Software Feature

Description

miniPLAN Pro

miniPLAN GO!

Unique ‘Sketch & Measure’ system

Sketch your room on the screen, you are prompted for all measurements, sketch resizes to correct dimension.

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Easy to use – no CAD experience necessary

Logical system – same methods used as when using a DISTO™ and sketch pad

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Simple, easy to use interface

Minimum number of buttons and commands – easy and quick to learn.

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Floor Plans of whole or part of a building

Link rooms together to build up floor plan of an entire building.

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Software supplied fully set up and ready to use

miniPLAN is ready to use as soon as it is installed.

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Use on Pocket PC devices

Runs on Windows based mobile phones and PDAs .

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Use on UMPCs

UMPCs, such as the Samsung Q1, provide the ideal platform for miniPLAN.

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Use on most laptops and PCs with Windows operating systems

A laptop with a Bluetooth dongle can be used on site, or miniPLAN can be used on a desktop PC to convert site sketches into CAD format.

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Bluetooth DISTO™ input

Measurements beamed instantly from your DISTO™ into miniPLAN via a Bluetooth link.

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Tape input

Manually enter distances from a  tape or from a DISTO™ without a Bluetooth link .

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Templates for different building types

Set up templates  with different room names, feature lists, symbols and line styles for each building type.

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Draw orthogonal rooms

Quickly sketch and measure rooms with right angled corners.

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Room misclosure calculation & adjustment

Any gross errors are highlighted once a room is measured and can be easily corrected .

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Bracing  for walls

Fix the shape of any room by measuring diagonals.

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Wall Hinge tool

Measure angled in ortho mode then rotate into position.

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Curved Wall tool

Simple tool to measure curved walls.

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Match Wall Bearing tool

Match wall bearings to those of other walls in the building.

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Automatic External Wall Generation

External walls created from wall thickness and corners trimmed automatically.

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Zoom & Pan

Easy to use zoom and pan functions.

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Undo and Redo

Move back or forward through your project.

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Delete selected items

Remove unwanted items from the floor plan.

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Clarify tool

Select an individual  item close to other features or in a group.

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Add Doors and Windows

Insert doors and windows into walls.

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Staircase tool

Add staircases & set the size and number of risers.

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Floor level tool

Calculate floor levels throughout a building.

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Alter Window properties

Change frame sizes and depths, set internal and external sizes.

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Measure tool

Measure distance between 2 points and add dimension arrows to drawing.

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Chainage and Offset input

Fix the position point and line features by Chainage and Offset from nearest wall.

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Bracing for point and line features

Fix the position point and line features from 2 fixed room corners.

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Single point feature

Point features limited to 1 text and feature point.

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Single Line feature

Lines features limited to 1 line.

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100+ Point and Line features set up and ready to use

AutoCAD compatible lines and symbols ready for use.

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Define and customise your own Point and Line features

Create new features, allocate them lines and symbols. New symbols can be created in any CAD program.

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User defined ”Top Items”

Add most used commonly features  to the plan with just one click.

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Resize features by adding dimensions

Point and line features can be resized at any time using X Dim & Y Dim buttons.

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Traffic Light error checking system

Quickly identify measured, partially measured or unmeasured items in the building.

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Backup and Recovery

Secure backup and recovery system so ensure data safety.

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Areas

Room and Wall Areas calculated as room is measured.

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Room Volumes

Volumes calculated as room is measured.

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Control point system to link rooms together

Add a control point to a door or window to fix the position of adjacent rooms.

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Reference Points

Add Reference Points & attach Control Points to them if doors & windows are not present.

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Control layer system to link rooms together

Use existing walls or an imported DXF to control the position of a new room.

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Export Building Report to Excel

Building report containing details of all rooms, walls, features etc. present in the building.

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Export Energy Assessor Report to Excel

Building data exported ready for input into SBEM software.

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Export Feature Report to Excel

List all features surveyed in a building.

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Import DXF drawing

Bring in existing CAD drawings to control the shape of he building and position rooms.

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Export DXF

Export your finished floor plan straight into any CAD program.

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Export image files

Export floor plans as BMP, JPG and other image files that can be viewed an editing in any graphics program.

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Bay Window tool

Add a Bay Window to a wall with one click.

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Array tool

Create an array or grid  of features at set distances from each other.

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Flip

Change direction of a line or wall, flips a door so it opens out of the current room.

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Brace/Unbrace

Fixes or Unfixes a wall, or its ends, so it can be repositioned.

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View mode

Navigate simply through the building. Select the floor or room to work on.

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Zone mode

Group rooms into Zones. Define external walls.

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Re-name DISTO™ function

Change the identity of your DISTO™ to an easily recognisable name.

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User definable grid

Set drawing grid to reflect personal preferences .

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Change Display Preferences

Choose what and how features etc. are displayed.

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Compass feature to define direction of north

Set direction of north. Wall properties include the direction it’s facing based on the compass bearing.

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