IFC (BIM) import basis
- A new module that allows to import a building model (including installations and equipment) from IFC files (watch video)
- Import of IFC files as an independent model (available on Underlay scope)
- Loading the IFC model into any project (new and with the existing, e.g. building structure or installation), including removing and replacing the existing model (re-import)
- Loading many independent models into one project
- Possibility of precise model management, incl. preview of the full structure of the IFC file, preview of the properties of each element, hiding and searching for elements using the Project browser window
- Loading of IFC models containing both architecture and designed installations previously exported from InstalSystem 5 and from other programs
- Model visible as in the 2D editor window (drawing as edges) as in the 3D view window (actual model)
- Snap-in of construction elements and installations drawn on a 2D view to IFC objects
- IFC models export to DXF / DWG (2D), PDF (2D / 3D) formats
FC (BIM) building data interpretation
- A new module that allows the interpretation of structural objects from the IFC file into InstalSystem 5 structural partitions (further used, among others, for thermal calculations of the building) (watch video)
- Independent interpretation of selected stories based on the IFC file to obtain worksheets
- Interpretation of selected construction elements (ifcBeam, ifcBuildingElementProxy, ifcColumn, ifcCurtainWall, ifcDoor, ifcFooting, ifcOpeningElement, ifcRoof, ifcSlab, ifcWall, ifcWindow and others) to InstalSystem 5 construction elements (Wall (with the element Opening in wall), Window, Door, Roof, Slab (with the element Opening in slab)) and used, among others, by the Heat loss module
- Possibility to modify or remove interpreted elements of the building structure
IFC (BIM) heating/cooling system export / IFC (BIM) tap water system export
- New modules enabling the export to an IFC4 file of heating and water installations designed in InstalSystem 5 (as Reference View) (watch video)
- More information: https://standards.buildingsmart.org/MVD/RELEASE/IFC4/ADD2_TC1/RV1_2/HTML/schema/views/reference-view/index.htm
- The installation export function is available on the scope Printout
- Compliance of the classification of elements with the IFC4 standard: https://standards.buildingsmart.org/MVD/RELEASE/IFC4/ADD2_TC1/RV1_2/HTML/
- Controlling the export of labels assigned to items in the window Settings -> Other settings -> Export labels to IFC file (the default is this option is unchecked)
- Compatibility of coordinates of the exported IFC file from InstalSystem 5 program with the loaded IFC model within the IFC (BIM) import basis module
Base module
- New graphic elements: Polygon, Polyline, Rectangle, Ellipse
- A throbber (Spinning wheel) for Check connections function
- New function Move underlay enabling precise shifting of the underlay (by the indicated vector)
- New marker (a dot) that distinguishes active Window (watch video)
- Abort calculations button (watch video)
- Improvement of program performance by:
- Speed up of work on big underlays in DWG/DXF format
- Speed up of graphics operations
- Speed up of ZOOM/PAN/ROTATE operations in the 3D view window
- Speed up of the Pipe-run elements insertion
- Speed up of data refresh operations in a General data window
- Ability to control automatically created building units: Common to entire building / Separate for storeys
- Possibility to create building units from the window 2D editor by selecting rooms and entering a common name for them in the field Building unit
- Sorting the list of rooms in the window Project browser by the symbol of the room (the function is available under the right mouse button on the Building unit )
- New function Ground modeling enabling modeling and graphical visualization of ground surfaces of various shapes (in the form of a building envelope as a curve at the contact of the ground with external walls) (watch video)
- Improvements of the Dormer by:
- improvement of automatically generated dormers on the Construction scope
- correct generation of the internal wall if the element Dormer covers two or more rooms
- Rearrangement and improvement of the assignment of elements to layers after exporting a drawing to DWG / DXF formats
- Update of product catalogues.
Heating systems/ Cooling systems
- New element: Low loss header' with size selected from the catalogue or automatically sized depending of flow rate (watch video)
- New element: Expansion vessel with size selected manually from the catalogue (watch video)
- New graphic elements (not calculated): Pressure gauge and Thermometer, straight and angular, possible to insert into the pipe-runs on the plan or in the 3D model (watch video)
- A default Non-return valve can be set in General data window
- Possibility to present the values of Obtained heating output and Obtained cooling output in Room label. Other values re-arranged and renamed.
- Corrected and completed content of tables Manifold table and Radiant heating general results, in cases when a Radiator is supplied from the same manifold as Radiant heating.
- New options in the Orientation field in Data table for Mixer / Pump unit /Control loop (watch video)
- Possibility to change the position of the front of the Terminal unit element, which affects the result of the Generate schematic view function (watch video)
- New presentation for the segments of pipe-runs coming out of the Manifold on the Automatic schematic view of installation sheet - graphical offset of the supply and return pipe-runs.
- 3D visualisation of: Manifold, Mixer / Pump unit , Hydraulic control loop elements orientation, during data declaration in Data table window (watch video)
- Possibility to exclude selected rooms or receivers from the cooling function in heating/cooling installations (watch video)
Radiators sizing
- Integrated universal (with right or left side connection) radiators - possibility to choose an universal radiators both as a Default left side conn. radiator type as well as as Default right side conn. radiator type
- Change of diagnostics message: terminal unit connection system from other catalogue than connection pipes priority from Warning to Error, allowing for a faster response to the incompatible choice of system for Default radiator connection system (right/left/middle conn.) in relation to the choice of Default pipe types and insulation for Branch/radiator circuit pipe in General data window (watch video)
Heat loss
- Constant, independent of the calculation options, visibility of values in the project data: cwirk for the building and Cwirk/A for a Partition definition
- Calculations according to ÖNORM EN 12831; H 7500-1 standard have all result tables according to this standard
- The ability to select a preset for fh in Data table window of Room, which are higher than 5m
- Optimization of the Thermal calculations of building algorithm, what may reduce time of the calculations
- Improvements to the Dormer by:
- correct determination of the room cubic capacity if the element Dormer covers two or more rooms
- improvement of the determination of thermal partitions in the H&E(T) scope for various design situations including dormers
- Improvement of the algorithm that automatically creates thermal partitions from structural elements
- Automatic division of thermal partitions into or taking into account the course of the ground curve (new element )
Tap water systems
- New element: Expansion vessel with size selected manually from the catalogue (watch video)
- New graphic elements (not calculated): Pressure gauge> and Thermometer, straight and angular, possible to insert into the pipe-runs on the plan or in the 3D model (watch video)
- Improvement of algorithm generating automatically schematic views
- Change of diagnostics message: terminal unit connection system from other catalogue than connection pipes priority from Warning to Error, allowing for a faster response to the incompatible choice of system for System of water outlet points connections in relation to the choice of Default pipe types and insulation for Branch/radiator circuit pipe in General data window (watch video)