What's New in Select Series 6 Update 1

What's New

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 

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