What’s new in DomuS3D® 2016 compared with VENUS

Generals                                                              

The program is available in both 32 and 64-bit.

New naming conventions

It’s possible to easily set your own logo and Company name to customize the technical blueprints

Updated window for furnishing elements

Quick edit of the number of pieces per box directly on estimate view

New window for Program’s options

Wizard for creating a new project is new

Project’s data window now presents new fields: customer’s email, project’s state (draft, in negotiation, sold, not sold)

3D files loading in SketchUp 2015 and FBX 7.5.0 formats.

New DomuS3D® 360 version, with room’s mapping module and transmission to DomuS3D®

DomuS3D 360 is ready for Android smartphones and tablets too

New Tile window, along with possibility to choose surface finishes and borders

Possibility to specify to off-shade tile without rotating it

Undo operations number extended to 20

New engine on Components window: faster and more responsive

Possibility to immediately spot off-shaded tiles on Components window

Tabs order in Components window has been changed. Photo2D and Lights sections are hidden; you can show them again activating the related control in Options mask

Possibility to immediately spot hookable furnishing elements and surface finishes on Components window

New order for furnishing elements and laying patterns on Components window: most used are showed first

Linear Pendant light inserted in Components window

New 3D DXF project export command

New Live page

Tiles and Furnishing elements have been renamed to Coverings and Furishings in Components window

Frame dimensions can be customized, and are now available in Registry editor

Several bug fixes

Layout

While drawing layout, walls are automatically represented with new depth

New engine for layout automatic dimensions management

Possibility to automatically dimension doors and windows (center line, width, height)

New “move wall” control; you can activate it by simply selecting and dragging wall with mouse

WallàSplit and Cad2DàDimensionàDraw commands stay in loop for a better usage

New algorithm for Zooming In/Out, which allows mouse to stay on the same point of project

New mechanism for inserting elements with “hooking points” technique

New behavior for moving objects in layout window

New algorithm for selecting similar elements to the one inserted

New “Move/Copy/Delete/Show/Hide” room control; they involve all elements in the room

Possibility to name objects and lights to easily recognize them during selection

New “Direct Print” control in layout (F2); allows to print what one sees on screen

New button for drawing a new room on CAD2D Ribbon

New toolbar for quick controls , available when an element/object/light/door is selected

New Create image command available in order to save layout window in a jpg/png/bmp file

Multiple items selection

Distance between walls and automatic dimensions has been changed to 60 cm. (formerly 40)

You can create areas that can be tiled starting from a DXF that contains multiple (closed) polylines

Several bug fixes

Navigation

New mechanism to select surface finishes associated to an object layer

Possibility to customize tiles off-shaded effect : you can choose the image to be used and its rotation

Copy/Paste coverings control also available on coverable objects and areas

Copy (object/elements/group) control also available in navigation

New button in Ribbon to quickly show/hide lights

Copy/Mirror/Properties controls for lights also available in Navigation windw

Automatic 360° panoramic view

Automatic panoramic orbital view

Automatic activation “Change repeated tiles” icon when inserting a dynamic laying pattern

“Cover object” control also available here (it works exactly like its corresponding on layout)

New control for creating an image in RGB colors, with articles mapping

New “explode group” control

2 mm. default grout

Command Extend floor tiling stays in loop for a better usage

Dump and load to/from external files. Quick (saved) view selection directly from the Ribbon

Drag&Drop of complex format tiles form the Components window

New random horizontal patterns for tiles with the same height

Several bug fixes

Floor/Wall/Surface 2D and tiling window

It’s possible to create 3D objects with CAD module even on wall (niches, shelves, worktops)

Furnishing elements close to the wall can also be visualized

Coverable areas, tiles layers, vertical tilings can also be realized with neutral laying patterns, to drag and drop tiles on it later on

New algorithm to reduce covering (or coverable area) specifying new dimensions

Possibility to customize tiles off-shaded effect : you can choose the image to be used and its rotation

You can save a complex format starting from a closed polyline

Several bug fixes

Rendering

New 3.25 V-Ray rendering engine version (available in both 32 and 64-bit). Offers higher speed and improves rendering image quality

New V-Ray RT rendering engine (only available in 64-bit)

Advanced elements import (Arch&Design and VRayMtl) with diffused map, reflection, refraction and bumps

Several bug fixes

Technical printouts

Technical printouts have been improved: new templates available

New version of the internal editor for printouts preview, which improves the paper layout and graphic quality for those who do not dispose of Microsoft Word™

New DomuS3D® Composer. It is an external application which can load the project’s details (also called atoms: layout, walls, exploded-view drawings, renderings, …) to allow users to compose their own printouts customizing them in paper space, with no boundaries regarding nor disposition, neither paper format (A0, A1, … A5, letter, …). Furthermore, it offers extended paper customization commands (for instance shot peening, text disposition, etc…). DomuS3D® Composer will be furtherly developed in the next months, to become the real solution to projects professional printouts with DomuS3D®

Tiles of the project are classified with an absolute number in Composer

Several bug fixes (among which also the unused border which makes layout and walls images smaller)

Image processing module

New module that allows you to edit the rendered images