v1.0 · Windows desktop
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Build, rig and chart any crane —from one parametric model.
Advanced Crane Builder is the desktop authoring tool behind LiftPlannerPro. Configure chassis, boom, counterweight, outriggers and reeving from a sketch + dimension pipeline, drive the rig with live sliders, validate against a tabular duty chart, and export to GLB or open formats for downstream CAD use.
Inside the workspace
2D sketching, parametric modeling and live duty charting in one window.
Full specification
Everything that ships in the v1.0 release.
Parametric Part Library
- Chassis, slew deck, telescopic & lattice booms, jibs, counterweight stacks, outriggers, cabs, hooks
- Every part dimensioned in metres — width, length, height, taper, tier counts, beam lengths
- Drop-in HD donor parts (Sumitomo SCX2800-2 crawler, KA-2000 telescopic) alongside procedural primitives
Live Rigging & Constraints
- Boom luff, slew, hook fall and outrigger deploy driven by sliders with named rig roles
- Reeving builder with sheave packs, fall-count and rope diameter — auto routes the load line
- Counterweight tier stacking with slew-deck offset; live mass + radius readout
Duty Chart Engine
- Tabular load charts with bilinear interpolation across radius × boom-length × counterweight
- Live capacity-vs-radius curves for the configured boom set, jib and outrigger spread
- Real-time pass / over-duty banner referencing the selected chart row
Sketch & Modeling Workspace
- 2D sketch panel (XY/XZ/YZ planes) with constraints, dimensions, named features
- Per-part script slots — register sketches and weldments as reusable Builder Parts
- Auto-reload on file change for live-coding parametric definitions
Layered Scene & Visibility
- Auto-organised layer tree (Tracks · Carbody · Counterweight · Boom · Hook…)
- Per-layer colour, lock, hide and group rename; double-click to edit, right-click for group ops
- Freeze part-to-mesh to bake the live rig into a static GLB on export
Open Export Formats
- Native crane build (.json) — round-trip with the LiftPlannerPro web app
- GLB export (Khronos glTF 2.0) opens in any glTF viewer, Blender, three.js, Unreal, Unity
- STEP / IGES / OBJ via the Import / Export ribbon for CAD-to-CAD interop
System requirements
OSWindows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
CPUx64 quad-core, 2.5 GHz+
GPUWebGL 2 / DirectX 11 capable, 2 GB VRAM
RAM8 GB minimum, 16 GB recommended
Disk1.5 GB install footprint
NetworkOnline activation; offline use after first launch
One licence. One payment.
No subscriptions, no per-seat fees, no surprise renewals.
Advanced Crane Builder · v1.0
£179one-time
Perpetual licence · Free updates for the v1.x line · Windows 10 / 11 (x64)
- Full parametric crane authoring — chassis, boom, jib, counterweight, outriggers, reeving
- HD donor parts (Sumitomo SCX2800-2, KA-2000) and procedural primitives
- 2D sketch + dimension workspace with constraints and named features
- Tabular duty chart engine with bilinear interpolation across radius / boom / cwt
- GLB, STEP, IGES and OBJ export for downstream CAD
- Round-trip with LiftPlannerPro project files (.json)
- Offline-capable after first activation; tied to your LiftPlannerPro account
- Email support and bug fixes throughout the v1.x line
Secure Stripe checkoutLifetime v1.x updatesOffline after activation