RE: AECOSIM V8i Select 6
In the Save Image dialog there is a Banded Rendering option. That can be used to split the render job up into bands (all on your machine), each band then has a reduced memory requirement. This may help...
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RE: Convert Region to Slab
Looking closely at the circles that did not appear as holes in the slab, 1 is a circular compex shape comprised of two arcs, this did form a hole in the created slab, 2 is a circular compex shape...
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Plumbing - flange thickness
I may be missing something, but why is it that the "Pressure Differential Valve" has a flange thickness option, while the others, for example the "butterfly valve" have surface-like flanges, without...
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RE: Datagroup Annotation Cell Linking
Hi Henry,I'm glad that made sense!In regards to your follow-up question regarding a custom Catalog Type, you can add certain door properties to a custom type, but obviously that type cannot actually be...
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Datagroup Annotation Cell Linking
AECOsim Building Designer V8i (SS4)Version 08.11.09.563Projectwise Explorer V8i (SS4)Version 08.11.11.115Hi all,Currently the image below shows the annotation cell for my OPENINGS catalogue typeNow, In...
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RE: Datagroup Annotation Cell Linking
When creating a new Catalog Item at step 5 shown here, select the Place Door Tool Template to get the base properties required for the new oitem to work with the door tool, additional properties needed...
View ArticleRE: icons of custom made tools look bad after update W10 (anniversary update)
Hi Marc, no I didn't. I could try that to see if it helps. Weird thing is custom toolbars have like a 3D button effect now so they look smaller then the standard icons, since they are rescaled to fit...
View ArticleRE: icons of custom made tools look bad after update W10 (anniversary update)
Yes that is odd, would you like to send us some samples to try out?
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icons of custom made tools look bad after update W10 (anniversary update)
We have some custom made toolbars, for which I made some icons too using photoshop and saving as .ico files.On the same computers, we previously had W7, then updated to W10. No problem so far, they all...
View ArticleRE: Plumbing - flange thickness
Hi Pedro, I also noticed the difference in ABD. Is not having a flange thickness as an option on this valve preventing you to utilize it for an specific purpose in the model or is the question just out...
View ArticleRE: SS6U1 - Floor Drain
Hello Trust, ....you really don't want to have auto subtractions It's not forcibly the case that the structural engineer will amend their structure to suit. It's more like 50/50 as to which gets...
View ArticleRE: SS6U1 - Floor Drain
Sorry, Danny but I don't think that you are looking at things correctly. In fact, if you work in the way you describe, you are working very inefficiently. The old 'ohhh you can't touch my model because...
View ArticleRE: SS6U1 - Floor Drain
[quote user="danny-cooley"]What is needed is the capability to generate 'blocks' that represent the size of the opening required.These would typically be put of a seperate (CAD) Level, which is then...
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SS6U1 - Floor Drain
Hi,It's my first time I use a floor drain part from Plumbing Tools.I supposed that a floor drain would cut it's opening in the floor, like a door or window in a wall, but it don't.Do I have to cut the...
View ArticleCR: Kinetics Solver for Spaces
Ran across this cool vid. Another one showing the use of a kinetics/physics solver in 3d.The old napkin is great but it is sometimes better to have something more virtual.
View ArticleRE: SS6U1 - Floor Drain
[quote user="Marc Thomas"]Enhancement 528019: 'Please add perforator to floor drain tools'.[/quote]Isn't that only just a small bit of what is needed?First -we want perforators to ALL MEP and...
View ArticleRE: A Wall does not connect with 2 comulmns
[quote user="Marc Thomas"]Placement by centreline is an existing option.[/quote]Yes, it does, but the problem is that centreline is not persistent or available for follow on manipulation. In this age...
View ArticleWhy hasn't Aecosim cornered the Airport/Aviation BIM market?
This [View:http://pages.info.bentley.com/video-details/?video=CO_VID_WBNRB_ABDAP_7_16&videoDBID=8bb50fde-d7c6-4f0d-b953-4b7c68034461] has been on Learn for a few months. Airports are big outfits...
View ArticleRE: CR: TFREMOVE Enhancements
8.11.9.866, but walls and slabs don't get their DG-info removed.It works on Smartsolids or Form geometry you created and then added DG data to.It won't work on things that were created DG-aware.A Wall...
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