We're excited to share the latest Higharc release! Built with your feedback in mind, this update delivers a range of improvements that make the platform smoother, smarter, and more responsive. Whether you're a regular or occasional user, we think you’ll notice the difference.

And this is just the start—we’re planning to deliver similar sets of updates throughout the year to keep improving your experience.

Here’s what we improved:

✏️ For Design & Drafting

Studio Navigation Improvements

You can now toggle between canvas view tabs by clicking (SHIFT+➡️) & (SHIFT+⬅️)
We can now pin options and option categories to the top of the Active Options panel. This makes for much quicker toggling between certain options while working.
We improved Spotlight Search by making it movable. You can now drag it around the canvas.

UI Updates

Facade Finish and Trim inspector has switched to a modal for each in lieu of a new inspector. This now lets users keep focus on facade inspector, reorder items, see inactive entities, and open a flyout for quickly scanning content.
Added units to measurement fields in all of the Wall Assembly Operators Inspectors. These are always located on the room edge.
Renamed the 'Openings tab' in the Roof Inspector to 'Skylights'.
Edge Numbers are now shown on stair shapes when selected.
Improved Modifier workflow!
- Users can now add an edge to an existing modifier directly from the room edge inspector! Previously you had to go to the modifier and add the edge to the multi-selection set.
When creating a new CMU slab foundation component in your Foundation Catalog, you can now give exact CMU width dimension.

New Functionality

Changed the default placement unit for casework to be in inches not %
Casework now has access to both interior and exterior material palette choices!
Users can now change the Porch Header casing and trims to different materials!
Facade corner board improvements
- Previously, Facade based corner boards would combine when stacked on top of one another over multiple levels.
- Now, users can specifically control the top and bottom offset per level.
We have expanded the Multiple Entity Inspector to Annotations
- You can now select multiple annotations these types and edit them:
  - Notes, Linework, Template Instances, Linear Dimensions, Asset based Details, and Inline image based Details.
We have expanded the number of available Floor Materials in our Interior palette to allow more choices available per room type.
Entity Tags now automatically tag Annotations according to the Active Tags in the current view
Column Catalog update - Users can now reorder the sections of of the column. Previously you had to create them in a specific order
Prop Catalog items now can accept Entity Tags

Fixes!!

Prop vertical offset is now inheriting correctly from the catalog item. Previously it was overriding the vertical offset to 0" when placed in the room.
The '+' to add a new View Tab to the canvas will now remain on screen. It was possible for it to be behind other UI.
Active Options search bar is no longer clear when you are in the canvas and hit escape key
Adding an Awning to a Window Opening no longer automatically disables the shutters
Stair and Railing Materials have been updated to show more accurately in Stair room types
When you copy a Roof, Dormer, or Gable Opening, the targeted settings applied will now copy with the entity
The Reference Geometry type choice during command was not working in the blue command bar. This now works in blue bar and command line
Move Edge Command was previously giving some unexpected results
When you choose to 'Collapse All' in the explorer, the Active Option panel categories were expanding. This behavior is fixed
The behavior of the Blue Studio banner at the top of the canvas has been updated. It was not responding well to narrow canvas views.
Annotation path inspector was updated with the missing Line Command
The Inspector Help Tooltip behavior has been updated. It was previously too sensitive when you are near it and would often cover the targeted settings modal.
The Explored Option Choices of the Design Explorer are now visible and selectable. Previously the list was collapsed and not expandable

🖼️ For Sales & Marketing

Feature Requests

Added the ability to see elevation and palette selections on the public sales map for homes plans in pre-construction and construction phases.

Added the ability to override the computed price on a spec or model home with a custom value.

Expand this section for Instructions on the previous computed price override

To use total price overrides, first configure a description in Account Settings > Sales > Options Display. This description will be displayed on Showroom links sent to homebuyers.
To use total price overrides, first configure a description in Account Settings > Sales > Options Display. This description will be displayed on Showroom links sent to homebuyers.
Showroom will display the Total Home Price override and description instead of option totals and price adjustments.

Fixes!!

Resolved issues resulting in the inability to delete or edit locking conditions on options.
Resolved an issue where palettes reordered inside a Location Plan would not persist in Showroom.

👨‍💻 For API Users

Added CRUD endpoints for Staff.
Added includeChildLots flag to the Lots endpoint.