When a quantities sub-table of the type "Weight of UPN type steel section" is added, the program will ask for the value of the edge (E), particularly when entering the values of its formula.
In Arquimedes version 2024.b the UPN section table has been extended with six new values for edges:
The export to FIEBDC-3 format has been improved. Now, when exporting to this format, users must select the export type:
Arquimedes may import the BC3 file generated by both types of export, but if importing the BC3 file generated with the "Arquimedes format" option, it will import the information from the "Generador de precios" if the job with which the export is generated has used this cost database.
Version 2024.b includes the following improvements and corrections to the connection of applications to the BIMserver.center platform:
From the BIMserver.center project information window (displayed by clicking on the project name shown in the project information bar - upper right part of the application window) you can access the project page of the BIMserver.center platform via a link that has been inserted in the text indicating the project name.
Likewise, from the information window about the project contributions ("Contributions" option in the project information window), users can access the page of each contribution in the BIMserver.center platform. These links are inserted in the texts indicating the name of each contribution.
The status information bar of the BIMserver.center project is located at the top right of the window of the programs included in the Open BIM workflow. This bar has been available in the applications since version 2022.e and shows a warning icon when there is a problem with the connection to the project, as well as other things. Now, in version 2024.b, users can obtain more information about the warning by hovering the mouse cursor over the icon.
As of version 2024.b, users can create projects associated with a "BIMserver.center Corporate" account from all CYPE applications included in the Open BIM workflow. To do this, the "Owner" field has been added to the window for creating a new project. This is a drop-down menu that includes, as one of the available options, the logged-in BIMserver.center user name along with the "BIMserver.center Corporate" accounts to which it has access. When selecting the user name as the owner, the project will be associated with this personal account, as was the case in previous versions. On the other hand, if a BIMserver.center Corporate account is selected, the project will be associated with that account.
The "Clear cache" button has been added to the CYPE applications included in the Open BIM workflow in the "Configuration" dialogue box that opens with the following sequence of commands: Select any of the options in the "BIMserver.center" tool group > "Configuration" option in the dialogue box that appears. When clicking on "Clear cache", the following options are displayed:
In previous versions, file paths used by applications were limited to a maximum length of 256 characters. This restriction is not specific to CYPE tools but is set by default in the Windows file system. As of version 2024.b, CYPE applications can bypass the restriction and allow the use of an extended path length for a maximum total path length of 10,000 characters. This eliminates the problems caused by the default limit and allows users to work with long access paths.
This improvement is particularly useful when working on projects with a complex directory structure or with long file names. By allowing longer paths, CYPE applications offer greater flexibility in file organisation.
As of version 2024.b, the classic menu of CYPE programs has a downloadable version available from the BIMserver.center platform Store.
This new classic menu downloaded from BIMserver.center includes the same applications and layout as the version available from the download area of the CYPE website, but with some differences.
When installing the BIMserver.center menu, only those applications that are not available for individual download in BIMserver.center will be included in the installation. The other applications in the BIMserver.center menu (those that can be downloaded individually from the BIMserver.center Store) can be downloaded and installed when they are opened for the first time from this new menu.
As of version 2024.a, the CYPE plugins for Revit "Plugin Open BIM - Revit" and "Bill of quantities of Revit models" (the latter included in the Arquimedes module "Bill of quantities of BIM models"), are compatible with Revit version 2024.
In versions prior to 2024.a, in order to change the reference database and update the prices with references that were external to the previous database, a somewhat non-direct process had to be carried out. Now, with version 2024.a, this process has been made much easier by the implementation of the "Change the location" option in the "Databases used by..." dialogue box.
As of Arquimedes version 2024.a, in the "Comparative bills of quantities" dialogue box, the cells of the "Comment" column belonging to the table at the end of this dialogue box (in the "Comparative presentation data" section) can be edited directly.
