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Furnishings
- New furnishings for outdoor areas have arrived. From simple garden bench seats to outdoor lounge settees, these tools allow for adding more lively detail to your design overlay, helping you illustrate exactly how a landscape will be lived in and …
Guidance: First Steps Simplified
- Never stare at a blank canvas again. Our new Guidance tool leads you step-by-step through the essentials: importing references, marking existing structures, and analysing site influences, as well as placing your zones and detailing them.
Improved Office Hours
- To provide one-on-one support exactly when you need it, we have replaced fixed Office Hours with a system that allows you to pick from a variety of available time slots that you can reserve specifically for yourself.
Keyboard Shortcuts
- We have added a comprehensive overview of available keyboard shortcuts to help you move naturally through your design workflow. You can use the keyboard to quickly jump between layers like Base Map and Concept Design, toggle the sidebar, and switch …
Labels with Borders
- Labels can appear on the design either plain or within a border. The light background of bordered labels improves visibility while viewing your design. A new toggle next to the label controls allows you to show labels within borders, mirroring the …
Locking Base Map
- To prevent the Base Map from accidentally changing, Permiehub now automatically locks it when you work in other overlays. You can still edit it if you switch your overlay to Base Map or click the lock icon in the top menu.
Managing Reference Images
- You can now easily hide older images, such as drone photographs taken at different times, while keeping them accessible for future use. Reference images can also be made semi-transparent, allowing you to align new imagery with much greater precision.
Markers with Outlines
- Markers now include an outline to help important features stand out clearly against aerial imagery. These might represent sector analysis observations or infrastructure items, such as garden taps, that you wish to incorporate into your design.
Measuring Tool
- Apart from seeing the dimensions of individual paths or objects when editing a path, Permiehub now includes a measuring tool to highlight sizes in designs. It helps with placing trees, garden beds and other objects with the desired spacing.