<s>
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
space	O
planning	O
,	O
graphical	O
product	O
configuration	O
,	O
quotation	O
creation	O
and	O
communication	O
solution	O
for	O
interior	O
designers	O
,	O
furniture	O
manufacturers	O
and	O
facility	O
managers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
the	O
IBA	O
the	O
German	O
association	O
for	O
office	O
and	O
work	O
environment	O
(	O
former	O
BSO	O
)	O
commissioned	O
EasternGraphics	O
to	O
develop	O
OFML	B-Language
(	O
Office	O
Furniture	O
Modeling	O
Language	O
)	O
data	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
during	O
that	O
time	O
that	O
the	O
technical	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
were	O
laid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
was	O
the	O
first	O
application	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
process	O
OFML	B-Language
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
following	O
years	O
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
4	O
(	O
February	O
2004	O
-	O
February	O
2007	O
)	O
and	O
5	O
(	O
from	O
February	O
2007	O
until	O
today	O
)	O
were	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
parallel	O
to	O
the	O
work	O
for	O
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
5	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
started	O
with	O
the	O
total	O
re-implementation	O
of	O
the	O
planning	O
system	O
using	O
completely	O
new	O
technology	O
and	O
incorporating	O
the	O
feedback	O
of	O
customers	O
gathered	O
during	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
6	O
was	O
introduced	O
to	O
the	O
customers	O
at	O
the	O
Orgatec	O
fair	O
in	O
Cologne	O
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
weeks	O
later	O
EasternGraphics	O
offered	O
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
6.0	O
as	O
freeware	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
7	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
again	O
to	O
the	O
visitors	O
of	O
the	O
Orgatec	O
fair	O
in	O
Cologne	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orgatec	O
in	O
October	O
2018	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
introduce	O
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2008	O
more	O
than	O
2.7	O
Million	O
copies	O
of	O
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
(	O
data	O
from	O
August	O
2016	O
)	O
have	O
been	O
downloaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
process-oriented	O
application	O
for	O
space	O
planning	O
and	O
interior	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
characteristic-based	O
product	O
configurator	O
,	O
and	O
presents	O
the	O
user	O
with	O
several	O
discrete	O
variables	O
(	O
or	O
characteristics	O
)	O
that	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
define	O
the	O
final	O
design	O
or	O
plan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
specifications	O
apply	O
to	O
the	O
free	O
version	O
of	O
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
one	O
to	O
be	O
paid	O
for	O
,	O
unless	O
stated	O
otherwise	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
supports	O
the	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
of	O
several	O
file	O
formats	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
free	O
version	O
of	O
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
there	O
are	O
also	O
two	O
others	O
with	O
further	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pCon.planner	B-Algorithm
ME	O
and	O
PRO	O
both	O
contain	O
extra	O
features	O
needed	O
in	O
field	O
of	O
space	O
and	O
interior	O
planning	O
like	O
the	O
processing	O
of	O
commercial	O
and	O
geometric	O
data	O
(	O
OFML	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
