More new features

The development team have just gone live with another round of improvements to our site. We'll update later with further details, but in the meantime here is a summary of what's changed over the last week or so:

- Most customers now need only log in once per day. When returning to our site multiple times during a day, the login screen will be bypassed on most computers.

- The ability to draw curved walls has been made available. The option is on the Edit menu; more on this exciting new feature later.

- Plans can now be downloaded in a format called 'WMF', otherwise known as Windows Metafiles. This could be very useful if your estate agency software supports that format, although because this is a relatively old type of file the appearance of plans downloaded in other formats is more attractive.

- Plans can be rotated, either on a per-floor or per-property basis. The option to do this is also on the Edit menu.

- The system now detects when a bathroom, WC or similar room has been drawn without drawing the sanitaryware, and ensures that the room is always named on the final plan to ensure it's clear what kind of room it is.

- Your password can now be changed automatically on a weekly basis (or less frequently if you wish). If you'd like to take advantage of this important security enhancement, please fill in a Contact Us form and we'll set it up for you.

There are dozens of other more minor improvements. Many of these are based on the many suggestions we receive via the suggestions box on the login page, so please keep them coming as we continue to enhance our service over the coming weeks.

The upgrade

Most of our clients will no doubt be aware that we’ve updated the site generally and also the technology behind it. Hopefully you like the new logo and find the slightly redesigned web pages even more user friendly.

Just about all our clients are now using the upgraded service which is being delivered using the very latest technology around. But it’s not all about technology – there are, of course, some additional features we’ve incorporated into the upgrade (and many more to soon to be added!). These include:

• Improved ease of saving/opening unfinished plans
• Improved “help” and support features
• The plan drawing page can be minimised
• Improved security with the option to have passwords automatically renewed at chosen periods and the new password emailed to a nominated contact in the office
• Transparent floor plans
• Option to show metric measurements on final plan to nearest 1cm or 10cm
• Control over whether both metric and imperial measurements are shown in the final plans and, if both, in which order
• Automatic backups