Ornamental Designer Pro
Product updates

What's New

New features, improvements, and fixes in Ornamental Designer Pro, organized by the date they became available.

Latest

A more reliable Tig

Tig reads your request in one pass and builds the drawing from what it understood, so shop shorthand, missing units, and mixed-up wording land where you meant them.

Improvement

Improvements to Tig

More reliable understanding of prompts: member sizes bind to the right parts, unitless shop shorthand like "2x2 posts" and "a 25 gate" is read the way a fabricator would, and every Designer control can be set or changed from chat.

New feature

Dimensions toggle in the homepage preview

Turn dimension lines on or off in the preview window on the homepage Tig designer, opposite the zoom controls.

Improvement

Heights measured from grade

A stated height is now the finished height from the ground: gates and fence panels sit above a 3 in ground gap, and handrails measure from the bottom of the post plate. The grade line is shown on new drawings.

Designer measurements and wheel plates

New drawing tools and component options make slide-gate and masonry designs easier to detail.

New feature

Wheel box and plate components

Browse the new Wheel Box / Plate component category and add Shut It, Hardcore wheel plates to slide-gate drawings.

New feature

Snap measurements in the Designer

Snap measurements between drawing points directly in the Designer preview and keep them attached as the design changes.

New feature

Solid concrete masonry columns

Choose Solid Concrete alongside brick, cultured stone, and river rock for masonry column drawings.

New feature

Adjustable grade line

Add and adjust a grade line directly in the Designer preview for clearer site and installation reference.

Corrugated panel infill

Corrugated metal panels are now available as a distinct section fill in the Designer.

New feature

Corrugated section fill

Add tight-rib corrugated panels to individual gate and fence sections, with the panel shown in drawings and carried through to material lists.

Security door designer

Design complete security doors with a moving Door Frame inside a configurable Fixed Frame.

New feature

Dedicated security door type

Create standard-size or custom security doors with purpose-built drawing, dimension, and material-list support.

New feature

Configurable Fixed Frame

Configure the hinge jamb, latch jamb, header, optional bottom frame, member profiles, and clearances independently.

New feature

Security door profiles and hinges

Use flat or continuous arched tops, select catalog-backed hinges, choose the hinge side, and set hinge positions.

Dedicated slide gate settings

Slide gate controls are now easier to find and manage in the Designer.

Improvement

Slide controls separated from Panel Basics

Slide style, direction, track, wheel box, and tail controls are now grouped together under Slide Settings directly beneath Panel Basics.

Company workspaces and team seats

Your team can now work together under one company workspace.

New feature

A shared company workspace

Everyone in the workspace shares company projects, private components, and workspace access.

New feature

Separate sign-ins for each team member

Invite additional people to use their own email and password instead of sharing one company login.

New feature

Team roles and member management

Owners can invite team members, assign admin or member access, and manage the people in their workspace.

R-panel infill

R-panel is now available as an infill type in the Designer.

New feature

R-panel section fill

Add R-panel infill to gate and fence sections and choose the panel orientation needed for the job.

Telescoping V-track gates

Design, review, and export telescoping slide gate systems.

New feature

Telescoping gate designer

Create telescoping V-track gates with coordinated leaves and a dedicated plan view.

New feature

Panel views and exports

Review individual panel elevations, zoom the plan view, and export both gate and plan drawings.

Designer infill patterns

Add ornamental infill patterns to individual sections of a design.

New feature

Designer infill patterns

Add patterned section infill and place it behind pickets for layered panel designs.

Chain-link privacy slats

Show privacy slats directly in chain-link gate and fence drawings.

New feature

Privacy slat infill

Add chain-link privacy slats with the spacing represented in the finished drawing.

More control over pickets

Configure pickets by section instead of treating every area the same.

New feature

Per-section picket settings

Use different picket coverage and settings in individual sections of a design.

New feature

Picket shape and material

Choose round or square pickets and set the stock material used in the drawing.

Independent handrail posts

Configure each handrail end post separately when the job calls for different details.

New feature

Separate left and right post settings

Set each end post’s size, extension, cap, and mounting details independently.

Balusters in material lists

Selected handrail balusters now carry through to purchasing and fabrication documents.

Improvement

Accurate baluster quantities

Library balusters appear with their total quantity in the material list and purchase summary.

Clearer annotations and fence layouts

New controls help drawings communicate more clearly in the shop and in the field.

New feature

Dimension font size

Adjust dimension text size on annotated drawings to suit the page and drawing scale.

New feature

Intermediate fence posts

Add intermediate posts to fence panels for more accurate multi-section layouts.

Improvement

Clearer handrail annotations

Handrail annotation layouts are simpler and easier to read on exported drawings.

Handrail picket connections

Show how handrail pickets connect to the rail and steps.

New feature

Picket connection controls

Choose connection details for handrail pickets, including mounting them to the steps.

New feature

Handrail shoe components

Add correctly sized handrail shoes at picket connections and show them level on stair treads.