Purchasing - Features - Versions - Pre-requisites

 

        

Click on the images for detailed information on the specific designPH version.

 

Prices and ordering: 

Online purchase available now from shop.passivehouse.com


Additional information:

  • designPH 1.1 can be downloaded from www.designph.org after registering (designPH 1.0 was shipped on Compact Disk by post).
  • You will be able to download the current manual after login from the members area.
  • You will receive your username and password for the members area after making a purchase of designPH.
  • iPHA members includes affiliate members of the International Passive House Association and also IG Passivhaus Germany and Passivhaus Austria.
  • Proof of current student, staff or institutional status is required to receive a designPH edu license. Evidence for this will be requested at the time of purchase.

 

Feature comparison:

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designPH versions:

Info: Please always update to latest current version ! - You will find all available updates & patches here.
        If you still use designPH version 1.0 you will have to upgrade first to PHPP9 to be able to get version 1.5.

  designPH DEMO   designPH EDU   designPH PRO
  no PHPP export   PHPP 8.5 PHPP 9    PHPP 8.5 PHPP 9 
v2.0.0 * —   — ✓   along with PHPP10
v1.6.0           ✓ ✓
v1.5.0 —   ✓ —   ✓ ✓
v1.1.6x (please update)     ✓
 —   ✓ ✓
v1.1.5x (deprecated)     ✓
 —   ✓ ✓
v1.1.4x (deprecated)     — —   ✓ ✓
v1.1.xx (deprecated)     — —   ✓ ✓
v1.0.30  (please upgrade) —   — —   ✓
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v1.0.20 (no longer supported)           ✓ —
v1.0.06 (no longer supported)           ✓
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v1.0.00 (no longer supported)           ✓ —

* v.2.0.0 is foreseen to be released along with PHPP 10.

 

Software pre-requisites:

OS

Microsoft Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 Mac OS X
PHPP Version if you use PHPP 8, please update to PHPP 9
Note: designPH 1.0 versions works exclusively with PHPP 8.5		 if you use PHPP 7, please upgrade to PHPP 9
Note: designPH 1.0 versions works exclusively with PHPP 8.5
Spreadsheet To be able to import designPH export files into PHPP 8 and/or PHPP 9, you need a corresponding spreadsheet software. You can get detailed information on that in your current PHPP handbook.
SketchUp
Make or Pro

Google SketchUp 8.0.11751 (8.0 M2) is compatible with designPH 1.0.x/1.1.x/1.5.x.
Note: The "Install Extension" feature in SketchUp is only available from SU 8 maintenance release M2 onwards. For earlier versions no more install of the plugin is provided.

Trimble SketchUp 2013 (Make or Pro) is compatible with designPH 1.0.x/1.1.x/1.5.x.

Trimble SketchUp 2014 (Make or Pro) is compatible with designPH 1.0.x/1.1.x/1.5.x.

Trimble SketchUp 2015 (Make or Pro) is compatible with designPH 1.0.x/1.1.x/1.5.x.

Trimble SketchUp 2016 (Make or Pro) is compatible with designPH 1.1.x/1.5.x.

Trimble SketchUp 2017 (Make or Pro) is compatible with designPH 1.1.x/1.5.x.

Trimble SketchUp 2018 (Make or Pro) is compatible with designPH 1.5.x.

 

[Download SketchUp- all OS & languages].
Info: Downloadable SU 2013 Pro turns after 8 hours of work automatically back to free Make version.
 

There is no compatibility with Google SketchUp 7 version.

There is no compatibility with SketchUp "Free" (browser-based version) - it does not support any third-party extensions. 

designPH versions 1.0.0 - 1.0.6 are not compatible with Trimble SketchUp 2014 / 2015 and upwards.

designPH version 1.0.20 is not compatible with Trimble SketchUp 2015 and upwards.

designPH versions 1.0.30/1.1.0 are not 100% compatible with Trimble SketchUp 2016 and upwards.

(See also FAQ)