AECOsim Building Designer TechNotes And FAQs


Installation, System Settings and Licensing

[[Creating a Deployment Image for AECOsim Building Designer]]

[[I cannot get my AECOsim Building Designer evalulation license to activate]]

[[During Installation the installer stops at the DGN Indexer and never finishes]]

[[VBA errors when using certain Structural or Mechanical tools]]

[[Can an AECOSim Building Designer license run MicroStation?]]

[["ClassFactory" error when opening AECOSim Building Designer]]

[[Microsofts April Security Updates Kill VBA Scripts]]

[[CONNECT Edition and V8i on the same machine?]]

 

Drawing Views, Extractions, Rules and Display Styles

Annotating by Criteria Set Drawing Rules TN

Associate a new DataGroup Type with a DataGroup annotation cell for a drawing rule TN

Creating a No Display Rule TN

Drawing Rules, Auto Annotation and performance TN

Change Referenced Drawing View Color TN

[[Difference between Reset and Show Annotation]]

[[Disabling transparency in Dynamic Views]]

[[Transparency Threshold in Display Styles]]

[[How to add customized title block when Drawing Views are created]]

[[Creating a drawing view seed that will display in the list when creating Drawing Views]]

[[Make project gridlines appear in cross sections through the building]]

[[Change the display of drawing view models to a different color]]

[[DEM level changes from part assignment]]

[[Drawing Rule labels missing in DV]]

[[Visibility Calculator performance issues]]

[[Can i-model elements generated from Revit utilize DV resymbolization?]]

[[Improving DV load performance]]

[[Fill will not display in the clip volume within the 3D model]]

 

Dataset & Configuration: Catalogs, DataGroup System and Family + Parts

Adding a Type to a DataGroup Catalog Filter TN

Edit DataGroup Properties TN

DataGroup Schedule Export to .MDB Format TN

[[Missing Curtain Wall property values]]

[[Custom menu will not display as a Task Menu]]

[[The simplest way to use a Bentley Architecture configuration in AECOsim Building Designer?]]

[[Add a new Catalog Instance to the Place Wall dialog]]

[[Upgrade existing elements to existing DataGroup System properties]]

[[Pointing GB workspace to shared network]]

[[Including the FrontOffset property in DataGroup Explorer reports]]

 

3D Modeling and Component Creation/Modification

Create Frameless Door In Parametric Frame Builder TN

[[Hatching flooded spaces]]

[[Switch orientation of placed walls]]

[[Components not placed on Floor elevation]]

[[Replacing all 2D electrical Symbols with the same geometry but using a different scale]]

 

Import/Export and Reporting

Export to IFC Mapping TN

IFC Export DataGroup Mapping Error TN

[[Is there any way to quantify a feature opening's surfaces?]]

 

Miscellaneous

Compress Options in AECOSim Building Designer - Behaviour and Configuration TN

Compress Options can affect Drawing View performance TN

Change Grids Symbology/Display TN

Is there a file format change between AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition and V8?

[[BIM Solids Working Area resolution]]

[[Model files get bigger after creating drawing views]]