Design Master Wish List
Welcome to the Design Master Wish List, where you can submit your ideas for improvements to the software.
199 results found
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Use commas or spaces to separate voltage, #poles, #wires ect for equipment callouts
Currently information on the equipment call out is all grouped together without separation. We have had this requested several times by our clients who would like this changed on our drawings. To currently meet this request we are spending to much time adjusting these individually.
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Locate and edit schedules within groups to create T.I. voltage drop and other schedules that don't include the entire project.
When there is T.I. work within a large project you want to show only the the voltage drop for the TI space. You have to deselect all the equipment not in the space one at a time to show a voltage drop schedule for just the TI work. What if you could group the panels in a similar way to luminaires so that the TI voltage drop or fault schedule has only the TI panels, without disabling the ability to show a schedule for the main project or another TI within that project.
1 vote -
Arc-flash label sizes
Be able to change the size of the arc-flash labels to fit a specific size.
3 votes -
Swap & Copy Circuits
When copying circuits in the swap and copy dialog, multipole breakers do not copy to the new location as multipole breakers, they copy as single pole. It appears that you have to set the number of poles and their positions in the circuiting dialog before starting the copy/swap routine.
30 votes -
Add multiple circuits to a single piece of equipment (ie. HVAC) one for each load.
Some HVAC and other pieces of equipment require multiple circuits for multiple loads inside each unit. Currently I have to create 2 pieces of equipment with the individual loads, overlay them, then circuit them.
29 votes -
Redundant Ground
Add "Redundant Ground" as an option for receptacles. Would add an additional ground wire to the tick marks and add an "RG" or similar label to the receptacle itself.
4 votes -
Improve Indoor Lighting Level Report
Add "Allowed Watts / SF" as a field to rooms.
Add "Allowed Watts / SF" and "Total Allowed Watts" as columns to the indoor lighting schedule.
Add a "Totals" row at the bottom that totals the area, allowed watts, and computed watts.
3 votes -
Draw Circuit Loops Using Polylines instead of Arcs
When you loop from one device to another, be able to select that loop and break it in to two loops that can each individually be moved or broke. This way we can have "S" loops.
DM Note: When we implement this, it will probably be by allowing you to insert a loop using a pline. This will allow you to insert the loop however you want without any restrictions.
20 votes -
Make the note fields for panels and switchboard larger and editable
We need the note fields for Panels and Switchboards to be larger and editable like the Description, Model, and Note fields in the Light Fixture Project Schedule.
19 votes -
Keep Tick Marks on Broken Circuits
When a circuit is broken, keep tick marks inserted on one of the halves.
11 votes -
2 votes
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Create Separate One-Lines for Each LVD Group
I have Security, F/A, Lighting Control Panels, Audio, and Data groups and would like to be able to create separate low voltage one-line risers for them.
13 votes -
Photometric calculation schedule
I would like to suggest that the photometric calculation schedule be a combined schedule for all rooms instead of a dedicated schedule for each single room/space (or both options be available). We are typically asked to provide a single schedule that lists the room/space name in the first column and then the various footcandle columns.
2 votes -
Insert Devices via command line
Be able to insert a receptacle/device without picking it from the 'Insert Receptacle' form. A command followed by the device name would prompt the user to place the receptacle like they just clicked "OK" after selecting a device.
2 votes -
Multi text search
implement Multi-Text search through out the menus.
So for example when searching through the Insert Receptacle menu and in my case we have several thousand pieces of equipment. if the equipment is called 'RX99S' instead of just allowing us to hit 'R' and starting us off at the beginning of the list of 'R' equipment allow us to type out 'RX99S' and design master go straight to the piece of equipment. this is a very simple change to the code in design master and would save tons of time on projects.
7 votes -
Select automatic conduit based on Type
When selecting conduit I want to be able to select the feeder as schedule 80 so that the only size option would be based on schedule 80. Then on another feeder I could select EMT for my circuits and the only option for auto sizing would be based on EMT. Finally, I would then have the option of adding the type to my one-lines and a conduit schedule.
11 votes -
Lighting loads - additional options
I like the recent addition of the general lighting loads, but there are a couple of additional things that I would like to see related to that.
- I think that the calculated load should include the greater of the general lighting load or the connected lighting load. The NEC states that the values for the general lighting loads are minimum values and that they may not be adequate.
Ok, so this is probably a low priority because the NEC values are pretty conservative. With the increased adoption of energy conservation codes it becomes less likely that the connected lighting load…
2 votes -
Generator Load Calculations
Calculate generator loads correctly, mostly by being able to specify that certain loads should not be included in the generator load.
1 vote -
ADD SECURITY SYMBOLS TO LV OPTIONS
DOOR STRIKE/DOOR CONTACT
CAMERA
MOTION SENSOR
CARD READER
KEYPADJUST A FEW EXAMPLES...
2 votes -
Existing Loads & Metered Demand
Include, in options, the ability to not include existing (layered) items in panel, feeder, and service calculations. I'd like to enter the load to keep track of it, but have the ability to exclude it from the load calculations since "existing" would be included in the metered demand load.
1 vote
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