Envisioneer Essentials

A robust building information modeling and presentation tool with a vast array of interoperability formats including AutoCAD DWG and the benefits of Envisioneer Essentials’s ability to easily model, render, and present your concepts in 3D, as well as integrate with your existing 2D drafting platform.

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For interior designers, Envisioneer Essentials eliminates potential client frustration and hesitance with their redecorating project by giving you the ability to effectively communicate and demonstrate your design ideas using photorealistic 3D images. You can visually demonstrate your client’s final redecorated space instantly with custom interior appointments such as cabinets, moldings, appliances, furniture, flooring and lighting using Envisioneer Essentials’s flexible parametric catalog filled with more than 10,000 pre-defined objects. You can even add your own unique manufacturer catalogs and objects to make any interior living space complete and reflective of your client’s design style and taste.

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Use Envisioneer Essentials’s flexible parametric catalog of pre-defined objects to create a complete interior living space with extreme detail. Then use the Material Paintbrush to change the appearance of any object with point-and-click simplicity to create your own perfect interior space or demonstrate alternative décor options, an essential tool for any designer.

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For landscape professionals, Envisioneer Essentials gives you the ability to provide your clients with a complete view of their finished landscape project from the time gardens are planted. Project how exteriors will look throughout various seasonal changes based on specific climates and regions. Illustrate how proposed plant life will fill in over time to assist in accurately projecting any issues that could affect your client’s building structure. Envisioneer Essentials is also populated with a comprehensive encyclopedia with thousands of plant, tree and shrub options as well as hardscape features and elements that add drama and excitement to any landscape.

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Envisioneer Essentials brings style and curb appeal to your client’s outdoor spaces. Create a perfect outdoor space using Envisioneer Essentials ’s extensive set of landscape tools. Easily add decks, pools, spas, fences, patios, gardens and more to create luxurious exteriors. Let the software show you exactly how the sun will cast shadows or how the plants will grow over time and change each season based on your client’s specific location.

Photorealistic Rendering and Animations

Envisioneer Essentials allows you to create stunning 3D presentations and animations such as interactive walk-throughs and virtual tours while making changes on the fly.

Custom Kitchens and Bathrooms

Kitchens and bathrooms are often the spaces that sell a house. Create dream kitchens and baths quickly and easily with Envisioneer Essentials’s Kitchen and Bath Builder Wizards. Apply appliances, fixtures, fittings and custom cabinetry to suite your client’s personal taste.

Thousands of Materials

Choose from a huge library of generic and manufacturer-specific materials. You can even add your own materials from swatches taken from the Internet or a digital camera.

Materials Paintbrush

Change the appearance of objects with point-and-click simplicity. Choose from thousands of generic and manufacturers’ materials. Use the Eyedropper tool to query existing materials in your design, and then apply the material to other objects if desired.

Create Detailed and Intricate Designs

Use custom moldings on baseboards, crown moldings, and even cabinetry to add that fine detail that captures attention. Accentuate your design with thousands of 3D interior objects including furniture, fireplaces, and decorative accessories.

Lighting and Electrical Layout

Develop lighting plans using fixtures with fully controllable light sources. Create wiring diagrams and complete them with switches, outlets and other electrical elements.

Accurate Quantity Takeoffs

Generate complete and accurate bills of materials at the click of a mouse. Produce customized quantity outputs to suit your business needs while linking with your estimating and accounting packages.

Complete Lot Design

Use Envisioneer Essentials’s Site Boundary tool to draw your lot lines using surveyor coordinates. Input data from an existing survey or design your own site plan showing building setbacks. Even indicate true North Direction which is reflected in your rendered sun studies and site data.

Hardscapes, Fills and Ponds

A landscaping program is not truly complete without the ability to illustrate exterior elements such as driveways, sidewalks, patios and retaining walls. Create water gardens, garden beds and even sand traps for a backyard golf course.

Plant Encyclopedia

Browse through a comprehensive encyclopedia of 7,500 plants and design the perfect landscape. The encyclopedia includes zoning patterns, watering schedules and color photos of all plants and trees. You can illustrate plant growth over time and seasonal change according to your location and time of year.

Decks

Create a deck of any shape, size and layout using the comprehensive deck design tool. Customize your deck framing style and watch the deck intelligently connect to your structure. Create custom railings and decking patterns using any wood or composite material.

Fences and Gates

Point and click to quickly draw a fence around your property and then insert a gate where needed. Choose from a variety of pre-defined styles or create your own.

3D Terrain Modeling

Create slopes, hills, berms, valleys and plateaus with point-and-click simplicity. Address site- specific building conditions such as uneven lots, walkout basements and hillside structures. Landscape structures interact with the terrain and update if the terrain is changed, a truly unique feature in the design software industry.

Irrigation

Layout a complete sprinkler system including sprinkler heads and piping diagrams.

Photorealistic Rendering and Animations

Envisioneer Essentials allows you to create stunning 3D presentations and animations such as interactive walk-throughs and virtual tours while making changes on the fly.