CYPEFIRE Hydraulic Systems version 2025.b includes the following improvements and corrections for certain cases:
As of version 2025.b, applications now display a warning message in their initial window when a new update is available. This message provides information about the "installed version" and the "available version", together with a direct link to the Store page of the BIMserver.center web platform.
Clicking on the “Upgrade to the latest version” button automatically starts the download and installation process of the application. This feature ensures that the most current version of the program is always being used, thus benefiting from the latest improvements.
This method replaces the automatic notification and update process of a new version in the BIMserver.center programs available in previous versions.
As of version 2025.b, Open BIM Quantities allows users to set the visibility of the “Price” and ”Amount” columns in several windows, including the ”Bill of quantities” table, the ”Project database” and the ”Cost databases”.
This configuration is done from the "Columns" option of the "Visualisation" group in the toolbar. Users can choose to hide or show these columns according to their needs, resulting in a more personalised interface focused on the relevant information for each type of project.
This feature is particularly useful for bills of quantities without prices.
A new report called “Bill of quantities (Table)” has been added to the “BoQ Reports” available from the toolbar in the “Bill of quantities” tab.
This report includes all the concepts defined in the project in a table with the following columns:
In the configuration panel for each application, a direct link to its page in the BIMserver.center web store has been included.
By clicking on the “Go to BIMserver.center Store” button, users are redirected directly to the corresponding page in the Store, where they can learn more about the application, view its features, read reviews from other users and see examples of real contributions.
This feature provides easy access to additional resources and support, enhancing the user experience by providing quick and easy access to all relevant information about the applications.
An information message has been incorporated into the installation button of the applications so that, before proceeding with the installation, users can identify which applications are free to use (free of charge) and which require licensing permissions (including paid modules).
This enhancement improves the user experience by providing clarity and transparency on the options available to the user based on their license model.
In the new 2025.b version of CYPE Menu, the background installation feature has been added. Users can now continue working on other tasks while applications are automatically installed in the background.
During the background installation process, the “Installing program” message is displayed next to the applications button in the main CYPE Menu window. Once completed, the message disappears and the application can be run.
This feature is designed to make applications easier to use and manage, improving productivity and the overall experience by minimising waiting time and interruptions during the installation of new applications or upgrades.
Version 2025.b includes the possibility of inserting a flow control valve in hydraulic systems. This device acts in the same way as the existing pressure regulating valve but also controls the downstream flow of the valve.
The only information that must be entered in the fitting is the limiting flow rate and the program will ensure that this limit is not exceeded so as not to supply too much flow, for example, in areas close to the booster set.
When the flow rate reaching the control valve does not exceed the entered limit, CYPEFIRE Hydraulic Systems will display a warning message indicating that, in this case, the valve does not need to be inserted.
Up until now, entering supports for the pipe system has been a tedious process. As of version 2025.b and thanks to the latest changes to the application, this process of determining the quantities of supports is now completely automatic.
This is managed from the “Generate the support quantities” panel, accessible from "General options > Pipe options" in the main interface.
From now on, the support quantities will be generated automatically according to the pipe diameters entered and the maximum spacing specified.
In earlier versions, in the “Project” menu, there is a "Catalogue management" option for downloading manufacturer products.
New types of manufacturer products are added in this version, from the following available categories:
The generic catalogues have also been moved within the same menu to the “Library of generic elements” option, which allows users to continue to include the required units.
When starting a new project, the option for incorporating the catalogue of some of the available manufacturers appears. If none are downloaded, the application includes the generic catalogues that are missing in order to start a system with all the necessary elements.
The creation and measurement of fittings (elbows, tees, junctions, crosses) has been optimised.
Up until now, these fittings could be entered automatically or manually by entering the losses in the corresponding pipes and, based on their losses, the quantities of these fittings were generated.
As of version 2025.b, the 3D representation of the individual fittings in the "Design parameters" panel will be available and the correct angle of the pipes or the number of connections will be checked for each of them.
The process of importing a BIM model when the job is linked to a BIMserver.center project has been updated.
Now the first steps in the import process are the selection of codes and the downloading of manufacturer's catalogues in order to have an optimal configuration of all the elements needed to carry out the hydraulic design and analysis.
Finally, the necessary spaces are imported in order to carry out this design. To do this, all the spaces of the architectural model are imported, grouping them in the easiest way for the user according to the different entities defined in the .ifc.
Once all the spaces have been imported, the risk equivalent to the imported code is assigned. On the right, the enclosures that are being worked with can be seen in the 3D model of the building.
All the spaces imported into CYPEFIRE Hydraulic Systems are considered as spaces where the fire protection design is to be carried out, therefore, all those that should not have the system should not be imported. When reading the old job, an error will appear for the imported spaces that do not have this system; they should be deleted or the hydraulic system design should be carried out.
