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October 5, 2026 🧮 Level Up: Estimate 3D Level Picker & Ceiling Perimeter Length

Higharc Release Notes

Highlights

Level Picker in Estimate 3D View: You can now switch between All and individual levels in the Estimate 3D view. Selecting a level shows that level and everything below it, so you can check interior quantities floor by floor without the upper floors in the way.

Ceiling Perimeter Length: Ceilings now include a Perimeter Length attribute in linear feet, so you can quantify materials like the channel where a porch soffit meets a wall or header. For Tray Ceilings, the value combines the outer and inner tray perimeters.


✏️ For Design & Drafting

Fixes!

  • Sheet text in fonts such as Arial and Coming Soon now lines up with its position in PDF output.

  • Expandable groups now show a hand cursor on hover, matching parent entity folders.

  • The "more options" menu on a lock condition in the Option Sets inspector now opens next to the control you clicked.

  • The original Level of an instance now stays visible in Plan View after it is converted from Remapping to Replication.

  • The Grade Line now appears in Elevation Views filtered by Reporting Unit.

  • Options used in room layout geometry now appear in the Component Option Sets list, so they can be defined as instantiated options.

  • Ceilings inside component instances now mirror correctly when the global Mirror option is on.



🖼️ For Sales & Marketing

Home Plan Names

  • Master plan and Location Plan tables now include an External ID column.

  • Location Plans can now share a name as long as their External IDs differ. The public sales map continues to show only the plan name.

Fixes!

  • The Move home plan menu item is now disabled for Multi-Unit home plans, with a tooltip explaining they can't be moved between locations.


🧾 For Estimating

Estimate 3D View

  • A new level picker in the Estimate 3D view lets you switch between All and individual levels. Selecting a level shows that level and the levels below it.


BOM View

  • The BOM view table now has an item code filter.

Resource Mappings

  • Go to Measure and Go to Item actions are now available on the resource mappings page.

Ceilings

  • Ceilings now include a Perimeter Length attribute in linear feet, so you can quantify materials like the channel where a porch soffit meets a wall or porch header.

    • For Tray Ceiling components, this value includes the combined total of the outer perimeter plus the inner tray perimeter.

Roofs

  • Window and door awnings are now included in the Roof Soffits and Roof Edges categories, in addition to Roof Surfaces and Roof Flashing.

Fixes!

  • Selecting and highlighting in the Estimate 2D and 3D viewers now consistently matches the elements in each category.

  • Show Selected on Exterior Finish component rows now highlights the corresponding element in the plan and 3D view.

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