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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Add a 'Find All Circuits on Drawing' command similar to the 'Find Circuit on Drawing'
This command would be invoked from the panel circuiting dialog box, and would highlight all circuits fed from a particular panel.
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Make duct centerlines independent of DIMSCALE
When working at a smaller scale (ie. 1/8th"), make it so the duct center lines always appear the same size. The duct center lines are drafting tools only and do not appear on the drawing therefore having them adjust with the DIMSCALE is not neccesary. When the DIMSCALE is changed to 96 or higher, drafting in tight spaces can be difficult when the duct centerlines are large because the arrows are too large to work with and tend to overlap others.
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IMC Ventilation Schedule
Create a ventilation schedule that corresponds to what is required by the IMC.
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Manufacturer Name field included within Notes Settings of distribution equipment
It would be helpful when creating distribution equipment lists if there was an option for the manufacturer's name. Currently we have to use an unused Note key, rename the label for that key and then remember which Notes Setting corresponds to the list entry.
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Erase Note - multiple
Select multiple devices and delete all custom notes (not fixture callouts) attached to them.
The "Match Device Label Locations" command can add many callouts at once, but there does not seem to be a way to easily delete multiple callouts.
This would be especially useful when adding lights to a circuit that already contains lights. Running “Draw Homerun And Loops" would erase a lot of my work, so I usually delete all the circuit callouts manually before drawing loops manually.
If this feature already exists, please make it easier to find.1 vote -
Paralleling Switchgear Support
Would be very helpful to be able to be able to have multiple sources connect to the same bus. We have had numerous situations where we have had Geneva type switches, multiple kirk-key input as well as paralleling switchgear situations where we were unable to find a "work-around" using this software. This is becoming especially common with ConEdison now permitting the paralleling of electrical sources.
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Schedules
Having the ability to adjust the width of a schedule in the drawing model, instead of the schedule toolbox.
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Duct and pipe demolition
Convert existing ductwork and piping layer to demolition.
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Equipment Database
Allow us to create an Equipment Database similar to the diffuser database which would include dimensions, and notes such as: electrical requirements, efficiency, performance data at design conditions, etc. The equipment should also be included in the takeoff report.
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Better default panel clearances
Have better default values for panel clearances, including options to have it vary upon the panel defition.
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Electrical + HVAC for Revit in German with german norms
We have a large Building design Industrie. And all Arch and Eng companies are now changing from AutoCad to Revit but there is no good Software on the market for engineers to calculate electrical or HVAC Systems. An app for Revit for both will make it all better and faster. The potential could be in the millions.
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Show schedule notes on last column when schedule is split
Currently if a schedule has a "Maximum Schedule Height" set the schedule notes are placed at the bottom of the first column. It would be better to place them at the bottom of the last column (or at least have an option to place them there) since the last column is often shorter than the others.
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Equipment Panel Description
In the Panel Description dropdown, add "Equipment Callout + Description" to the list, in addition to "Same as Equipment Callout" and "Custom".
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Default Groups
Have the ability to define a default device group name. In multi-phase projects it would be helpful to be able to set a group name as the default instead of having DM go to the "General" group.
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Backfeed Breakers
Be able to use a branch breaker on the panel as the main breaker.
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Circuiting layer dependent on device layer system
DM's default circuit layer system can be determined by three different options: (1) same as distribution equipment, (2) new, and (3) existing. We'd like a fourth option that makes the circuit layer system match the circuit layer system of the device that's being circuited.
For example, we're currently designing a job where we are installing new receptacles that are being fed from an existing panel. Our receptacle circuit callouts are coming up under the existing layer system (based off of the panel) instead of the new layer system (based off of the new receptacles). To address this, we changed the…
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Add load column to receptacle schedule
Add a column to the receptacle schedule to show the load on the receptacle.
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Equipment airflow available
Set the available CFM for a piece of equipment. If this value changes, update the airflow assigned in the downstream ducts.
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Change default "max depth" setting for ductwork
Add an option for the default "max depth" value that is used when you insert a new duct. Currently it always starts at 24 and you have to remember to change it if you want something different.
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Calculate Voltage Drop for Subset of Project
Be able to recalculate the voltage drop for just a portion of the project when updating the schedule.
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