Requirement. Introduction of power outlets for home appliances
A new requirement has been added for electrical outlets to be installed near washing machines and dishwashers, which are read from IFC files generated in the Open BIM project by programs that are used to introduce household appliances such as Open BIM Water Equipment.
As of the 2019.h version, the program represents the colours with which the protection volumes have been defined. Each colour can be changed in the definition panel of the protection volumes.
The 2019.h version includes a 25A electrical outlet in the selection of electrical mechanisms.
As of the 2019.h version, the program’s name changes to “CYPELEC Electrical Mechanisms”, instead of “Open BIM Electrical Mechanisms”.
New requirements and warnings have been included in the 2019.h version, which communicate between applications included in the Open BIM workflow.
New tools are included in the top menu.
Notes
The “Notes” block is included, which manages text tags, elevations or measurements.
Modify height position
Tool used to quickly modify the height of the elements that have been introduced.
This tool operates in a similar way as in other CYPE programs.
The specifications of Portuguese standard RTIEBT (part 7/ section 701) concerning the definition of the protection volumes in rooms containing baths or showers are included. These specifications include both the definition of the volumes and the permissiveness of the spatial position of the electrical mechanisms inside them.
Requirement in Open BIM Electrical Mechanisms. Installation of electrical outlets
Programs such as Open BIM Residential Furniture (implemented in this version) allow users to introduce appliances (televisions, refrigerators, microwaves ...) that need an outlet in their vicinity. These programs generate a requirement in "Open BIM Electrical Mechanisms" so that users of this program take into account that they must introduce these outlets.
"Open BIM Electrical Mechanisms" reads the appliances using "IFC" files belonging to the connected Open BIM project, located on the BIMserver.center platform, if they have been previously included in programs such as Open BIM Residential Furniture.
The applications included in the Open BIM workflow of the 2019.g version include new requirements and errors that are communicated between them.
The requirements and errors that are currently implemented in the Open BIM workflow can be found in the “List of requirements and errors” section of the “Open BIM workflow requirements” webpage.
As of the 2019.f version, “Open BIM Electrical Mechanisms” exports the following documents to the BIM project to which the project is connected:
To be able to export the quantities (PDF and FIEBDC-3) the “Quantities” option must be activated in the dialogue box that appears when exporting to the BIM model.
The electrical drawing can include the key of the symbols that have been used. To do so, simply activate the corresponding “Key” option in the drawing generation process.
In the Floor Plans section in the side menu of the program interface, a new column has been implemented: “Reference elevation”, which indicates the height of each floor of the architectural model of the project. This is very helpful when having to introduce the height of the electrical equipment.
