Design Master Wish List
Welcome to the Design Master Wish List, where you can submit your ideas for improvements to the software.
27 results found
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damage/withstand curves
Add the ability to add Transformer and conductor damage curves to the selective coordination graphs in the same manner as OCP devices.
1 vote -
Photometrics: Combined Results Table
For Photometrics:
Request ability to combine results from each calculation zone into one large table. We have numerous zones and that many tables are hard to manage and look through and is not how we present our final results.2 votes -
Schedules
Having the ability to adjust the width of a schedule in the drawing model, instead of the schedule toolbox.
1 vote -
Electrical + HVAC for Revit in German with german norms
We have a large Building design Industrie. And all Arch and Eng companies are now changing from AutoCad to Revit but there is no good Software on the market for engineers to calculate electrical or HVAC Systems. An app for Revit for both will make it all better and faster. The potential could be in the millions.
1 vote -
Dash in Empty Schedule Cells
Include an option to print a "-" (a dash) in schedule cells if nothing is printed in them.
1 vote -
Create Room Outlines Automatically
Detect room boundaries from the architect's XREF automatically and create rooms based upon it.
5 votes -
Canadian Electrical Code Capability
As the word of this software is increasing in Canada, it would be a good idea to have the capabilities of incorporating the Canadian Electrical Code into Design Master.
3 votes -
Importing Revit Model Information
It would be a great tool if we can have the ability to import model information from Revit drawings which are done by architects. A simple feature would be importing the rooms. This would speed up the process and make designs happen faster.
2 votes -
Vertical Alignment of Schedules
Add an option to control the vertical alignment of text in schedule cells.
Currently everything is justified to the top of the cell. Make it so that text can be centered or at the bottom instead.
1 vote -
MULTIPLE ARROWS
It would be nice to be able to have multiple arrows for 1 piece of text pointing to different devices
2 votes -
Device information on hover
When you hover (or float) your mouse over a DM device, display information about that device in a tooltip.
For DM Electrical, possible information would include callout and circuit number
1 vote -
put alternating shading on successive rows in outputted html tables/reports
For example, when I print an HVAC load calculation report, the many row entries can be difficult to follow visually across the screen. This obviously won't be useful in absolutely every case, but an option to have a little bgcolor="#EEEEEE" every other line would be awesome.
1 vote -
Define data base location in directory other than project directory.
Give us the ability to specify directory location for the project data base rather than being forced to have the data base in the project directory. In a multi-tenant project if each tenant space is in a separate sub-directory you have to copy the building master data base to each sub-directory in order to work on that space. It is difficult to keep track of which tenant space has the most up to date project data base. In an earlier version of Designmaster, we had the ability to look for the data base in a directory above the specific project…
1 vote -
Remember Location of Dialog Boxes
When a dialog box is moved, remember the location so that the next time it is opened, it is displayed in the same location.
2 votes -
Object Enabler for Navisworks
Create an object enabler for Navisworks to allow the 3D ductwork, pipes, conduit, and cable tray to be viewed directly from the DWG without requiring it to be exported to an IFC file.
11 votes -
Device Customization blocks subfolders
Many of our projects require custom device blocks. We also have blocks for US standards, European standards, Middle Eastern standards, etc. The Customization folder is a mess. It would be nice if DM searched this selected folder and all of it's subfolders for it's blocks without having to add them each to AutoCAD's support paths.
2 votes -
enable object snap for Move Note
Nitpicky feature, but it would be nice to be able to use the object snaps when moving notes so they can be more easily lined up.
1 vote -
Link to PDF File
In the various DM schedules (light fixtures, receptacles, diffuser, etc), add the option to link the entry to a PDF file. The PDF could be opened from the schedule, or there could be an option to include it as a hyperlink on the device so it can be opened from the AutoCAD drawing.
3 votes -
Add the ability to create plan notes
If you could add the ability to create plan or keynotes to all devices and fixtures, you could eliminate some of the notes that occupy space beside them. Typically a hex box, circle would have the keynote number in it, which would refer you to a common list of notes on the edge of the space. Keeping them tied to the respective annotation layers may help keep them sortable by the entities on that sheet.
21 votes -
Annotation Scaling / Multiple Scales on a Single Drawing
Add support for annotative scale factors for blocks and text. This would allow blocks and text to be the same size in different scaled viewports.
93 votes
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