Design Master Wish List
Welcome to the Design Master Wish List, where you can submit your ideas for improvements to the software.
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More customization for equipment callouts
Add more complicated options for callouts on equipment.
Add MCA and MOCP as notes on the callout on the drawing.
See images on this forum post for examples:
http://forums.designmaster.biz/index.php?showtopic=1817If you vote for this, it would be helpful if you could leave a comment letting us know what values you want displayed in the equipment callout.
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Import single piece of equipment
Currently, the "Import Equipment from Another Project" command imports all the equipment. Update that function to allow you to choose specific pieces of equipment to import.
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Minimum panel clearance width
For panels smaller than 30" width, increase the panel clearance width to 30" automatically.
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Device Count
I have noticed that when equipment connections use receptacles or toggle switches, these devices are not included in the device count on the respective device schedules. Can DM be modified to included these devices in the count? This issue has created some confusion on some projects.
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Before & After Model
Develop a simple way to build and manage a "before" and "after" model of an electrical distribution system for renovation and build-out projects.
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Make all Panel/Device selections drop downs
Some windows allow you to choose a panel or device (receptacle, lvd, light, etc) by a drop down box. Others require you to slowly click next/previous. It would be great if all the next/previous windows were converted to the drop down box.
I feel the benefits are pretty obvious.
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Provide a default voltage for the panels in a project.
Add a check box to set the voltage for a building. If a building is 120/240, then checking a box will set the default for panels, equipment, etc to 120/240v instead of 120/2083p4w.
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Equipment Circuit Length in Schedule
Add new column to the equipment schedule that would display the length of the branch circuit.
3 votes -
Rotate Equipment ID Tags
Presently the equipment ID tag reverts to "world" orientation whenever it is moved or when you coordinate data base. Please make it subject to rotate text command, such that it stays in the orientation selected.
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SOLAR
Ability to accurately model solar PV power systems. We use a lot of 3 phase inverters in our designs due to PV system size, but PV modules are 48V. Can model using a transformer, but can only model single phase inverters, since the 48V power selector is only available for single phase. Need an updated power selector for 48V 3 phase or a dedicated modeling method for 3 phase inverters.
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Save manual tick mark settings per user, not per project
Save the tick mark settings in the "Insert Tick Mark" command per user, not per project.
Currently the settings are saved per project. If multiple people are using the command in a project, their settings overwrite each other. If a single person goes to different projects, their settings are not remembered.
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Find device without a homerun
This would work similar to 'find uncircuited devices' on a drawings, except that it would find circuited devices that aren't connected to a homerun.
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Balance Loads on Panels
Add a command to automatically balance the loads on a panel.
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Integrate functionality of DM into AutoCAD Electrical
This add-on would be great in AutoCAD Electrical, where each device that is added by DM would be smart components within AutoCAD Electrical.
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Fan coils and splits that are electrically fed via heat pump.
It would be nice if we could define a heat pump as a piece of equipment but have a second piece of equipment like a ductless split or fan coil either as a secondary part of that equipment that can be placed on a separate drawing (or a different part of the same drawing) or if we could link them in some way. The goal would be that once you circuit the heat pump, the same circuit would automatically be assigned to the fan coil which may or may not have an additional load. Then when drawing a homerun from…
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Import/Export Electrical Equipment Schedule Excel
It would be a huge time saver to be able to Export a project electrical equipment schedule into excel for quick data entry and then import back into DM/Autocad. Entering a large list of kitchen equipment can be tedious. Being able to do this in excel would be quicker. The import/export functionality could be similar to how DM handles the layers for the standards database. Alternatively, listing the equipment as a table with aligned rows/columns would be equally efficient.
2 votes -
Multiple Fault Schedules
I would like the ability to break out individual fault current schedule entries into separate groups based on the service connection or other arbitrary criteria. For example, in a project with three electrical services, the distribution equipment fault current associated with one service could be scheduled separately from the other two services. Design Master currently schedules all fault current schedule entries together. On projects with multiple services and dozens of distribution equipment entries, a method of showing specific fault current calculations in separate schedules would be invaluable.
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Add a hatch pattern to room definitions
When defining rooms, it is often difficult to determine which rooms have been defined and which have not, if an area gets surrounded. Adding a hatch pattern on its own layer would make it much easier to determine if you've included all room definition areas.
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Label homeruns with feeder IDs
Label homeruns using feeder IDs like those used in the one-line diagram instead of full text wire callouts.
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Define fixed load by phase
When defining fixed load on a panel schedule allow entry of per phase loads on two and three phase circuits in stead of lumped loads, i.e., on 2-pole circuit be able specify a load for phase A and B on any of the demand categories.
2 votes
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