Release Notes for simplebim 5.0 SR1
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This is the first service release for Simplebim 5.0.
Simplebim 5.0 SR1 (15.01.2016)
Enhancements
- Auto Containment tool improvements
- New quantities for building element proxies in Basic Quantities tool
- Binary files (.cube) created with Simplebim 4 can now be opened
- File type association option added to installer
Bug Fixes
- Bug fixed in excluding space objects that contain furniture or other objects
- Several Appearance Editor improvements and bug fixes
- Model scaling bug fixed (IfcNonNegativeLengthMeasure)
- Bug fixed in exporting legacy colors, this caused an invalid IFC file at export
- Bug fixed that caused the import of HVAC models using IfcElectricHeaterType to fail
Simplebim 5.0 (27.11.2015)
New Features
- Model Merging. You can now merge multiple models into one and export the merged model back to IFC
- Instead of the typical 'overlay' of multiple models, Simplebim allows you to merge the containment structures, groups, type objects and other resources, resulting in a true merged model.
- You can also position the merged models relative to each other using the new Model Placement workspace
- Importing and exporting IFC4 files
- New Value Combiner workspace. You can now create property values by combining values from other properties of the same object class.
- New Group Editor workspace. Easily visualize, edit and create IFC type objects and groups, such as system and zones.
Enhancements
- Faster IFC import and export
- Improved quantities using the Basic Quantities tool
- Improved Quick Select in 3D palette. We added for example the Model -quick select for selecting all objects from the same model as the picked object.
- New clean look and feel in the user interface
- New set of Getting Started Video tutorials
- Unified installer for 64 and 32bit versions
Bug Fixes
- If buildings or building storeys have a geometry of their own this geometry is now shown in the 3D window.
- Bug fixed in setting the model unit using a template
- Bug fixed in copying value to the clipboard from the Properties Palette when the palette is showing an object group or an ad-hoc collection of objects.
- Bug fixed in deleting child groups, i.e. groups that are members of another group.