Now, from the BIMserver.center project information window (displayed by clicking on the project name visible in the top right bar of the application), the owner's public profile page can be accessed on the BIMserver.center platform via the link inserted in the text representing the owner's name.
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CYPEHVAC Ductwork
A new "Description" field has been added in the editing window of a "Mapping file" allowing a descriptive text to be associated with the set.
This allows users to provide information on the content or use of the set without the limitations of the "Name" field.
As of version 2024.f, the "Bill of quantities" tab allows commercial information to be entered in the "Project cost database" or a "Cost database".
For this purpose, the "Commercial entities" button has been added to the toolbar in the management window of both elements.
By clicking on it, a menu is displayed where it is possible to define the data of the commercial entities involved in the project or the cost database.
Furthermore, to allow commercial entities to be associated with concepts, the "Commercial entities" field has been added to the editing panel for work sections and items.
Commercial entities are part of the standard database interchange format for the FIEBDC-3 construction database (.bc3). Therefore, this information can be imported and exported using the tools in the "Bill of quantities" tab for managing BC3 files.
As of version 2024.f, the work sections of a bill of quantities or a cost database can have more information associated with them. For this purpose, the following tabs have been added to the editing panel of a work section displayed within the management menu of the "Project cost database" or of a "Cost database":
- Description
- Graphical information
- Attached documents
In previous versions, this data could only be associated with "Items".
As of version 2024.f, the window for creating a "Cost database" includes the "Template" option.
When selected, users can create a cost database with an initial work section structure.
The following configurations are currently available:
- Spain
- CSI OmniClass
- France – UNTEC method
- GuBIMClass 1.2 ES
- DIN 276 2018-12
- RICS NRM 1-3
As of version 2024.d, "CYPEHVAC Hydronics" (design of water distribution systems for air-conditioning) includes the analysis of ducts and, as a consequence, changes its name to "CYPEHVAC" (design of air-conditioning systems - heating, ventilation and air-conditioning).
Integrating the analysis of ducts in CYPEHVAC means that the program that in previous versions carried out the ductwork analysis (CYPEHVAC Ductwork) will not evolve from this version onwards. The latest available versions of CYPEHVAC Ductwork (2024.b) and CYPEHVAC Hydronics (2024.b) can still be downloaded from the BIMserver.center platform. However, we recommend that from now on, for designing air conditioning systems and analysing air ducts, CYPEHVAC should be used as this program will continue to evolve.
In order to be able to use all the CYPEHVAC features, the user license must have all the permissions included in "CYPEHVAC Hydronics" and "CYPEHVAC Ductwork". The user licence may only have some of the permissions to carry out the design of air conditioning systems (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) and may or may not have the permission to carry out the analysis of ducts. In this case, the program can be used for the design and analysis of the systems included in the user license.
The main change that users will notice in the application interface is the division of the "Installation" tab into the new "Water distribution" and "Air distribution" tabs. This division only affects the options available in the toolbar, as only those options that are required for each type of system are displayed. Both tabs share the display of the design model.
Among the improvements for the ductwork design in CYPEHVAC compared to CYPEHVAC Ductwork, we would like to highlight the following:
- Integrating new ducted water-air-conditioning units (fan coils).
- Automatically generated connections.
- The ability to work with the actual dimensions of each unit.
- Specific report of the results of the duct distribution with only the worst spans.
All CYPE programs can be installed in their different versions (Professional Version, Evaluation Version, Campus Version, Temporary License). In previous versions, users could only choose the type of version to be installed from the classic CYPE menu.
As of version 2024.a, the selection of version types has been implemented in all CYPE programs on the BIMserver.center platform.
As of version 2024.d, this selection can be made during the installation of all CYPE programs, regardless of where they are downloaded.
In the help tool for filling in the currency code, within the general parameters of the project, the following references from ISO 4217 have been added:
- EGP. Egyptian pound
- KZT. Tengue
- MYR. Malaysian ringgit
- PHP. Philippine peso
- SAR. Saudi riyal
As of version 2024.b, applications with the "Element selection tool" (this tool was implemented in version 2021.e) have the ability to move the selected model components with the arrow keys on the keyboard. The elements shall be moved on the work plane of the active view in the direction of the arrow key. Whenever the arrow is pressed, the distance that is displaced is constant, so zooming will make it larger or smaller.
Version 2024.b includes the following improvements and corrections to the connection of applications to the BIMserver.center platform:
- After sharing a contribution, there is a delay before it becomes available in the BIMserver.center project. This could result in another application not having immediate access, even if the export was made from the same computer. Now applications can read contributions from the "File directory stored in local cache" before they are accessible in BIMserver.center.
- It is now possible to export a contribution without an internet connection. When this occurs, a confirmation dialogue box will appear to inform users that if the contribution is exported, it cannot be shared in the BIMserver.center project. The contribution can be read in another application as long as it is on the same computer and linked to the same project. However, for the contribution to be available on the platform, users will need to "Share" it again with an internet connection.
- The uploading process has been improved to allow larger files to be included.
- An error that did not allow users to connect to the platform when the "AppData" system folder was not accessible has been fixed.
- An error that showed the user as logged in when the session had already expired has been fixed.
- The warning messages displayed when there is a problem in the communication with BIMserver.center have been improved.
- Now, when creating a new project, the same default fields are used as in the BIMserver.center website.
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.
