Download and Install on your Laptop or Desktop

Free Download – Evaluation Version.

VIP‑PLANOPT Desktop runs on Windows. On a Mac? Use VIP‑PLANOPT Online in your browser.

VIP-PLANOPT desktop software shown on a laptop screen

VIP‑PLANOPT Desktop Version

Install VIP‑PLANOPT on a Windows PC and run facility layout optimization locally.

Windows install

Download and install the Desktop application on a Windows system.

Runs on your PC

Use the installed Evaluation or licensed build on your computer — no browser session required to run the optimizer.

Works alongside AutoCAD for Windows

Runs on the same Windows PC as AutoCAD, so moving your optimized layouts into AutoCAD drawings is quick and easy.

Same powerful VIP‑PLANOPT engine

Online and Desktop share one optimization engine and feature set: Hard/Soft modules, pick-up and drop-off points, anchoring, padding, composite boundaries, FAM and more.

Optimum Orientation

Finds the optimum orientation of departments with user-specified fixed dimensions.

Compare Alternative Layouts

Relocate any department on the graphical layout and compare the cost of alternatives.

Composite Cost Function

Put a weight on the area of the rectangle enclosing all modules in the optimized layout.

Ideal For

Licensing

Available for educational institutions from $495 and industrial organizations from $1,485, for a 3-year license, for problems up to 15 departments.

Full Refund Guarantee

A full refund is guaranteed if any other software can produce better (lower-cost) layouts for any known set of benchmark problems.