Design Master Wish List
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Command to Automatically Turn Photometric Layers On and Off
It would be nice to have ribbon menu icon commands to turn the photometric layers on and off as well as automatically turn the respective layer back on after doing a recalc of either general or egress lighting.
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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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Different Layers for New and Existing Items in Schedules
Use different layers for new and existing circuits in panel schedules or new and existing equipment in equipment schedules.
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Selected device type to find that are uncircuited
Often I circuit items by device type, such as equipment first, then general receptacles, and finally lighting. Sometimes I only show the light fixtures or site lighting but don't ever circuit them as a lighting designer is taking that part of the contract. So under either situation if the symbols have already been placed and I do the “Highlight Uncircuited Devices” command, I get so many lines going all over the place that I can't find out which receptacles I haven't circuited. It would be nice under the Highlight Uncircuited Devices label you have a sub-selection of: Receptacle, Lights, Equipment,…
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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.
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More MCC Stater Sizes
Is it possible to modify the list of standard starter sizes to include VFD, Soft Switch, etc? Or even to choose 'None' and just type it in the Description field?
I've used the ddedit command on the MCC schedule inserted into the drawing to manually modify it, but if anybody does a coordination this will be lost.
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lighting report
Provide a check box in the Building Room dialog box to NOT include the room in the lighting report.
I have a job where I need room names to generate the names for the receptacle circuits in the panel schedule, but don't want the rooms to show up in the Indoor Lighting Levels report.
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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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Circuit and Move Note in one step
Often when circuiting I find the location DM puts the label is very poor. It would be nice if after inserting the circuit I could move the circuit text without having to stop the circuiting action, move the text, then start the circuiting action again.
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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.
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Display Equipment Disconnect Ratings on Drawing
Display the rating of the disconnect and the rating of the fused on the drawing adjacent to the disconnect symbol.
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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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Add an attribute for panel schedule
Add an attribute that adds the odd circuit and the even circuit in a panel schedule, i.e. circuits 1 & 2, circuits 3 & 4, etc., and be able to put that attribute in the phase block of the panel schedule.
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Arc-Flash Stickers based on NEC 110.16(B)
Create arc-flash stickers based on NEC 110.16(B). These stickers are much simpler than what are required by NFPA 70E.
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Homerun Wire Callout Option
Add an option for homerun callouts to not display anything for #12 wires and to display tick marks and the full wire callout for anything else.
Currently there are a few options that are close but nothing that has exactly these groupings of tick marks and wire callouts.
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Set default "Feeder length calculation method" to "Custom"
Be able to set the default "Feeder length calculation method" to "Custom".
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Change default panel "Mounting"
Be able to set a different default value for the "Mounting" setting for panels and other distribution equipment.
0 votes
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