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"SoftPlan EDU allows me to teach Architecture...not CAD."
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SoftPlan, the CAD package of choice for thousands
of professionals., is so user-friendly that it is being taught in classrooms in high
schools, technical and community colleges and vocational schools, all the way up to
colleges and universities.
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Teachers are amazed at how easy
SoftPlan is to teach and how even easier it is to learn!
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SoftPlan EDU is the educational
training version of SoftPlan.
SoftPlan EDU gives you all the tools
in SoftPlan, SoftView, and SoftList.
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With SoftPlan EDU students learn how to
create:
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Plans
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Quality and speed of plans are second to
none.
Create detailed floor plans using familiar objects such as walls, windows, and doors.
Quickly design floor system framing plans.
Add automatic or completely custom roofs.
Generate instant Cross Sections, Elevations, Wall and Roof framing diagrams.
Design accompanying decking.
Complete site plans based on engineering data.
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3D Renderings
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View this rendering from different interior or
exterior angles.
Apply countless textures to three dimensional surfaces including hardwood, carpet, tile,
brick, cladding, stucco, and even your own custom textures.
Add various interior and exterior lighting with incredible real life shadows and
reflections.
Import backgrounds and images from your digital camera, the web, your scanner, etc.
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Material Lists
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Keep a running total of all materials used in
your drawings.
Assign a waste calculation for each material.
Customize timber pricing tables for different types of timber or timber suppliers.
Edit formulas for precision calculations based on the way you build.
Edit report styles: One may show total cost of the project for presentation to your client,
while another shows your hard costs, mark-up and labor rates.
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SoftPlan EDU is rapidly rising as the
standard for CAD in the classroom.
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Ease of use:
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SoftPlan's object orientation makes it easier for
students to grasp than conventional CAD packages. With SoftPlan, students will learn to
design with everyday building objects such as walls, windows, and doors, to name a few of
SoftPlan"s many pre-defined symbols. This means they do not need to learn an entirely new
language or x,y,z coordinates to effectively use the program. Because SoftPlan's learning
curve is the absolute shortest in the industry, teachers can focus on teaching building
design and techniques instead of spending the entire semester teaching a software
program!
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Speed of Use:
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SoftPlan greatly increases the speed at which
designs can be created and edited. One of the keys to SoftPlan's timesaving characteristics
is automation, which eliminates the unnecessary and repetitive tasks that conventional CAD
packages require. Also, because SoftPlan is object oriented, students design the floor
plans while SoftPlan automatically
creates elevations, cross sections, roof framing, wall framing, and much more! From the
classroom to the competitive level, students gain a significant edge through the quick and
easy creation of working drawings!
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Teachers comments about SoftPlan
EDU
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"Students begin to draft floor plans on the
"first" day of the school year. With other software packages, they
would have to wait until the second semester"
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Bob Clarkson, Waterloo Collegiate
Institute
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"SoftPlan EDU is the
best architectural software "tool" on the market today"
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Scott Thomas, Architectural Design Drafting
Instructor, Phoenix College.
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"SoftPlan has become an integral part of my curriculum...I
find it easy to teach, and students find it easy to learn."
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Jim Gronski, York County Schools.
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The latest to realise the SoftPlan EDU
benefits
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The SoftPlan Educational Version was
released for the first time in Australia at the end of December 2008. Like teachers in North
America, teachers in Australia are choosing to use the SoftPlan Educational Version in the
classroom, rather than attempting the daunting task of teaching AutoCAD®. So far schools such
as Curtin University, Australian Technical College, and the Tasmanian Skills Institute have
chosen to utilize SoftPlan in their classrooms.
Architectural Drafting, the free educational curriculum for
teachers using SoftPlan EDU has been rewritten for the Australian Educational
audience.
To purchase the SoftPlan Australian
Educational Version please contact
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SoftPlan Curriculum.
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As part of our continued commitment to
education a FREE secondary level curriculum is available to all SoftPlan educational
users/registered schools. Tell me
more.....
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For Educational instructors only, SoftPlan offers
deep discounts on the SoftPlan Educational Program.
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For more information on the SoftPlan Educational
Program,
call (02) 4657 1874 or e-mail
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You can Order Demo / Trial
package now. Please tell us if you are a TAFE, High School or University etc
when filling out the request form.
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