SoundPLANnoise and SoundPLANessential

The right acoustics software for every requirement

The right software for every requirement.

Whether for noise assessments in the field of noise protection or the room acoustic assessment and optimization of an open-plan office: With SoundPLAN, you're always on the right track.

Comparison of SoundPLANnoise, SoundPLANessential, and SoundPLANessential+

 SoundPLANnoiseSoundPLANessentialSoundPLANessential+
Calculation of road, railway, industry noise and noise from parking lots   
Indoor noise calculations   
Calculation of room acoustic parameters   
Configuration of facade sound reduction   
Aircraft noise calculations   
Calculation of a digital ground model (DGM)   
Automated optimization of noise protection walls and berms   
Use of digital background maps for input and output   
Connection to Google Maps and OpenStreetMap   
Elevations from Google Maps   
Interface to ASCII, DXF and Shape files for the model data import   
Import of object properties (e.g. building height)   
Import of OpenStreetMap data   
Import of CityGML   
Connection to WMS Server   
Intelligent filters for imported elevation data   
Two variants for the calculation with and without noise protection   
Free variants   
Distribution of the geometry data to any number of files and in any desired sorting (e.g. for efficiently editing the currently needed data in big investigation areas)   
Simple tools to adjust the geometry data (e.g. duplicate, parallel object, place objects to a digital ground model)   
Efficient and high-level tools to modify selected geometry data (e.g. combining areas, creating embankments)   
Checking and changing the object properties of all entered objects in a clearly organized table   
Enhanced data management for huge projects (noise mapping)   
Industrial buildings with automatically generated sources based on the noise levels inside   
Calculations of single frequencies, octave and third octave bands   
Library for source emission spectra   
Library for transmission and absorption   
Time history for the sources hour by hour   
2D, 2D rotational and 3D directivity   
High-performance calculation core with dynamic search algorithms   
Calculations multi-threadedfor multi core CPU   
Distributed computing - calculation with multiple PCs in a network   
User-defined calculation job management (unattended processing of several calculation jobs)   
Single receiver calculations   
Grid noise map calculations   
Facade noise map calculations   
Dynamic triangulated meshed noise map   
Cross-sectional noise map   
Integrated spreadsheet   
Documentation of the noise sources in tabular format   
Documentation of the results in tabular format   
Optimization of noise reduction concepts for industrial sources   
Single point map with level tables and contour maps   
Noise contour maps with free selection of scales, colors etc.   
User-defined configuration of the drawing properties of objects (buildings, roads, ...) for the printout   
Arithmetic with noise maps (e.g. difference, energetic addition)   
Cartographical enhancements for the graphics (own patterns, multiple plots on a sheet, ...)   
Map sections and overview map   
3D solid view of the model data while generating the model   
3D view overlaid with results, animated noise maps   
Modular software structure - only buy the needed modules   
Individually executable programs (e.g. process calculations and data modelling at the same time)   

With our demo versions, you can get a first impression of which of our software products is suitable for your requirements.