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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Remove "DM HVAC", "DM Elec", and "DM Plumb" from AutoCAD window titlebar
Remove "DM HVAC", "DM Elec", and "DM Plumb" from AutoCAD window titlebar.
2 votesDon’t remember which release we made this change in, but we have removed our text from the AutoCAD titlebar.
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Default one-line labels for dynamically sized one-line blocks
By default, creating a one-line diagram generates panel blocks with dynamically sized width to accommodate the number of outgoing connections. This is because the default riser block for panels is set to <Custom Panel Box with Bus>. As a result, a panel that feeds three other panels will have a one-line block three times as wide as a panel which feeds only one panel.
If a user wants to generate one-line diagrams which include a default set of labels, they first have to create a one-line block containing the desired labels from entities in the drawing. However, when the user…
2 votesThis is completed for DM Electrical 8.4.
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Air Diffuser Schedule - Mounting Type & Material
It would be nice to include (2) additional properties within the diffuser schedule:
1) Mounting type (i.e. Surface Mount, Lay-In, Spiral Duct, etc.)
2) Material (Steel, Aluminum, etc.)2 votesWe added two more generic notes to diffuser schedules in Design Master HVAC 7.4 to address this request.
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Have the option to assign a fixed Outside Air CFM to a zone. This will help address over-ventilation to maintain positive building pressure
Have the option to assign a fixed Outside Air CFM to a zone. This will help address zones that need over-ventilation to maintain a positive building pressure.
2 votesThis is completed for DM HVAC 7.3.
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Representing Different Floors on Parallel Backgrounds
A common practice, at least within my own company, is to represent different floors in parallel background drawings separated by an arbitrary and regular distance. It would be helpful for creating drawings if Design Master automatically added to these parallel drawings when a pipe would transfer from one floor to another. For example when a pipe from the first floor goes to the second floor in a vertical pipe it would be useful if Design Master showed the pipe going up on the first floor and coming up on the second floor automatically. These two entities would have to be…
2 votesThis feature already exists in DM Plumbing.
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Ability to store and display light fixture input watts to one decimal place. Useful for LED fixtures.
The fractions of watts come int play on some projects wit a lot of LED fixtures. Right now DM accepts a decimal and stores it until you look at that fixture again. It will then display a rounded value, act as if you changed the value and ask you to save your changes. If you do, you lose the decimal. Even storing without displaying would be helpful if you get the correct value in Excel.
2 votesAdded to DM Electrical 8.2.8.
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Add lumens, lamp depreciation, IES file name, and possibly mtg height (if it's constant) to the light fixture schedule.
Add lumens, lamp depreciation, IES file name, and possibly mtg height (if it's constant) to the light fixture schedule.
Would be useful when evaluating different lighting options. Also would make identifying input errors easier when swapping out IES files and lamp types.
2 votesThis is completed for DM Electrical 8.3.
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Import Time Current Curves
The ability to save and import a time current curve to be used in the arc flash calculations and to overlay the curves on a graph. Preferably to save these curves into a master database to have the ability to use the same curve on multiple projects
2 votesThis is implemented for DM Electrical 8.3.
You are able to associate a file with the panel and easily view it while entering your arc-flash values.
You can’t do anything more involved that displaying the file for now. You are still responsible for interpreting the file and determining the arcing times based upon the calculated arcing current.
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2 votes
This was added in DM Electrical 8.2.
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Link room numbers with panel schedules
Use the 'Room Number' field to specify where loads are located in the panel schedules. The 'Description' field in the panel would automatically be filled with the description linked to the load, then the room numbers. i.e. RECEPTACLE 105, 108, 110, 100 or LIGHTING 209, 210, 211, 212.
2 votesThis feature already exists. See the “Room Labels” section at the bottom of this page for information on turning it on:
http://www.designmaster.biz/support/blog/2010/08/changing-circuit-descriptions/ -
2 votes
This will be included in DM HVAC 7.2.
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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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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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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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Set CFM Total for a Zone
Set the total CFM value for a zone. This value will be distributed to the rooms based upon the relative calculated CFM values.
2 votesThis feature was added in Design Master HVAC 7.1.
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Set Pipe Linetype by Layer System
Allow each layer system for a pipe type to have a different linetype. In particular, demo pipes need to have a different linetype from new and existing pipes.
2 votesThis will be included in DM Plumbing 3.2.
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It would be good to include Metric cables sizes based on IEC 60364 as Cable Installation Methods & Current Carrying Capacibased on IEC 60364
Hello DM team. I am using Design Master Electrical.
Can you include an option in the software to use1) Metric Cable sizes based on the International Standard IEC 60364 as well as
2)Methods of Installation and current-carrying capacities based on IEC 60364-5-52 Ed.3.
This would greatly set Design Master up for a larger market.
1 voteAdditional wire sizes can be added using the "Wire Ampacities" command. We don't include the IEC sizes in our default customization but they can be added manually by the customer.
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Warn users not to Edit Family from detail items
It's easy to accidently try to edit the upstream or downstream OCP settings by using the Edit Family tools on the detail item instead of the electrical equipment or electrical fixture. It even lets you go so far as to fill out the settings for the detail item, but you won't see the results in your model. It would be nice if there was a warning if you try to use the Edit Family tool from within a Detail Item, since that likely means you're editing the wrong information.
1 voteGood idea! We added this check and prevent you from running the command in detail items. It will be included in the next update we release.
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Drop down selection in the panel edit window to select top or bottom fed
Drop down selection in the panel edit window to select top or bottom fed panel
1 voteThese values can be set using the standard Revit UI.
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transformers
One line diagram template of a pole mounted transformer bank
1 voteWe added pole-mounted graphics to the default customization.
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