| A home plan is a set of construction documents | | | | layers for quick access by any designer. Line |
| that serve as the "assembly" manual for a new | | | | weights and dimensions are uniform throughout |
| home. There are no standards or laws that | | | | the plan set and the information is detailed and |
| require specific information on these drawings so | | | | accurate. These root fundamentals form the |
| there is a wide variety in the quality of the plans | | | | foundation of every Intelligent Home Plan - a |
| available on the market today. Some plans show | | | | collection of informative documents that sets the |
| only a floor layout and a simple front elevation. | | | | tone for the entire building process. Each intelligent |
| Other plans show more details and include | | | | home plan links the designer, builder, contractor, |
| accurate dimension lines, construction details and | | | | supplier and home owner together into a single |
| wall cutaways. But regardless of how detailed the | | | | organized team. |
| plan may be, the plan is typically designed for one | | | | More than just a nice drawing, intelligent home |
| specific lot, one specific region and one set of | | | | plans translate the home design into functional |
| building codes. An intelligent home plan has the | | | | packets of data used throughout the building |
| ability to meet any lot, region or code. In fact, an | | | | process. Exact dimensions are used for accurate |
| intelligent home plan can make a new home less | | | | quotes and product specifications. Structural data |
| costly, more efficient and easier to build. | | | | is dissected to ensure code compliance and |
| Intelligent home plans are comprised of a | | | | building integrity. Design details are interfaced with |
| sophisticated set of drawings that detail every | | | | automated saws and joiners to speed the |
| aspect of home construction. These drawings are | | | | assembly of walls and floors while realistic virtual |
| created in a way that makes updates, changes | | | | models ensure the final product meets every |
| and modifications quick and easy. According to Bill | | | | need of the most demanding buyer. Intelligent |
| Elliott, COO of a national home design studio, the | | | | Home Plans can interface with a variety of |
| biggest downfall of most online home plans is the | | | | software and hardware currently servicing the |
| difficulty of making changes and modifications. | | | | building industry. Dependable and consistent data |
| Most home plans will require some type of | | | | from these designs feeds these independent |
| modification to meet the needs of the home | | | | support services and links them together into |
| owner, builder or local building code authorities. It is | | | | coordinated and managed processes. |
| this hidden cost that most people don't see. | | | | The reliable, accurate and flexible nature of |
| Builders may purchase a home plan for a few | | | | intelligent home plans creates a seamless |
| hundred dollars and then spend thousands more | | | | translation of data across all phases of home |
| to update and change them. Even worse, if the | | | | construction producing a higher quality home at |
| plan is poorly done, the costs needed to modify | | | | less cost. In the past, home plans were merely |
| the plans may be more than creating a brand | | | | lines on paper used to build a home. But today's |
| new plan. | | | | challenging housing market places demands on the |
| An intelligent home plan is designed to be flexible. | | | | home building process that cannot be met by a |
| They are drawn in a way that supports efficient | | | | few sheets of paper. Only intelligent home plans |
| and rapid changes. Similar elements used in the | | | | can deliver the data needed to build the homes of |
| drawings are grouped together and saved in | | | | tomorrow at an affordable price. |