An Australian house is a Class 1a building, so NCC 2022 Volume Two governs it, with AS 3600 for concrete, AS 1684 for residential timber framing and AS 1170 for actions. PLOTVA draws the plan in millimetres and metres, applies the NCC profile, produces elevations, sections, 3D, schedules and a costed BOQ, and writes a native AutoCAD DWG set for the certifier. Offline, from $2.
| Item | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Class 1a house scope, NCC 2022 Volume Two | applied by the profile — named on the sheet |
| Concrete member sizing | AS 3600 basis, with reinforcement per member |
| Actions: permanent, imposed, wind, earthquake | AS 1170 basis, values listed |
| Site wind classification (N1–N4, C1–C4) | not calculated — terrain, shielding and topography decide it; your engineer or certifier assigns the class |
| Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) | not calculated — a site assessment under AS 3959 |
| BASIX (NSW) or NatHERS energy rating | not calculated — an accredited assessor's certificate |
| Setbacks, height, floor space ratio | not calculated — the council's DCP or LEP |
That table is the point: the software is explicit about the line between what it computes and what a certifier must supply. A tool that quietly guessed a BAL rating would be worse than useless — it would be dangerous.
Floor plans to scale, four elevations, sections, room schedule, door and window schedule — everything a certifier or builder reads first.
Not a render made separately: the same geometry as the plan, so the elevation and the 3D view cannot disagree with the floor plan.
Concrete, formwork, reinforcement, framing, cladding areas, finishes and openings, taken off the drawing and priced per item in AUD-adjacent terms — the estimator sets the rates in the currency of their choosing.
30 AIA layers, real millimetre units, blocks and dimensions, plus DXF AC1032 — opens in AutoCAD, BricsCAD, ZWCAD and DraftSight.
The National Construction Code 2022. A house is a Class 1a building, so Volume Two governs it, with AS 3600 for concrete, AS 1684 for residential timber framing and AS 1170 for actions.
No. The site wind classification — AS 4055 classes N1 to N4 and C1 to C4 — depends on terrain, shielding and topography, and your certifier or engineer assigns it. The software does the plan, the geometry and the quantities; the wind class is an input, not a guess it should make.
No. Those are separate energy assessments, done by an accredited assessor. The software produces the architectural and structural set, not the energy certificate.
Metric: millimetres and metres, with square metres for areas and both square metres and square feet printed on the sheet.
Send the plot size, the country and the rooms you want. You get a straight answer with the plan that fits, usually the same day. The button opens a ready-written e-mail — just add your details and send.
No phone number and no e-mail address is printed on this page — the contact button opens Gmail with the address already filled in, so it cannot be scraped.