ARCHLine.XP 2012 New features

ARCHLine.XP 2012 Beta is at the doorstep!

During the development of ARCHLine.XP 2012 the goal was to have an easy-to-use interface & workflow not only for the experienced users but beginners in computer design as well. The new developments expedite daily work, and help to understand the handling of unused tools.

Room Maker

The new all-in-one design tool that highly speeds up the interior design. You can do all steps in one panel very quickly.
Room Maker is an all-in-one design tool that highly speeds up the interior design starting from an empty room.

You will experience:

There is no need to learn many icons, CAD design tools anymore.
You can do all steps in one panel very quickly even if you are beginner in computer design.
You can add doors, windows, finishes, lights, curtains, sockets, switches, cornices and skirting boards, pictures on wall using this smart design method
Do you need for another texture, color, socket type or profile for cornice? Choose it from your preferred item's list and you can see how it looks right away.

Tiling development

Thanks to the developments now you can decorate any surface in 3D.

One design - infinite variations!

Regardless of your design style, you can find quickly a texture that fits perfectly to your conception.

You will experience:

How to create beautiful textured walls, floors, curtains and other elements. As a result the room will take on a whole new dimension.
How to visit interiors websites for getting the latest catalogs from well known producers.
As an example the entire Morris & Co, Sanderson, Harlequin or Voyage Decoration portfolio including all fabrics and wall coverings is available through Curtain Up website
Do you wish to collect your favorite finishes? You can add them with one click to your preferred item's list and you can use them in all of your design from now on.

Opening wizard

New Door and Window wizard makes easy to create custom openings.

Interface improvements

Interface improvements for efficient workflow: Cursor input grid, Sensible reference-markers, Parallel items selection – change their distance with marker.

Smart Distance tool makes your editing comfortable and visually controlled.

You will experience:

Smart Distance is a fast tool to measure and change the distance from the first selected item and the later selected ones.
ARCHLine.XP displays the first item with a red colour. The next selected item(s) will be easy to recognize as it will have a different colour.

Auxiliary lines

Roof Tiling

Roof Tiling with solid 3D tiles, displayed in 2D and 3D, quantity take-off, visuals, and complex rafter and batten structure definitions.

Section creation

New image based section creation, and highly accelerated vectorial section.

Project Navigator

Detailed set management with factory sets, project related sets and user defined ‘My’ sets in the Project Navigator tool.

Horizontal floor management

Horizontal floor management: You can handle all floors in the same time in a horizontally aligned mode.

Cabinet wizard

New shapes: corner, arc corner and furniture with frontal profile.

Worktop wizard

Bespoke worktop design.

Highly increased graphics speed in 2D

Highly increased graphics speed in 2D. Large size projects graphic speed for zooming, panning are highly improved and enables smooth and continuous work.

Improvement of drawing elements

Improvement of drawing elements, it permits the fill of the drawing elements as polygon, arc, ellipse with solid color, hatch pattern or texture.

New layer properties

New layer properties as Printable and Description.

Print, PDF

Print queue for print jobs. Print queue lets you collect all the print jobs into one list and print it in one PDF file with multiple pages.

Grayscale 3D model representation

The Grayscale 3D representation is a great tool to study the volumes of a 3D model.

Web collection

Web collection is an online place where users can share their projects, objects, 3D furnishing, lamps and other items. The Web collection is available at the Welcome dialog and in the software as well.

You can find information about previous versions by visiting the following links: