Design Master Wish List
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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:
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3 votes
Added in DM Electrical 8.3.
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UPS option for different in and out voltages - 460 delta in/120-208 out, 208 in / 120-240 out
UPS voltage choices
1 voteThis feature is completed for DM Electrical 8.2.
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Equipment Loads
It would be convenient when creating equipment to enter loads using amps and let DM calculate the corresponding KVA value. Often manufacturers data includes only amperes at a given voltage and KVA must be manually calculated.
4 votesThis is completed for DM Electrical 8.2.
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Copy IES files to project folder
When an IES file is assigned to a light fixture, I would like DM to copy the IES file into the project directory. If the original IES file is moved, the project is unaffected.
0 votesFinished for DM Electrical 8.2.
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Arc Flash Calculation
Add arc flash calculations to Design Master Electrical.
5 votesCompleted for DM Electrical 8.2.
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Light Fixture Watts
Include watts as a field in light fixtures. VA is used for panel schedules and load calculations. Watts is needed for energy calculations.
6 votesThis was added as part of our COMCheck export in DM Electrical 8.3.
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Add More Fields for Panel, Transformer, and Other One-Line Device Lists
Add more fields, such as NEMA rating, and general schedule notes, for lists of one-line devices.
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Maintain Tick Marks
After circuits are inserted or circuit is modified in some way, the tick marks that were placed on multipole homerun circuits disappear and have to be re-inserted. It would be helpful for those tick marks to remain upon completion of circuit changes.
1 voteThis was a bug. We’ve fixed it in DM Electrical 8.1. I sent Aaron a patch directly. This fix will be included for everyone else when we release 8.1.1.
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I wish REVIT MEP would do half the things you guys do!
I wish REVIT MEP would do half the things you guys do! Have you talked Autodesk about a joint merger or something. REVIT is what were using but it doesn't do a laundry list of things. Auto-populating panels with correct breaker sizes and wires based upon NEC and company standards. Doesn't computer AIC/Fault based upon the criteria needed. Won't let me choose what circuit I want to use. On and on! I talk to the guys around here everyday and the $840 yr compared to $5000 is kicking REVIT's Butt! Please go teach them how we Engineers and Designers really…
5 votesBe careful when you say “never”, right? Turns out, we did end up implementing an add-in for Revit MEP. I’m not sure it’s quite half what our AutoCAD software can do, but it is a start.
You can learn about the add-in here:
http://www.designmaster.biz/revit/index.htmlYou can make suggestions for other improvements here:
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Export Lighting to ComCheck
Be able to export lighting information to ComCheck for energy code compliance purposes.
34 votesThis is completed for DM Electrical 8.3. Thank you for everyone who replied to my emails and sent sample projects.
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Smarter feeder lengths from plan view blocks
Currently, when two plan view blocks, for example a panel and subpanel, are very close (say 1 foot apart), the feeder length may be as much as 16 feet. Electricians often ask if they need to add extra length to meet short ckt calc. Of course, one can manually adjust the length in the panel definition, but one should not have to. It should be assumed that this will be a nipple 1 foot long - not run under ground and back up. DM adds 10 feet to each feeder.
3 votesWe added an option to DM Electrical 8.2 for feeders shorter than a certain length to not add the additional feeder length.
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Edit multiple equipment/panels/devices
This would be helpful when changing the voltage of a group of lights or panels on a project. It would also be helpful when adding a standard note to the bottom of all of the panels. It would be nice not to have to change the note, click next, change the note, click next.. etc.
8 votesEdit multiple for most devices was added in DM Electrical 8.3. Edit multiple for panels will be added in DM Electrical 8.4.
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Photometrics becoming bigger and better
Its a great and amazing feature to be able to do photo metrics right in AutoCAD. Along the same lines of how great DM works in AutoCAD. But if there was a way to make it work more precise and user friendly. Be able to implement some of the same features of Visual and AGI would be amazing. Making it your one shop stop do doing photo calcs etc. One thing that would be great to is if it could utilize the IES files and auto populate some of the light fixture specs.
10 votesFinished for DM Electrical 8.2. See comments for more info.
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Display tick marks for #10 wires
Display tick marks instead of wire callouts on all homeruns in a projects (not just for wires that are #12).
Make it so that P-7 (the Yes column & No row) in this image gets tick marks:
http://www.designmaster.biz/support/blog/2010/08/homerun-wire-callout-and-tick-mark-options/3 votesThis was added in a previous release. In Options, go to “Homeruns and Loops→Homerun wire callouts and tick marks” and set it to “Tick marks for all homeruns”.
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Add the ability to customize the "EDIT ONELINE DEVICE LABELS" for all devices.
Add the ability to customize the "EDIT ONE-LINE DEVICE LABELS" for all each type of one-line device. When inserting devices into the one-line we need to add the same prefix and suffix to each device. As an example we add prefix CONNECTED and suffix KVA to each panel to show the connected KVA.
3 votesThis will be included in Design Master Electrical 8.4.
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Choosing VA instead of KVA (Panelboard Schedules)
You've seen our panelboard schedules and it would be great to have the same options we show on ours to be able to show on the customized blocks in DM. Being able to display total VA of Left & Right phase and then total (Sum of both Left and Right in VA). Connected load total in VA. Being able to display Project name on Panel schedule. I love some of the options we don't show that I can include. So please keep what you have to add some more attributes.
1 voteAdded for DM Electrical 8.2. Includes options for kVA, VA, or amps.
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Add Aluminum Wire Option
With the price of copper so high we use aluminum wire for feeders on jobs that are over budget.
1 voteThis is currently possible in DM Electrical 7.3.5, it is just a matter of having the right wire sizing options defined in your customization. See this support blog post for more info on loading the aluminum table we entered if you don’t have it:
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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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