Design Master Wish List
Welcome to the Design Master Wish List, where you can submit your ideas for improvements to the software.
358 results found
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MULTIPLE ARROWS
It would be nice to be able to have multiple arrows for 1 piece of text pointing to different devices
2 votes -
Low Voltage Homerun With Keynote
On low voltage systems drawings (Fire Alarm, Security, CCTV) we treat homeruns differently than power and lighting homeruns. We do not use the circuit label, wire callout, or tick marks, but rather we use a keynote. If there was a “keynote homerun”, it would save us the time spent removing the wire call-out every time we create low voltage homerun.
6 votes -
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.
3 votes -
For Energy Code compliance, the light Fixture Schedule should include a subtotal of watts for each fixture type, and a total of watts for al
For Energy Code compliance, the light Fixture Schedule should include a subtotal of watts for each fixture type, and a total of watts for all the fixtures on the posted schedule. That will help expedite the Lighting Power Density calculations required for Energy Code Compliance.
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Choose Fittings Used In Pressure Drop Calculations
Add the ability to choose the specific fitting type used when calculating pressure drop in duct systems. Currently, the fitting type is fixed.
1 vote -
Create training material for the HVAC section.
The tutorial doesn't get into enough depth or cover everything, specifically the master schedule and project schedules and how they affect the project.
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
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When a panel is designated as existing, the circuit descriptions (editable part in the circuiting form) start off with "EX"
When a panel is designated as existing, the circuit descriptions (editable part in the circuiting form) start off with "EX"
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Breaker Using Twice as Many Spaces
Many breaker panels of old and of new has the ability to put a single, two, or three pole breaker in that takes twice as many spaces as normal. Example is I have a panel I have to represent that has a 2 pole breaker that takes position 36-38 and 40-42. It also has a 3 pole breaker in it that take 24-26,28-30,32-34. I have no way of circuiting the device and still have it on phase A, B, and C.
5 votes -
Add Static Regain that balances duct system correctly
Current Static Regain calculation does not seem to calc and size ducts to balance system. The static regain should balance the system where the ducts split.
2 votes -
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 -
please show velocity and PD/100ft
by showing velocity and PD/100ft on a check layer, engineers could check work and easily scan and review a job for errors.
4 votes -
Find Unlooped Devices
A function similar to “Find Uncircuited” that finds elements that are circuited but have not been looped – “Find Unlooped” or something of that nature. I often am at risk of missing a dedicated receptacle or single equipment connection that I circuited, but missed when I was going through the looping/home run process.
1 vote -
Same equipment in multiple drawings or areas
Right now I can put one-line devices on multiple drawings, but not equipment. Sometimes the equipment is so large such as a chiller that it needs to be seen on the site drawing at a different scale than the electrical plan view.
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Selective Coordination
Comply with NEC Article 700 requirements for selective coordination of overcurrent protective devices in the supply side of emergency system.
5 votes -
Set room boundaries to also be light-obstructing rectangles for photometric analysis
It duplicates work to trace the boundaries of all rooms for energy analysis and circuit naming, then have to trace all the rooms again for photometric analysis. This would likely require the addition of a 'door' object to define places where light-obstructing boundaries would be ignored
2 votes -
Remember Zone Tree Settings
Remember which zones are opened and closed in the zone tree dialog box when you open and close it.
1 vote -
Error Checking
Provide a simple error checking routine that will look at panel loads and compare them to wire sizes and ratings of upstream breakers. This could be a simple table like voltage drop and fault currents where out of range values are shown in a different font type.
2 votes -
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…
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Use Branch Circuit as Main Breaker for Panel
need a way for a branch breaker to serve as the main in a panelboard and allow it to connect on the oneline
2 votes
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