Design Master Wish List
Welcome to the Design Master Wish List, where you can submit your ideas for improvements to the software.
374 results found
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Support Paralleled Generators Connected to Switchboard
DM does not currently support more than one source on the Normal side of an ATS or the EM side of ATS, however larger I-2, I-3 occupancies generally have paralleled generators connected to a switchboard. This feature would avoid cumbersome work arounds.
9 votes -
Electrical Symbol Legend
Add a Schedule of all blocks used in the project. This could be used a Symbol Legend for the Project.
46 votes -
Diffuser Airflow Patterns
HVAC diffusers have air flow patterns much like light fixtures have photometric patterns.
Air Diffuser manufacturers supply the pattern shapes and provide the distances in feet for airflow velocities at 150FPM, 100FPM and 50FPM for heating and cooling.
Is there a way you can give the DM user the ability to insert their own airflow pattern (through a formatted file input) with contour lines similar to DM photo metrics?
This would be DM's start into Computational Fluid Dynamics.
3 votes -
Specify fault at upstream device
Be able to specify the fault at the upstream device, rather than at the current device. This feature would be useful when you want to specify the fault at the utility transformer but it is not included in the Revit model.
3 votes -
System capacity for mechanical equipment
It would be great if when entering the equipment you could enter system capacity; then when running the load calc, similarly to what DM offers for CFM, you could have Current BTUs and Required BTUs. This could be per zone.
4 votes -
please add a new column to the lighting fixture schedule for "KELVIN"
ADD NEW COLUMN IN LIGHT FIXTURE SCHEDULE FOR "KELVIN"
2 votes -
Transfer Grilles for Air Balance Report
Add a transfer grille option for return air so that you can use the balance report function on projects which use transfer grilles.
9 votes -
Light Fixture Settings - Different Blocks
The ability to define an egress fixture as the same fixture/block as the normal fixtures, with an option to turn a hatch on/off to differentiate. Similar to in Revit, where you can set an instance parameter and check it to turn fixtures into the egress blocks. The fixture type stays the same, only the visible block changes.
16 votes -
Voltage Drop in Equipment Schedule
Add "Voltage Drop" as a column to the equipment schedule. Would list the branch circuit voltage drop to a each piece of equipment in the schedule.
4 votes -
Equipment in takeoffs
Display equipment information in takeoffs. (Currently the equipment blocks are graphical only, mainly for 3D drafting).
2 votes -
Swap circuits in Revit
Be able to swap circuits in Revit like you can using the "Move Circuit" command in DM Electrical for AutoCAD.
8 votes -
Equipment airflow available
Set the available CFM for a piece of equipment. If this value changes, update the airflow assigned in the downstream ducts.
1 vote -
Simpler way to Change fonts in all your panel/switch box schedules
Right now, one has to edit all the blocks of a panel schedule in order to simply change the font. There should be a way to set the preferred font for all these schedules. If there is a way, I don't know about it. When I first set up DM 10 years or so ago, I do not remember having to change every block, but it's been so long ago...
4 votes -
4 votes
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Customizable tick marks
DesignMaster currently supports the following tick marks during an "Insert tick mark" operation:
- Hots
- Neutral
- Ground
- Iso ground
- Switch leg
- Traveller
- Space
We'd like the option to include customizable tick marks in addition to the ones already implemented above. For example, we include tick marks for low voltage cabling used to dim luminaries on our drawings.
I imagine the customization being performed through Design Master Electrical Options under the "Tick Mark Blocks" section. There'd be a "Customized tick mark 1 name" option and another option called "Customized tick mark 1 block". These customized tick marks would then show up in…
2 votes -
Add "Panel Neutral" in Revit MEP
Add "Panel Neutral" as a parameter to panels in Revit MEP.
Options for neutral would be:
50%
100%
133%
200%
NoneThis value would be a shared parameter for scheduling purposes. It would not be used in any calculations.
3 votes -
Default elevations for all electrical devices
You can specific a default elevation for light fixtures in the schedule. Expand this functionality to all types of electrical devices.
2 votes -
Do "Amps by Phase" using calculated loads on high-leg delta panels
High-leg delta panels are always unbalanced. The balanced 3-phase amps we display is not a good number to use when sizing these panels. The connected amps by phase does not account for largest motor loads or continuous loads.
Add the ability to determine the amps by phase using calculated loads. The largest motor, lighting, and continuous loads would all be calculated at 125%. All other loads would be calculated at 100%.
6 votes -
Tick marks for more than 1-pole, wire callouts for > #12
Add another option to "Homerun wire callouts and tick marks" labeled "Tick marks for more than 1-pole , wire callouts for > #12".
4 votes -
Color code room outlines by wall type.
So for example when modifying walls during a load calc. Exterior walls might be red, partitions blue, and interior walls (no heat transfer) green. This could even be expanded to visually shows with color walls that have windows or doors.
There have been many times when I've had to back check walls that were inadvertently called out as partitions instead of exterior. Color coding would give an instant visual clue where mistakes might have been made.
12 votes
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