Release History V24.4
General points
- We have made adjustments to the sequential numbering of SEMA projects. The number has been extended by one digit, so that a maximum of 9,999 building projects are now possible in one directory. In addition, the numbering is now continuous even when changing the version. This means that if there are 5 building projects from Version 24.3 in the Building Project Manager and Version 24.4 is installed, the first newly created building project will receive the serial number 6. This only applies if the setting “Show projects of all versions” has been selected.
Printing & Plan Design
- A new feature for legend frames has been implemented which allows texts to be automatically adjusted to the optimal scale. This option can be found in the properties window of a frame under the new "Legend" section. The name of the menu item is "Automatic scale adjustment". If this function is to work, the option "Determine optimal scale" must also be activated in the "Scale" section and the text must be set to "Zoom". This, however, only works in a legend frame. Once the option is active, the text is automatically adjusted to the optimal scale and manual scale changes are no longer possible.
CAD, DIM, MCAD
- Users can now individually determine how windows, doors, macros and electrical combinations are dimensioned in the top view and the view. In the first tab of these components, under the heading “Auto Dimensioning”, users can now define how the component is dimensioned in the top view and the view. As before, the auto dimensioning feature (option "automatic") determines the manner the component is dimensioned. For the top view, users can specify whether windows, doors and macros are dimensioned in the width or in the middle. The options “Input reference” and “All axes” are also available for the electrical combination. The options “No”, “Height indication”, “Width/Height” and “Complete” are available for dimensioning windows and doors in the element view. Users can decide whether Macro and Macro Plus are dimensioned in the middle or the width. For the electrical combination, the options “Width”, “Centre”, “Input reference” and “All axes” are available for the element view. All these new options do not only apply to auto-dimensioning, but also to all components that are covered by an area dimensioning. This new feature allows components to be dimensioned and preset in an even more individual manner.
Floor Wall
- When selecting placeholders, the new function "Adopt values from base component" has been integrated. Once this function is added to a placeholder, then timber system components, coverings, rafters, purlins and sheet metal components can automatically adopt entries from the material list tab of the respective base component. Basic components comprise walls, roof panels, floor panels, floors, roofs, construction planes and trusses. The function can be found in the placeholder menu under point "Extended". This allows the entries of the basic components to be automatically transferred to all associated components.
Metal Roofers
- A new placeholder for folding profiles and area coverings has been introduced. This placeholder can be found in the placeholder overview under component with the designation "Developed width without bend shortening". The placeholder outputs the developed width without taking into account the bend shortening, whereby all edges of a folding profile, as stored in the Profile Editor, are added together. For area coverings, the edge lengths of the left and right folds as well as the covering width of the panels are calculated. However, the “FoldCoverWidth” of the folds is deducted. The placeholder works in the same way as all other placeholders in SEMA.
Stair Design
- Risers can now be hatched in the top view. To make this possible, the setting under "Filling/Filling pattern" -> "View" in the Optics tab applies. Here, as known from other components, the desired hatching can be stored. What's more, the filling can now also be adjusted via the option "Colour settings" under "View".
- Using the display options (F7), the set headroom is now displayed in the form of a polyline in the 3D mode under "Floor opening" -> "Stairs" -> "Construction". This is meant to serve as a visual control to check the headroom.
- An adjustment has been made to the parapet height set in the F7 menu during the overall developed view of a handrail. If the reference edge is set to "Tread FE" and the direction is set to "vertical" in the master data of the handrail under the item "Curve calculation", the distance specified there is used to display the curve calculation in the developed view. In this case, the value for the "set parapet height" specified under F7 -> "Stairs" -> "Handrail" no longer has any influence. However, as soon as a different option for the reference edge or direction is selected in the master data, the handrail will be set to the height specified in the master data. The heights of the points indicating the handrail are still generated from the F7 settings. Consequently, it is possible to determine a different reference point for the handrail, while the F7 settings make sure that all given dimensions are still maintained.
- It is now possible to display punching on stair components in both the top view and the views. To do this, the "Punching processing" option must be activated in the F7 menu in the "Stairs" section under the "General" item. For some stair components, the punching is displayed as a contour, while for other components it is displayed as a complete punching.
- From now on, it is possible to define a projection for newel post notches also towards the outside in order to ensure tear-free processing. Consequently, the edge type has been changed from 7290 to 7275 in the INI file of the stair machine export. The edge type 7275 must be available to make sure that the notch towards the outside does work correctly.
- Two new reference points have been introduced for stair fillings. In the area of the top edge it is now "String bottom edge", and in the area of the bottom edge the point "Storey" has been added. This new feature makes it possible to create stair fillings below the string down to the storey.
- As of now, users can also export a filling groove with the “Filling line” option, similar to how this is already done with strings and handrails. Consequently, the edge type 7270 is required in the INI file.
Load Planning
- The "Projection control" setting has been added to the first tab of the load spaces. This new setting can be used to determine whether components are checked and displayed if they protrude from a load space.
BCF Manager
- The new table view provides numerous possibilities for exchanging collisions, tasks and notes with BIMcollab via the BCF format. Consequently, it's now much easier for different programs and trades to collaborate on a project via IFC.
In the Control Center, the new icon “Display user information” allows users to switch from tree view to table view. The second new icon “Show/Hide Table columns” can be used to display additional columns that can be allocated from BIMcollab.
Thanks to the new structure, users can now search and filter for specific issues much faster and more easily. The new filter also makes it possible to select according to specific criteria or multiple criteria at the same time.