Product(s): | AECOsim Building Designer | ||
Version(s): | 08.11.09.863 | ||
Environment: | Windows 8, Windows 10 | ||
Area: | General | ||
Subarea: | N\A |
Some of the significant new enhancements and capabilities available in AECOsim Building Designer V8i (SELECTseries 6), Update 1 are described below. More information on all of the new features can be found in the product documentation.
· Support for Windows® 10 and Windows Server® 2012 R2· CONNECT Services - Azure cloud services to connect all users (CONNECTED Users) across projects (CONNECTED Projects) throughout your enterprises (CONNECT Enterprises).· Direct integration with Bentley ContextCapture (Acute3D) reality modeling meshes. ContextCapture (.3mx) files can either be opened directly or referenced.· RealDWG 2016 - You can now open and save RealDWG 2016 files in AECOsim Building Designer . You can also open AutoCAD 2016 object enablers.· RFA 2016 - The AECOsim Building Designer RFA interpreter now supports RFA 2016.· Microsoft Bing Map feature enabled in Raster Manger· IFC CV2 Certification - Building Services (MEP)· IFC4 Open/Reference (Technology Preview)· IFC4 Export (Technology Preview)· Redesigned Floor Manager - updated user interface improves performance for floor management workflows. New controls allow you to insert a floor at a desired elevation· User Definable Key-ins - new key-in arguments for Catalog_Type and Catalog_Item. Identify user defined components by name· Break Structural Member· Annotation Scale support for Electrical Tags· Dynamic loss coefficient for Duct Sizing - With the newly integrated ASHRAE database into the Duct Sizing workflow, you can now use laboratory determined fitting loss coefficients within your design.· New Mechanical Components - Two new fittings, Square Throat Cross and Radius Throat Cross fittings are added to the Rectangular Connectors· Dynamic Views - Align Annotation to ACS Option for DV· Dynamic Views - Auto Annotate key-in w/ Cache View· New configuration variable USTN_SUPPRESS_CROPPLANESECTIONGRAPHICS, (enabled by default) prevents Dynamic View clipping planes (all six sides) from generating section graphics in Cached Views, so that the intersecting edges display as open lines/curves
To learn more about this release, requirements, FAQs, and other related information, please reference the ReadMe.
Original Author: | Larry Abla |