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October 13th, 2026 🧮 Dial It In: Estimate Settings & Formula Precision

Higharc Release Notes

Highlights

Estimate Settings — Custom category management now lives in a dedicated Estimate Settings area. Estimate Settings brings together Option Settings, Custom Category Definition (category name and attributes), the Linked Option toggle and Include Elevations in Base. You now have one clear place to configure how your estimates are built.

Formula Precision — Formula calculations no longer round values automatically in intermediate steps. This gives you more decimal precision for low-quantity and conversion-heavy materials such as nails, screws, gravel and sand. Your estimates reflect the math you intended, with less drift from early rounding.


✏️ For Design & Drafting

Drawing Templates

  • In the Document Reference inspector, drawing templates are now grouped by type, matching Catalogs, and their names show which catalog they came from.

Fixes!

  • Clicking Floor System Edges in 2D or 3D view no longer causes a crash.

  • Freeform foundations drawn with a polyline can now be edited after creation, and the Done button is no longer greyed out.

  • Home files no longer crash while you work in Live Plans, and the file can be reopened afterward.

  • Re-enabling a disabled option now matches the current global option state instead of restoring the old instance-specific value.

  • Detaching a component now keeps the child Plan Views (such as Floor and Electrical), Settings, Drawing Instances and Annotations on its Component Levels.

  • Copying a Floor System no longer creates an untracked duplicate that is missing from the Floor Systems Explorer and search.

  • Auto-dimensions and other auto-annotations on component instances can no longer be selected or edited outside component iso mode.

  • Casework with center alignment and a center anchor now stays centered at 0%, matching the behavior of props.

  • A roof attached to a nested component now appears, and is highlighted when selected, while you edit the parent component.

  • DXF imports now include lines that were previously missing and line up with the origin in your CAD file, making placement and snapping easier.

  • Wall and foundation hatch patterns no longer appear in Live Plans sections in section PDF exports.

  • The section view grip now preserves line direction when you drag with Shift held.


🖼️ For Sales & Marketing

Lot Addresses

  • Locations that allow lots have a new setting, Show lot address alongside lot number. When it is on, lot dropdowns in Config and the lot data section of public home plan links show "Lot N: Address".

Cleaner Config

  • The copy internal link button has been removed, since you can copy the URL directly from your browser.

Fixes!

  • You can now clear the customer name from a home plan without leaving a blank customer record attached.

  • Dragging an option over another category no longer triggers a reorder preview that gets saved.


🧾 For Estimating

Estimate Settings

Custom category management has moved out of the sidebar and into Estimate Settings. Open it from the Estimate Settings icon at the top right of the screen. This is now the where you should manage custom categories.

  • Create, edit, or delete custom categories.

  • Set each category’s name and its attributes.

  • Estimate Settings also brings together Option Settings, the Linked Option toggle, and Include Elevations in Base.

Formula Calculations

  • Formula calculations no longer round intermediate values automatically, giving you more decimal precision for conversion-heavy estimates.

Fixes!

  • Selecting an option setting in the Estimate Option Search bar menu no longer closes the menu, so you can make several changes in one session.


🧑‍💻 For API Users

MarkSystems Import Preview

  • The four sections previously all labeled Catalog Options now have distinct names: Catalog Option Sets, Catalog Options, Location Overrides and Option Overrides. This makes the import preview easier to read.

Fixes!

  • Showroom webhook payloads for newly created home plans now include the thumbnail URL.

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