Build 397 Release
2020.07.28
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Latest improvements:
- Detailed Render mode quality improvement, phenomenon of shadow stains on the wall has been eliminated.- Create wall command - new subcommands menu in the ribbon bar for quick creation of curved and straight wall series- Tiling Styles dialog - Enable overlap or gap between tile layers with the new Enable overlap in height check box- You can adjust the Group parameters visibility the Group right-click pop-up menu- PDF files can be placed directly on the Print Layout- gbXML output changes: Door, window energy data supplemented with azimuth direction in hosting wall and applies windowTypeIdRef tag- Snapshot dialog unit error fix: The height input field works in m only if you write "m" behind the value, otherwise it is taken as mm- Wall framing dialog, nogging: where there is no collision between the inner stud and the nogging, the nogging remains in one (no cut)
Build 371 Release
2020.06.26
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Latest improvements:
- Wall properties dialog: The material button is disabled if the wall has multiple layers- Pdf import: Importing the file as raster image only. New checkbox is introduced in the import options dialog.- Doors and windows - drag and drop from Design Center: The old door/window dimensions can be kept if the opening is being replaced by another one.- F1 button: The new "ribbon menu help" html file is generated instead of the old help page- Ribbon menu - new command: Tutorials (internet)- Print layout: Managing visible storeys. For drawings placed on a print layout, the program now stores the visible levels in addition to the active level. This makes the placing and subsequent modification commands consistent. So far, the contents of the visible layers have been lost when layout content was modified.- US_English, AUS_English environment - new layer name creation: If the "Protocol for Layer Naming" checkbox is checked then the program generates the name according to a US protocol- New US-English Imperial unit wall, slab, door/window styles, switches and socket groups, plot stamps- Export Environment: The file capacity can exceed the 4Gb limit- Project File Saving control – If the save is unsuccessful the program displays a new message : Project not completely saved. There was some hardware or software failure. Save the file again to an alternate drive.- Project File Load control – If project load returns with failure, the program automatically displays the Drawing Recovery Manager dialog to search the last saved version in Archive folder.- The wall schedule has a new feature: Average length. It means (Length1 + Length2 ) /2.0. It has Calculate Total option. Additional the Length 1 and Length 2 property has extended with Calculate Total option too.- Wall Framing list in XLS file: number of pieces and unique length in the list instead of total length- MEP: Cable tray discipline was added- MEP: New "U" profile was added to the cable tray discipline- MEP Cable Tray: new parametric objects in the library: MEP_CableTray_Bend_90/45/225/1125/Unique, Coupler, Reducer, MEP_CableTray_T, MEP_CableTray_X- MEP: Manufacturer’s object placement is available e.g. from Bimobject.com on pipe, duct network. -
Bug fixes:
- Drawing comparison dialog - initialization: The phase combo boxes remember with the last selected value.- Opening wizard dialog is resizable- Dwg import dialog: The preview refresh uses the actual settings- Phases: It was not possible to change the phase of an opening- Roof tiling generation problems are fixed- Objects could disappear from print layout if they were visible on more than one floor- Door schedules: Formats for "Illumination area" and "Ventilation area" are fixed- Selection by properties dialog was not working properly- Balustrade schedule crash is fixed- Preselect error fixed in case of wall – opening- opening dimension context- Random crash in Project Navigator is fixed.
Build 257 Release
2020.04.28
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Latest improvements:
-RTF export new element types: Electrical and Worktop-DWG export: Exporting roombook data as block attributes-EMF export is obsolete function that have been deprecated and removed-Ribbon menu guide: Exports in HTML format all tooltips and it provides quick and alwasy up to date document about the Ribbon menu commands-MEP auto connection: If the size of the destination's connector element is different than the size of the pipe then the program automat ically adds a reducer-MEP Color override by system classification and sub-classification-MEP Color override dialog: "Save as global" to save changes valid for all projects.-MEP Creating pipes/ducts and inserting object with connectors mutually inherit the first selected elemets classification-New command : Sync with ARCHLine LIVE The command updates the current model in LIVE (available with ARCHLine.XP LIVE 2020 version from May)-MEP Ending cap connector element matches with the pipe's classification-MEP New command: Divide to segments will divide pipe and duct polylines into single segments.
-Layer dialog: Visibility of deleted layers depends on a new switch. File - Options - User Interface - Show Deleted layers in Layer dialog
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Bug fixes:
-3D warehouse download method is updated to Trimble website new protocol – direct dowload function is available again.-Faster Dwg import: Importing DWG files with a huge number of solids is faster by 35%-Render: Material brightness can't be under 10% because it would become black-Render: Axonometry view representation error is fixed-Updater: The updater removes every previously downloaded installer (except the last 2)-MEP color override by system classification (interface is coming soon)-Visibility on multiple levels: Errors are fixed for columns and pipes-Preselection is in synchronized with the current selection and the local popup menu
Build 179 Release
2020.03.14
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Latest improvements:
-MEP piping stile save and activate.
-New factory styles for stair with support.
-Edit balustrade layout comes with new Ribbon bar menu.
-Text with new Rounded box.
-Lighting plan - connection from switches to lamps is available with Line, Arc, and TEXT (new) .
-By default, there is no drawing name on printing layout
-MEP Rect fittings library is completed with new item: Junction with horizontal offset.