Design Master Wish List
Welcome to the Design Master Wish List, where you can submit your ideas for improvements to the software.
151 results found
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Make a Zone Map Similar to the Load Maps
Make a color shaded zone map simlar to load map.
10 votesThis is completed for DM HVAC 7.2.
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Add tag to feeder schedules
by using tags on feeder schedules, you tie your predefined feeders into your one line and eliminate the busy appearance of long string of text for wire/conduit sizes on the one line. If done in the wire sizing tables it would allow common feeder combinations to be built one time and put into a feeder schedule table
5 votesThis will be included in DM Electrical 8.2.
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Add footnotes at the bottom of schedules, to allow common notes to be listed/identified with a char
Add footnotes at the bottom of schedules, to allow common notes to be listed/identified with a character in the notes section. This would save typing the same notes every time and shorten the space required for them. The same idea could work for mech equipment.
4 votesAll schedules have a “Notes” field that is inserted below them that can be used for this purpose. The default note can be set up in the standards database.
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Print Panel Schedules to Place Inside Panels
Add a command to print panel schedules that can be placed inside panels. The panel schedule will have options to include some basic information in the header, and then list each circuit and the load description.
The width of the panel schedule will be variable to accommodate the various size sleeves that panels come with.
27 votesThis feature will be included in Design Master Electrical 8.4.
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Import Multiple Items from Master Schedule
When importing items from the master schedule to the project schedule using the "Import from Master Schedule" button, allow multiple items to be selected and imported at once. (Currently you are limited to importing one item or all of the items.)
3 votesThis will be included in DM Electrical 8.2, DM HVAC 7.2, and DM Plumbing 3.2.
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Different Connection Options for Different Types of Diffusers
Have the "Diffuser Connection Settings" be able to be set based upon airflow type. For example, supply ducts always connect with flexible and return ducts connect with hard.
1 voteThis is completed for DM HVAC 7.3.
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Pressure Labels on Ductwork
Add a button to label the pressure drop for a run of duct (the "Pressure Drop in this Section" value from the the "Query Duct" window). We use DM HVAC to do a lot of existing ductwork analysis for energy audits, etc., and we could really use a function that shows us how much pressure drop each section of the ductwork has, and the pressure drop for each fitting, in much the same format as the ductwork size labels currently appear.
1 voteThe new pressure drop schedule in DM HVAC 7 should satisfy this request.
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Universal update button
This button would update all schedules, panels and one lines with one click. Currently going through each schedule option and then during review only finding out you missed one is agonizing. Update drawing and database does NOT do this.
1 voteWe agree. There is a new command called “Update All Schedules and One-Line Diagram” in DM Electrical 8.0 that does exactly this.
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1 vote
This will be included in DM Plumbing 3.0.
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Change Fixture Tags as a part of "Edit Multiple Fixtures".
When "Editing Multiple Fixtures", the fixture in the database is changed, but the fixture tag is not changed in the drawing. It would be good for this to change automatically, similar to the attributes of "edit multiple receptacles" so that each fixture tag does not have to be edited manually.
2 votesThis is implemented in Design Master Electrical 8.1.
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HVAC Material Takeoff
Extract duct sizes and quantities from the HVAC database.
We're not exactly sure how this should work, so if you vote for this, leave a comment letting us know what information you would like displayed.
11 votesA final version of this, including fitting counts, will be included in DM HVAC 7.3.
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Edit Multiple Equipment and Equipment Navigation
Add a new "Edit Multiple Equipment" command. You can select multiple pieces of equipment either from a list in the database or from the drawing. You can then make changes to all the selected equipment at once.
Add "Find", "Next", and "Previous" buttons to the equipment dialog box that work like in the panel or schedule dialog boxes.
42 votesThis will be included in DM Electrical 8.3.
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High Voltage Motors
Add higher voltage ranges for equipment and power distribution equipment. Allow us to utilize a 4160v option for larger motors on projects that have very large motors.
2 votesThis will be included in DM Electrical 8.0.
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Turn Off Individual Diffuser Tags
Be able to turn diffuser tags on and off for specific diffusers.
2 votesThis feature is completed and will be included in DM HVAC 7.1.
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Allow Circuit Descriptions in Panels to Wrap
Make it so that if a circuit description in a panel is too long, it adds another line rather than extending off the panel.
17 votesThis feature is completed and will be included in Design Master Electrical 8.1.
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Residential and Other Electrical Load Types
Account for the rest of the load types in NEC 220 Part II, Part III, and Part IV that are currently ignored.
Load types that will be included:
Existing loads that can be specified for each panel (NEC 220.87).
Cooling loads. The panel load calculation will use the larger of the heating and cooling loads.
33 votesThis is completed and will be included in DM Electrical 8.3.
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Add twin breakers (2 circuits per space) to panel
I often find twin or tandem breakers in existing panels. There is no way to circuit them now.
31 votesThis feature is completed for DM Electrical 8.3.
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Set Maximum Schedule Height
Set a maximum height for schedules. If the schedule exceeds that height, it will continue with the schedule in the space to the right of the schedule.
9 votesThis feature is completed and will be included in Design Master HVAC 7.1, Design Master Electrical 8.1, and Design Master Plumbing 3.1.
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18 votes
This is completed for DM HVAC 7.2, DM Electrical 8.2, and DM Plumbing 4.0.
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Multiple Homeruns on a Circuit
Be able to draw multiple homeruns on a circuit, rather than the one that you are currently limited to.
33 votesThis feature is completed for DM Electrical 8.3.
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