The following chart outlines the features included in HeatCAD 2011.
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General
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HeatCAD 2011
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Create professional radiant heating circuit layout drawings faster and easier
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Perform room-by-room heat loss calculations as you draw
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Easy to learn with no previous CAD experience required
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Stand-alone program with no requirement for AutoCAD*
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Quickly create new floor plan drawings or import existing AutoCAD drawings
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3D Views automatically generated as you draw in 2D
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Project Wizard helps set up your project
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Support for US (Imperial) units and SI (Metric) units
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Print drawings or export to AutoCAD (DWG), DXF or PDF** files
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Heat Loss reports (summary and detailed options)
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Print reports or export to PDF files
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Video Tutorial gets you up and running fast
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Online Help file and PDF User’s Guide
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Internet updates with active subscription
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Free technical with active subscription
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Free 30-day Trial Version lets you try HeatCAD at no obligation
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Floorplan Drawing
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HeatCAD 2011
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Multiple floorplan drawings accessible via Excel-style tabs
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Enhanced wall tool drawing allows walls to be drawn separate from room boundaries
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Easy drawing of rooms with predefined room shapes
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Editing of room shapes to quickly customize rooms
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Curve Wall tool to simplify process of creating curved wall sections
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Wall Bump Out tool to simplify adding bump outs to walls
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3D view automatically generated, allowing easy verification of sizes for windows
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Smart dimension labels automatically show key dimensions and allow in-place editing
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Snap to outline of existing floorplan drawing
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Multi-selection of objects for fast setting of common properties
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Improved snap functionality
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Improved dimensioning tools
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Enhanced text objects and labels, including leader arrows
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Importing of PDF and Scanned Drawing files for use as a drawing template
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Importing of AutoCAD files for use as a drawing template
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Edit positioning of imported drawings
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Heat Loss Calculations
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HeatCAD 2011
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Integrated heat loss calculations performed as you draw
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Choice of residential heat loss calculation methods, including ASHRAE and CSA-F280
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Ability to specify rooms heated by radiant, baseboard, forced air or other heat
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Selection of primary heating and secondary (supplemental) heating on a room-by-room
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Automatic calculation of required supplemental heat based on radiant circuit design
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R-value lists for all major structural components
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Input of custom R-values
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Support for cold partitions with editing of cold side temperatures
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Optional manual input of heat loads on a room basis
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Project Wizard guides you through the setup of construction defaults for your project
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Graphical views of calculated data via color shading of rooms
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Spreadsheet style view of data provides easy review and analysis
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Heat loss summary and detailed report options
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