured to not have a sill by default which caused the addition of thresholds.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: Overlay Drawings – Display

Description: Changes have been made to ensure that overlay drawings do not incorrectly display roof lines.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: Deck Drawing – Speed

Description: Changes have been made to ensure that deck drawing operates at about the same speed as it does in SoftPlan 2018.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: Windows Taskbar – Pinned SoftPlan version 2020 Icon

Description: Changes have been made to ensure that opening SoftPlan from the pinned icon does not open a new icon in the Windows taskbar.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: Elevation Model View – Zoom Extent

Description: Changes have been made to ensure that opening a SoftList report while viewing an elevation in Model View at Zoom Extent does not change the level of zoom of the elevation view.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: Drawing Options – Project Template

Description: If a Project-level template is in use to provide the Drawing Options for a drawing, the Project Template settings can now be accessed directly from the Drawing Options menu. This action closes the Drawing Options and opens the Project Options directly to the template to be edited.

Notes: File > Drawing Options > Drawing Options.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: SoftList – Overhang Hidden Variable

Description: The overhang_hidden variable of Group: Wall now checks the height of the material in a wall when determining how much of the wall is covered by the roof.

Notes: None.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: SoftList – Report Modifications

Description: Changes have been made to ensure that Report modifications are now maintained when switching the Cost Column in the Report Options (i.e., Default to Alternate A).

Notes: Report > Options.

Release: 2020.1.7

Feature: Plan Sets – Drawing Rotation

Description: Changes have been made to ensure that the Design Size and Room Name labels now display at the correct orientation when a drawing is rotated 90 degrees on a Plan Set page.

Notes: None.