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Beta 2 - AECOsim Building Designer V8i (SELECTseries 3) Technology Preview

I am pleased to announce that we have posted AECOsim Building Designer V8i (SELECTseries 3) Technology Preview (Beta 2)  (v08.11.09.147) to SELECTservices: Downloads/My SELECT CD. This release can be found on SELECTservices by setting the Product “AECOsim Building Designer" and the Download Category to "Beta and Work in Progress".

AECOsim Building Designer V8i (SELECTseries 3) Technology Preview represents the future of Bentley's Building Information Modeling (BIM) applications to empowers architects and engineers in their pursuit of designing sustainable infrastructure and another important evolution in the V8 Generation.

This single, integrated interdisciplinary application includes tools for architectural, structural, mechanical systems, and electrical design and construction documentation. It fully supports complex  distributed models - enabling teams to deliver bigger and more finely detailed projects while taking advantage of the many benefits associated with BIM.

New features and enhancements in AECOsim Building Designer V8i include:

  • Unified Dataset
  • Building Designer Task Interface
  • Universal Modify Tool
  • Shared Building Elements
  • Shared Structural Placement Tools
  • Clash Detection Replaces Interference Manager
  • Point Clouds in Building Designer
  • Publish Structural Quantities
  • Exporting Data to Excel from the Item Browser

Dynamic Views:

  • Dynamic View Support for Structural
  • Dynamic View Support for Mechanical Documentation including new re-symbolization rules and capabilities
  • Dynamic View Integration with Floor Definitions - Create Floor Plan Tool
  • Drawing Seed Templates
  • Cached Dynamic Views (Cached Visible Edges)
  • I-model publishing of Dynamic Views
  • Globally Enable or Disable Drawing Unification
  • New Unification Algorithm -“Glue” (multithreaded/multiprocessor)

DataGroup System:

  • Filters for the Data Group Catalog Editor
  • Building Classification Systems (OmniClass, Uniformat, MasterFormat etc..)
  • Standard Quantifications published in DataGroup Explorer

Part & Family System:

  • Center Line Behavior Options for Parts
  • Concatenation of Parts and Families
  • Assign Material to Part Tool
  • Building Parts and Rendering Material DGNLIB´s - Luxology Support
  • Enhanced selection of available Parts (plumbing discipline)

Architectural:

  • Editing Multiple Spaces
  • Roof Builder
  • Handrails
  • Slabs - DataGroup Placement and Modify
  • Flip / Side Offset for Wall Placement
  • New Catalogs and Content
  • Unified Casework Schema/Catalog

Structural:

  • RAM Structural System Interoperability improvements:
  • ISM Interoperability improvements
  • STAAD.Pro Interoperability improvements
  • Member Placement Tool improvements

Mechanical:

  • New fittings
  • Enhanced Apply Slope

Utilities:

  • DataGroup Transformation Services
  • Dataset Migration/Upgrade Tools

Please refer to the Help documentation for more information about new features and enhancements

Prerequisites for Bentley Desktop Applications Software (v08.11.09.03)

The Prerequisites for Bentley Desktop Applications are automatically downloaded and installed to your workstation while you install AECOsim Building Designer V8i. The Prerequisites for Bentley Desktop Applications is also available from the SELECTservices Online.