Beyond Typicals 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

Beyond Typicals

4.8

(30)

Pricing

Starting at $209.00 per month

About Beyond Typicals

Discover Beyond Typicals, a simple-yet-powerful 3D typical section creator tailored for visualizing and communicating civil infrastructure projects.

In minutes, create photorealistic 3D models of roads, rail, and bridge using 100+ pre-made sections and 400+ 3D assets. Save time with real-time editing and quick decision-making capabilities. Customize area highlights and moving traffic to reflect project's unique needs.

Communicate effectively with high-quality image and video renders for a wide variety of applications. Learn from 50+ example projects included in the software, and access hours of video tutorials to help you get started. Enhance the realism of models by blending real-world photography using photo composite feature.

The support team can help guide through flexible licensing options, suitable for individuals and groups alike. Embrace innovation and make a lasting impact on projects with Beyond Typicals.

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Beyond Typicals Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $209.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Individual Subscription

$209.00

per user, per month

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Beyond Typicals Features

Popular features found in 3D CAD
2D Drawing
Animation
Bill of Materials Management
Data Import/Export
For 3D Printing
For Architects
For Manufacturers
More features of Beyond Typicals
3D Design & Modeling
Annotations
Component Library
Drag & Drop
Version Control

Beyond Typicals User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

77%

23%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.5

Value for money

4.3

Customer support

5.0

Functionality

4.3

Kevin D.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

201-500 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Reviewed December 2024

First Impressions

It works well and there is a pretty easy learning curve

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease of use and drag and drop design

Cons:

Lack of ability (or known ability) to edit depth of certain elements (cut/fill slopes for instance)

Vendor Response

Hi Kevin, thanks for the great review! Glad to hear you found Beyond Typicals easy to learn and use. I'd be happy to talk more about editing depths of sections - reach out to me directly at brian@beyondcad.com!

Replied December 2024

Tom F.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Reviewed March 2024

First Impressions Beyond Typicals

It's been really good. Beyond Typicals hits the sweet spot between 2d illustration software and 3d visualization software. You can't do everything, but that's a strength because it keeps the software easy to use and learn.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Really easy to use, nice library of 3d objects. The photo compositing works well.

Cons:

I'd like more font choices for the labels. It would be nice if I could have the section hold at the centerline as lanes etc. are added. If I'm not adding equally to both sides I need to keep adjusting the alignment offset - for example to hold an existing curb. It's pricy, if you buy it , use it a lot.

Vendor Response

Thanks for the great review, Tom! I'm glad to hear you're finding value with Beyond Typicals' photo compositing feature and overall ease of use. I'd love to chat about your thoughts on the centerline modifications - feel free to reach out to schedule a 1-on-1 meeting with me at brian@beyondcad.com!

Replied March 2024

Ellen G.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed June 2023

Great experience using BT so far.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Beyond Typicals has been a very useful tool for our company and a great addition to our deliverables.

Cons:

Unfortunately the software does use a lot of my computer life/battery, even though I use a powerful machine. With the latest version I've been experience some crashes while performing some commands. That's the only down side.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your review Ellen! We're currently working on a cloud-based version of Beyond Typicals that can be accessed through a web browser, which might be a helpful option to avoid computer battery/performance issues.

Replied June 2023

Kevin S.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Reviewed September 2023

Quick visualisations for presentations

I am still learning but i can quickly make renders for our clients eventhough I have not yet fully grasped beyond typicals possibilities/functionnalities.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Produce high quality renders in a short amount of time. Beyond typical helps to sell ideas of design to our clients because it really helps them to understand the final design.

Cons:

Labeling is somewhat not as intuitive as it could be. A language selection would be awesome (french). It would be great if the cut and fill would change name according to your unit choice (metric vs imperial) since the name of the cut represents a value in feets.

Reasons for choosing Beyond Typicals

In fact I use Beyond typicals for helping clients decide between design options. I use infraworks for final project rendering because it is longer to do compared to beyond typicals

Vendor Response

Thank you for the review Kevin! I'm glad to hear you're happy with Beyond Typicals and are finding value using it for your clients. I appreciate the feedback on labeling, language selections, and the conversion to metric on cut & fill slopes. We'll definitely take these into consideration for future updates!

Replied September 2023

Melissa M.

Verified reviewer

Architecture & Planning

51-200 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Reviewed March 2024

Beyond Typicals Review

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Drag and drop functionality, ease of updating

Cons:

-sometimes the save/save as does not work -improve the process of bringing in images for photo realistic rendering -add raised landscaped median as an asset -issue with adding driveways

Vendor Response

Hi Melissa, thanks for the valuable feedback and positive review! I'd love to talk over some of your issues with saving and driveways with you - reach out any time to brian@beyondcad.com!

Replied March 2024

Zach H.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

201-500 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Reviewed July 2023

Beyond Typicals is an efficient means to create beautiful, informative, detailed visuals

We have used beyond typicals in several open house settings during planning or preliminary design phases of roadway transportation projects where we are comparing several cross sections. It's great that we can compare impacts, different components all from the same realistic view.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

3D Views, the vast library of components and items. The ease to place items. We appreciate all ongoing developments that have improved the product month-to-month. The development calendar looks great to see what all is intended for the future.

Cons:

I've been asked a couple times if we could show an intersection or roundabout in Beyond Typicals. My response is no, and it makes sense because that wouldn't really be a "typical section", more a full visual. But thought I'd provide that feedback in case there is that possibility to incorporate

Reasons for choosing Beyond Typicals

Visual quality and 3D nature

Vendor Response

Thanks for the positive feedback Zach! We're happy to hear you're finding success with Beyond Typicals visualizations of your projects. Intersections/junctions remain a limitation of Beyond Typicals, but we hope to provide a similar tool to accommodate these in the future. Stay tuned!

Replied July 2023

Matthew V.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Reviewed August 2023

Beyond Typicals Review

10/10. This product is efficient and robust.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the speed at which I can create a high-quality visualization for a proposed roadway section.

Cons:

I sometimes wish that I could dock tool bars to the bottom or top of the screen so that they don't disappear if I accidentally click off of them.

Vendor Response

Thanks for the outstanding review, Matthew! I'm happy to hear you're finding 3D visualizations with Beyond Typicals are both fast and high quality. We'll consider some UI upgrades once we start working on Version 3 later this year.

Replied August 2023

Connor C.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Reviewed May 2023

Simple, intuitive, design solutions

The overall experience has been great, and customer service/troubleshooting with [sensitive content hidden] has been top notch.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease of creating a typical section in a few minutes is amazing, and being able to tap into [sensitive content hidden] knowledge and excellent customer service has been great!

Cons:

I find that using the software really slows down my computer, even after getting a new, higher powered computer with the proper specs. There are also a few things that are difficult (or impossible) to do with Beyond Typicals that would be really helpful - such as drawing a bridge over a roadway, or generating an interseciton.

Vendor Response

Thanks so much for your review Connor! The high computer demand is a known issue, and we're working on creating a cloud-based version of Beyond Typicals to help mitigate that issue for users in the future.

Replied May 2023

Todd R.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed May 2023

Beyond Thrilled with Beyond Typicals

This is my favorite software to use. I look forward to using it and the clients are thrilled with the results.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease of use. You can literally train someone to use this software proficiently in less than an hour.

Cons:

Absolutely nothing. EVERYTHING about this software is revolutionary.

Reasons for choosing Beyond Typicals

No alternatives that I would consider.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your great review and tremendous support Todd!

Replied May 2023

Joanne C.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

10000+ employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Reviewed May 2023

Review

Overall, I really like the software but, it's very glitchy at times and even a restart doesn't work.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It provides good visualization for public engagement. It's pretty straight forward.

Cons:

It gets a little glitchy at times. For example, I was just using it today and it would not let me physically select the sections so I had to use arrows to select the typical section. Additionally, the label text do not update immediately and sometimes exits out the left popup window with all the formating.

Vendor Response

We appreciate your valuable feedback Joanne! Feel free to reach out directly to me to schedule a quick 1-on-1 call - I can offer some tips on the selection and label text update issues, and we'll look to improve both of these things in future updates!

Replied May 2023

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