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CYPEPLUMBING Water Systems

Managing the visibility and object snaps of external elements

A new tool has been implemented in the user interface that is common in Open BIM applications with a 3D working environment. Now, the management of the elements from the digital model of the building, which comes from the associated BIMserver.center project, is carried out from the "Elements read" menu located in the left sidebar of the application.

The elements read are structured in the form of a tree based on two classification types: "Models" and "Categories". The organisation by "Models" allows users to inspect each contribution linked to the job and each associated 3D model within it. On the other hand, the "Categories" group the "Elements read" into families according to their features. Next to each tree component, three buttons are displayed to control the visibility, the display mode (solid, transparent or wire) and the object snap. It should be noted that the organisational settings applied to the organisation by "Models" prevail over those indicated by "Categories".

Applications can have default visibility and object snap settings when creating a new view. Furthermore, when entering new components with the tools in the program, the application itself can force the activation or deactivation of the visibility and object snaps of certain categories. When this happens, a yellow padlock will be displayed next to the set options. When users finish using the tool, the tree will return to its original state.

In previous versions, the management of the visibility of BIM project models was carried out in the configuration panel of a view. As a consequence of this improvement, editing is now managed from the "Elements read" menu in the left sidebar and has therefore been removed from the previous location. However, in the editing panel of a view users can indicate whether the view should have its own configuration for viewing these elements or whether it should use the general configuration of the job. For this purpose, the "Use a specific view configuration for the view" option has been added. When this option is active, the "View" text will appear in the "Elements read" menu.

In addition to the component tree of the external models, the "Elements read" menu includes a toolbar with a group of buttons that allow the following actions to be carried out:

Isolate selection
Allows elements from the 3D model to be isolated. Users can select the elements of the 3D model that they wish to isolate and when right-clicking on them, the rest of the elements from the model will disappear.
Hide
Allows the selected elements to be hidden. Users can select the elements from the 3D model that they wish to hide and by right-clicking on them, they will disappear.
Show all
Shows all hidden elements.
Aspect
Allows users to choose between normal drawing or monochrome drawing.
BIM information
Displays a panel showing the attributes associated with the selected component.

In version 2023.a, the management of visibility and object snaps of external elements is available in the following CYPE Open BIM applications:

CYPE Architecture
CYPELEC Distribution
CYPELEC Electrical Mechanisms
CYPELEC PV Systems
CYPEPLUMBING Water Systems
CYPETHERM RE2020
CYPEURBAN
Open BIM Analytical Model
CYPE Construction Systems
Open BIM COVID-19
CYPE Lightning
Open BIM Sampling
Open BIM Site

New 3D work environment

CYPEPLUMBING Water Systems is shifting from a 2D environment to a new 3D work environment, achieving greater capacity in the modelling of pipes and elements in water supply systems.

The new 3D work environment provides:

A visualisation of the "3D Views" with symbology and representation of the 3D elements, along with the possibility to control their opacity level.

The chance to enter all elements and pipes in 3D view or by floor. Vertical pipes in particular are now easier to generate.

Generation in 3D view

Generation by floors

Generation being edited or analysed

Greater geometric precision when placing pipes and elements in the system. Users can define several levels of displacement in the system.

The possibility to work on the table containing all the elements and pipes generated in the system.

The possibility to work by viewing areas of the system.

The extraction of 3D View planes containing information.

Justification of the analyses for water circulation pumps

Version 2022.d of CYPEPLUMBING Water Systems generates justification information for water circulation pump analyses on screen and in reports.

General improvements

Version 2021.g of CYPE’s programs is a closing version of the 2021 version.

As well as the new features and improvements expressly indicated in each version of CYPE software, process optimisation involving internal updates for all our programs is normally included. In each revision, all programs are systematically checked and changes are made to improve their performance, therefore, we recommend that our users (in this case those of v.2021) always update their version to the latest one, regardless of the country for which they are using CYPE software or the language in which it is installed.

Capacity calculation of instantaneous DHW production equipment in direct and indirect systems

Capacity calculation of instantaneous DHW production equipment for direct consumption supply systems, or supply systems using storage tanks.

For both the direct and auxiliary systems, everything will be managed from the general data in the program.

When the outline for the installation of a DHW production group is carried out, users will receive the information necessary for establishing its power.

Users must enter the performance of the DHW production system (a performance that must consider exchange, accumulation, distribution, and recirculation losses).

For installations where 100% of the demand is accumulated, it is only necessary to add the hours in which the heating of this accumulation is stipulated. For installations with less than 100% accumulation demand, a use factor of the accumulation volume must be defined. This factor depends on the geometry (slenderness) and the number of storage tanks, as inside the tanks is a mixed area of hot and cold water, in which the temperature is lower than that in use so that the tank is equivalent to one with a lower capacity.

Simultaneous pipe entry

As of the 2021.b version, CYPEPLUMBING Water Systems allows users to enter several horizontal pipes that follow the same path. This tool also allows for them to be defined on several floors simultaneously.

New tools to manage blocked parameters

New tools have been included to manage blocked parameters.

Users can block the main parameters calculated by the program either globally or partially.

A tool has also been implemented to display the elements of the installation that have blocks activated.

Edit text size of drawing tags

The 2021.a version of “CYPEPLUMBING Sanitary Systems” and “CYPEPLUMBING Water Systems” allows users to vary the size of the tags of drawings. With this improvement, users can further customise the drawings that are generated by both programs and this way, improve their readability.

User Coordinate System (UCS)

A tool has been added with which users can modify the coordinate system of the application. This tool is being implemented in several applications. In the 2021.a version, the tool is available in the following applications:

IFC Builder
CYPECAD MEP
CYPEHVAC
CYPEPLUMBING Sanitary Systems
CYPEPLUMBING Water Systems
CYPEPLUMBING Solar Systems
Open BIM Lighting
CYPELUX
CYPELUX CTE
CYPELUX RECS
CYPELUX HQE
CYPELUX LEED

Partial bill of quantities of the installation

Until now, the programs could only generate the global bill of quantities of the project.

Now, as of the 2020.f version, by applying filters, tags can be assigned to the elements of the installation, which allow for partial measurements and bills of quantities to be generated using the options in the "Bill of quantities" tab.

For example, a bill of quantities can be generated for each block of buildings, each floor or for specific elements of the installation.

An important tool amongst those used to assign these tags to the elements of the installation is the one that provides the graphical 2D and 3D view of the filtered elements. This way, users can quickly identify if these tags have been assigned correctly or not.

Bill of quantities

The "Bill of quantities" tab has been included in the 2020.e version. Now, users have tools that can be used to generate and manage the bill of quantities of the elements that have been introduced in these programs.

More information on this new feature can be found in the "Bill of quantities" tab in project phase Open BIM applications section, which affects several CYPE Open BIM programs.

"Bill of quantities" tab in project phase Open BIM applications

The "Bill of quantities" tab has been added to the toolbar of some of the applications that are integrated in the Open BIM workflow. In the 2020.e version, the first Open BIM programs to have this tab are:

Open BIM Quantities (new program of the 2020.e version)
CYPE Accessibility
CYPE Lightning
CYPEPLUMBING Sanitary Systems
CYPEPLUMBING Water Systems
CYPEPLUMBING Solar Systems
CYPEFIRE Hydraulic Systems
CYPEHVAC
CYPEHVAC Ductwork

This tab will be integrated into the remaining Open BIM applications in upcoming versions.

The "Bill of quantities" tab provides users with tools to generate and manage the bill of quantities of the installation that each program analyses. Within this tab, users can extract the quantities of the model and, based on that information, generate the real project items. This process is carried out using a correspondence system between the elements that have been measured in the design model and the concepts of the bill of quantities (mapping). This equivalence is stored on a local drive or network, so that it can be extended progressively and used in future projects.

In order to enter project prices easily, users can import complete databases as well as individual concepts from cost databases that have been developed in accordance with the FIEBDC-3 standard (.bc3), such as the CYPE construction cost database Generador de precios.

A cost database and mapping example have been included for installation elements for most of the programs that have the bill of quantities tab. Remember that they are just examples and you can create your own mappings and cost databases.

The documents of the bill of quantities can be extracted in several types of reports (Quantities, Cost breakdown structure, Priced bill of quantities, Detailed priced bill of quantities, BoQ summary) and can be exported in HTML, DOCX, PDF, RTF and TXT formats.

The bill of quantities can also be exported, in "FIEBDC-3" format, from the "Bill of quantities" tab of each program, to then be used in cost management programs such as Arquimedes.

The "Bill of quantities" tab is also included in "Open BIM Quantities" (new program of the 2020.e version). Unlike other applications that include the "Bill of quantities" tab, "Open BIM Quantities" allows users to extract the quantities from BIM models that have been defined using the IFC standard (in their "Quantities of the BIM model" tab) . The other programs extract it from the installation that has been introduced in the program itself. Once the quantities have been extracted, the process to generate the bill of quantities in "Open BIM Quantities" is carried out in its "Bill of quantities" tab, as is done with the other Open BIM applications that contain the tab.