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New groups and applications. Installing and uninstalling

In version 2025.a, CYPE Menu (which can now be downloaded exclusively from the BIMserver.center platform) has new program groups.

Architecture
Structures
MEP (Mechanical and Plumbing)
MEP (Electrical)
Energy and acoustic simulations
Project management
Project documents
Interoperability

Most of the CYPE applications are sorted into these groups. In previous versions, most of these applications could only be downloaded as single applications from the BIMserver.center platform.

By downloading and installing CYPE Menu, users will only have the CYPE programs menu installed, but none of the applications included in it will be downloaded or installed. Initially, each of the icons representing the CYPE Menu applications appears in a box with a grey background. When clicking on any of them for the first time (or on the button under the application's name), a contextual menu will appear allowing users to download and install the latest version of that application or an earlier version if available. Earlier versions (from 2024 onwards) will be available for those programs that include paid modules. Normally, free applications will only allow the latest version of these programs to be installed. Any installed version of any application can be uninstalled.

When an application has been installed, by clicking on the button under its name, the context menu that appears includes the "Uninstall" option.

More information on this program menu can be found in the FAQ "How to download and install programs from CYPE’s general menu".

The CYPE Menu download of versions before 2025 (with the applications included) is still available in the download area of the CYPE website.

CYPE Menu. Exclusive download from the BIMserver.center platform

As of version 2025.a, the CYPE program menu can only be downloaded from the BIMserver.center platform.

The CYPE Menu application was already available from version 2024.b on the BIMserver.center platform. Now, in version 2025.a, the advantages of CYPE Menu compared to previous versions, which were downloaded from the download area of the CYPE website, are as follows:

As of version 2024.b
- Once CYPE Menu has been installed, the applications it contains will be installed from this new menu when they are opened for the first time.
As of version 2024.f
- CYPE Menu allows users to manage the updates of the applications it contains.
As of version 2025.a
- New program groups and many CYPE applications that could only be downloaded directly from BIMserver.center are included.
- The version of each application to be installed can be selected (from version 2024 onwards).
- Previously installed applications can be uninstalled.

Further information on the new features can be found in the following new features of CYPE Menu version 2025.a.

In the download area of the CYPE website, the download of the program menu for versions prior to 2025.a (in 64-bit and 32-bit) will still be available. In this download area, there is also a link to the BIMserver.center platform "Store" for downloading the 2025.a version of "CYPE Menu".

As a result of these changes, the 32-bit version of the CYPE Menu is no longer available in version 2025.a. As of 18 February 2019 (version 2019.f), the CYPE programs have been running on 64-bit systems. Since then, only the classic CYPE menu could be installed on 32-bit systems. All other applications (downloadable from the BIMserver.center platform) only worked on 64-bit systems. We believe that 32-bit programming is no longer feasible to take advantage of the superior performance of 64-bit processors and operating systems. Users who still want to use certain 32-bit CYPE programs (those available in the "CYPE Menu" prior to version 2025.a) must install a version prior to 2025.a from the download area of the CYPE website, but will not be able to upgrade their programs to later versions. Please refer to our FAQ question "Which version should I download, 64-bit or 32-bit?" for more information on the 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

Commercial entities

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.

New fields for work sections

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".

Cost database templates

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

Tables of amounts

As of version 2024.f, Open BIM Quantities allows users to generate tables of amounts and use the information contained in the model components in these tables.

To configure and display them, the "Tables of amounts" option has been added to the "Project" group of the toolbar corresponding to the "Quantities of the BIM model" tab in the application.

By clicking on it, a window with the tables of amounts defined for the project is displayed.

The fields that make up a table of amounts are as follows:

Reference. Specifies a reference to identify the table in the list of quantity tables.
Selection. Allows users to establish the conditions that the elements of the project must fulfil to be included in the table.
Columns. Allows users to define the reference and the content of the columns in the table. To do this, the information contained in the properties and quantities of the project components can be used.
Sorting criteria. Allows users to indicate the order in which the rows of the table should be inserted based on the information available in the project components.

As the tables are defined based on variables from the model components, they are automatically updated when changes are made to the Open BIM Quantities project. The configuration of the tables of amounts can be exported in a file (".bib804") to be used in other projects.

The tables of amounts can be exported in CSV format so that it can be easily read in a spreadsheet program. Furthermore, a document can be generated with the table, which the application can export in multiple formats (PDF, DOCX, TXT, HTML, etc.).

Description of a "Set of measurement rules"

A new "Description" field has been added in the editing window of a "Set of measurement rules", 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.

Displaying by "Rules of measurement"

As of version 2024.f, Open BIM Quantities offers five different ways to view the BIM model component tree in the "BIM model measurement" tab.

Until now, elements could be arranged according to the IFC entity they belong to (IfcWall, IfcSlab, IfcSpace, etc.), the spatial structure (IfcSite>IfcBuilding>IfcBuildingStorey, etc.), from the layer or the group they are in. In this update, the "Rules of measurement" option has been added to the "View" group of options in the application's toolbar. When clicking on this option, the elements are organised based on the rules of measurement where they have been selected. Elements used in a rule of measurement are collected in a branch of the tree, which is assigned the name of the rule of measurement.

Shortcuts for all applications

CYPE apps have keyboard shortcuts common to all programs. In versions before 2024.e, each program displayed the keyboard shortcuts for each app via the "Search and activation of commands and options" in the top left-hand corner of the programs.

As of version 2024.e, the "Shortcuts for all applications" tab has been implemented in the dialogue box displayed when selecting this option and it shows all the keyboard shortcuts common to CYPE apps.

"Assign" tool in the rules of measurement

The "Assign" option has been added to the options bar of the "Rules of measurement" list in the "Sets of measurement rules" editing window.

With this tool, users can assign the properties from one rule of measurement to another.

Clicking the "Assign" option displays a window with a list of the properties of the selected rule that can be assigned. The following properties are currently available to choose from:

Tags
Items: Detail line
Items: Sorting criteria
Items: Tags

Once the fields have been selected, a new window is displayed with the list of rules of measurement where users can select those rules whose properties are to be modified with the values of the previously selected rule. This way, with version 2024.e, users can edit multiple measurement rules defined within the same set.

Saving quantities on the 2D/3D model

In version 2023.d, the "Quantities on the 2D/3D model" were implemented in the applications that have a "Bill of quantities" tab. This tool has now been enhanced in order to allow users to save quantities measured on the 3D view so that they can be used in several quantity detail lines. To this end, the "Save the current quantities" option has been added to the toolbar of the 3D view. By clicking on it, a window is displayed where a description for the quantity can be entered before saving it. In order to display the list of saved quantities, the "Measurements carried out on the model" option has also been added. This option displays a list of the measurements taken, showing the description, type of measurement (length, area, angle, etc.) and value for each one.

The "Assign the quantities measured on the model to the variable" option, which appears next to each variable in a quantity detail line, has changed the way it works as a result of this new feature. In previous versions, clicking on it assigned the last measurement taken on the 3D view, whereas now the "Measurements carried out on the model" list is displayed to select the saved quantity to be used.

Additionally, next to each variable linked to a quantity on the model, the description, type of measurement (length, area, angle, etc.) and value of the selected measurement can be viewed. Also, the "Delete the link between the variable and the quantities measured on the model" and "View the quantities measured on the model in the 3D view" options have been added. The first option allows users to remove the link between the value of the variable and the quantities measured on the model. The second option allows users to display the representation of the assigned measurement in the 3D view. If this option is used on another variable or if another element is selected in the "Bill of quantities" window, this representation will no longer be displayed.

Tags in the rules of measurement

As of version 2024.c, tags can now be associated with the rules of measurement defined within a "Set of measurement rules". When editing the reference of a rule, the "Tags" field now appears, allowing several independent text strings to be inserted. In order to make it easier to enter tags, when adding or modifying a tag, a button appears, with a blue arrow icon, which launches a list of the tags defined so far.

In the list of rules of measurement, a "Tags" column has been added which not only shows the tags linked to each rule but also allows the elements that appear in the list to be filtered. To do this, a button has been added to the column header. Clicking on this button displays a window where a list of tags can be specified. When accepting the window, only the rules that contain the entered tags will be displayed. This makes it easier to manage rules when there are a large number of rules in the project.