Earlier versions: 0.5.341 to 0.5.370

The Beta versions before the Wall Tool, in short: automatic updates, assemblies, the Assembly Designer, and roofs. All of them are on Stable now.

0.5.370: roof pitch, overhangs and the Rafter Tool

The goal: frame roofs with the same tool you frame floors with.

Give the Joist tool a pitch, and the edge you click becomes the eave. Rafter length, rise and ridge height are worked out for you.
An overhang pushes the eave out, and the rafters, fascia and sheathing follow the new edge.
A ready-to-place Rafter Tool in the built-in tools.

The goal: see a floor's layers and change them while you watch.

A to-scale section of the floor in Tools → Assembly, with each layer dimensioned.
Swap the joist material, a thickness or the order, and the section and a test floor update at once.
Ceiling drywall comes with the Joist Tool, switched off until you want it.

The goal: the parts of a floor travel together, but each can still be edited, labelled and priced on its own.

Rim board and subfloor are their own linked items on a joist area, with clean corners.
A joist area's Properties lists its linked items, so you can edit them in one place.
Rim goes round every cutout too, and the joists through a hole stop at the rim.

The goal: new versions reach you without reinstalling, and floor framing takes fewer fixes by hand.

DimSum updates itself in the background and installs when you click Restart to update or close DimSum, never in the middle of a job.
Pick Stable or Beta in System Settings → About / Updates.
Joist areas get rim on every outer edge, and a flush beam whose top lines up with the joists attaches itself, hangers and all.

Still on one of these versions? Restart to update to get the newest one. To reach us, see Beta program.