CONNECT Edition - What Features/Capabilities have been Deprecated/Superseded?


 Product(s):AECOsim Building Designer
 Version(s):10.0.0.154
 Environment:N/A
 Area:General
 Subarea:N/A

The following features are no longer available and/or have been superseded in the AECOsim Building Designer Connect Edition:

FeatureDescriptionDeprecated Key-ins
Drawing Extraction Manager (DEM)

Deprecated

  • Drawing Extraction Manager;
  • Drawing Extraction Settings;
  • Drawing Extraction Batch Processing;
  • Referenced Drawings;
  • Form Exchange;
  • Open Model File
  • TFDRAWINGS MANAGER
  • TFDRAWINGS SETTINGS
  • TFDRAWINGS BATCHPROCESS
  • TFDRAWINGS CALCULATE
  • TFDRAWINGS UPDATE
  • TFDRAWINGS VIEW
  • TFDRAWINGS CHECK
  • TFDRAWINGS < NEW | OPEN >
  • TFDRAWINGS < COPY | DELETE | EDIT >
  • TFDRAWINGS MOVEDEFS
  • TFDRAWINGS < EXPORT | IMPORT >
  • TFDRAWINGS PARTMANAGER
  • TFDRAWINGS SECTIONEDITOR
  • TFDRAWINGS SELECT
  • TFDRAWINGS SYNCDEFTOSV
  • TFDRAWINGS UNSELECTALL
  • TFDRAWINGS UPGRADEPARTMAP
  • TFDRAWINGS REFERENCED
  • TFDRAWINGS LOGSETTINGS
  • TFREOPEN3D
  • EXCHANGETOMODEL
Structural Documentation Center (SDC)

Deprecated

  • Drawing Center;
  • Drawing Settings
  • STRDRAWINGS DIALOG DRAWINGCENTER
  • STRDRAWINGS DIALOG DRAWINGSETTINGS
  • STRDRAWINGS DRAWINGCENTER < LIST | OPENDRAWINGVIEW >
  • STRDRAWINGS CREATE
  • STRDRAWINGS EXPLORER
  • STRDRAWINGS < OPENHOMEMODEL | OPENDRAWINGMODEL >
  • STRDRAWINGS UPDATE
SpacePlanner

Deprecated

  • Create Space;
  • Report;
  • Navigation;
  • Properties;
  • Search; Schema Configuration;
  • Define Asset Catalogs;
  • Change Language

Note: Retained Space Planning; Thematic Maps; Labeling
  • PLANNER CREATEAREA
  • PLANNER NAVIGATE
  • PLANNER PROPERTIES
  • PLANNER REPORT
  • PLANNER RELEASEDATA
  • PLANNER SEARCH
  • PLANNER SCHEMACONFIG
  • PLANNER DEFINEASSET
  • PLANNER CHANGELANGUAGE
  • PLANNER ABOUT
  • PLANNER HELP
  • BESDOBJECTPROP
Viewsets & Non-Platform View ControlsPreviously, AECOsim Building Designer View Display tools. Deprecated viewset.ma (loaded on-demand) in favor of Platform Displaysets. Retired Associated key-ins and dialogs.

  • TFUPDATE
  • TFFIT
  • FITELEMENT
  • TFDIALOG VIEWSET
  • VSET < CLEAR | CLEARALL | FIT | REMOVE | SET | VIEW
  • TFSET DISPLAY DEPTH MAXIMUM
  • TFSET ACTIVE DEPTH
  • TFSET GRID
  • TFTOGGLE < CAMERA | CAMERAAUTO
  • TFTOGGLE < SWAPLEFTRIGHT | SWAPINOUT
  • TFTOGGLE ORIGINMODE

Project Explorer AssistantRemoved from the Preferences dialog (Building Designer Category > Project Explorer Assistant > Turn On Link Assistant)N/A
Dataset_GBDataset_GB permanently replaced with Dataset UKN/A
Legacy itemsDeprecated Legacy toolboxes; Legacy Grid tool; Legacy Terrain toolN/A
Plant Utilities

Retired hs-tools.ma (loaded on-demand). Retired STF_PLANTUTILS_CONFIG=$(TF_DATASETS)$(TF_DATASETNAME)\data\plantutils.ini (settings file for the Plant Utilities tools).

Retired HS_CONFIG settings file for the Plant Utilities tools. Only evaluated if STF_PLANTUTILS_CONFIG variable is not set.

N/A
Catalog Upgrade UtilityDeprecated Update Catalog Files; Verify Architectural Instance Information

Previously made schema/catalog changes to assist the transition from legacy layer application to AECOsim Building Designer (upgraded DGN's created in versions previous to 2004).
  • MDL LOAD CATALOGUTIL; ATFCATALOGUTIL UPDATE
  • MDL LOAD CATALOGUTIL; ATFCATALOGUTIL VERIFY ALL
Dataset Upgrade UtilityDeprecated Dataset Upgrade Utility; Dataset Upgrade Utility Settings

Previously made dataset changes to assist the transition from legacy layer application to AECOsim Building Designer.
  • MDL LOAD TFDATASETUPGRADESERVICE; OPEN DATASETUPGRADESERVICE
  • MDL LOAD TFDATASETUPGRADESERVICE; OPENDATASETUPGRADEUTIL
Part Rendering Upgrade UtilityDeprecated Part Rendering Upgrade Utility

Legacy feature. Previously, used to scan all part files in the active workspace for part rendering definitions using palette files (*.pal), upgraded part rendering definitions from using *.pal files to *.dgnlib files compatible with Luxology.
  • TFPARTWIZARD; OPEN PARTWIZARD
Space Part Upgrade UtilityDeprecated Space Part Upgrade Utility

Previously used to upgrade legacy DataGroup catalog files for spaces with the part and family (defined ObjectMaterial property).
  • TFSPACEWIZARD; OPEN SPACEWIZARD
RAM 3D ViewerDiscontinued delivery of RAM 3D Viewer.N/A
RAM Structural System Import/ExportDeprecate direct import/export from/to RAM Structural System, in favor of ISMN/A
IFC2Dropped IFC2 ( IFC 2x3 and IFC4 remain)N/A
Load/Unload of Discipline Specific Entry PointsDeprecate Load/Unload AECOsim Building Designer Applications
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > ARCHITECTURAL
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > MECHANICAL
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > STRUCTURAL
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > ELECTRICAL
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > AES
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > GC
  • BUILDINGDESIGNER < ENABLE | DISABLE > SPACEPLANNER
Note: Load/Unload Electrical Application tools are replaced on the ribbon. (Key-ins: BUILDINGDESIGNER ENABLE ELECTRICAL;RIBBON REBUILD and BUILDINGDESIGNER DISABLE ELECTRICAL;RIBBON REBUILD)
Duplicate Solar UtilitiesDeprecated Solar Shade; Solar Study
  • TFDIALOG SOLARSHADE
  • TFLOAD SOLARSTUDY
  • TFDIALOG CITIES
  • TFDEFINE < OFFSET | DIRECTION | NORTH >
Electrical integration with VisualSupport for Electrical integration with Visual is no longer available in the AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition. Visual no longer supports 3rd party integration for their recent versions.

Place RFA as CellPlaces an RFA directly into your file. Replaced by the MicroStation Import RFA command