Release

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New

General
User interface	Manage messages with clarity and edit them safely
	Automatic monitoring of the model for serious problems
	Reports, parts lists and calculation reports in a clear overview for selection
Insert object(s)	Align objects with each other
Insert object(s)	Define the mounting height as a distance to a selectable reference in the building model
Position Marker	Function: Renumber

Building, floor plan and labeling, IFC viewer
Analyse model	Color visualization of information, states and data
Analyse model	Configure collision check as needed

Electrical
Cable and cable trunk	Install across several storeys
Document distribution board	Automatic schema for energy supply, emergency lighting, fire alarm equipment and data network
Document distribution board	Insert/remove a manual page break in the circuit diagram at any desired location
Analyse model	Automatic checking for inconsistency between distribution board and electrical installation (in the building model)
Analyse model	Check and Verify Models – Tab Electrical

Enhancement

Building, floor plan and labeling
Part Text	Apply more than one identifier for an object
Dimensioning	Apply additional text for dimension numbers with selectable position
	Define font size individually or by means of a format template
	Save modified format settings for the current project or for new projects
	Dimension points have more information
Legends	Automatic legends for all disciplines

IFC
Import	More flexibility when importing IFC models with missing or incorrect storey heights
Export	Define and export classification system
	Export comments
	Virtual sub-surfaces of building components as "2nd Level Space Boundaries"
Import/Export	Internal processing of user-specific settings with more intelligence

Electrical
Product database	MENNEKES, products for electric mobility for the function Junction Box / Help Object.

Sanitary & heating
Pipe system design (waste water)	Display slope direction for better orientation
	Working with the slope has been greatly simplified
	Specify the branch direction using the cursor
Pipe system calculation	Pipe system calculations with active 3D display and in the rendered model
	Correct the material in the network or sub-network using the pipe network calculation function
	Waste water: More control and influence on sub-circuits

Ventilation
Duct system	Shadow representation in the working model

Optimisation

General
Cross sections, part models	New section/partial model automatically creates a layout template in the DDS Explorer
Render	Improved arrangement provides a better overview in the toolbox
Object dialogs	Gebäudemodell, Funktion umbenannt: Print Reports

Electrical
Cable tray	Distinguish optically between a cable rack and cable tray
Cable and cable trunk	Change cable for the selected segment
Cable and cable trunk	Continue/change cable in spite of a write-protected distribution board

Sanitary & heating
Pipe system calculation	More stability in pipe network calculations
Pipe system calculation	Potable water: A better overview with ring lines in the network
Miscellaneous	Old function for distribution board deactivated

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