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New Versions of Design Master HVAC, Electrical, and Plumbing Released

February 22nd, 2010

We have released new versions of Design Master HVAC, Electrical, and Plumbing. The major new feature in these releases is support for 64-bit versions of Windows. For a complete list of new features, see these links: Design Master HVAC 6.3 Design Master Electrical 7.3 Design Master Plumbing 2.1

HVAC Ductwork IFC Export

February 8th, 2010

The next release of Design Master HVAC, currently being beta tested, includes a new feature to export the 3D ductwork in IFC format. IFC standards for Industry Foundation Classes. It is an open, vendor-neutral, standardized file format for exchanging building information models (BIM). Exporting our ductwork in IFC format allows them to import better into […]

Kitchen Equipment and Aluminum Wires

February 1st, 2010

Last week, a customer requested two features for Design Master Electrical. We took a look at the requests, and decided they were not too difficult to implement. The first, new calculated kitchen loads, will be available in Design Master Electrical 7.3, which is currently in beta. The second, aluminum feeder sizes, is available now for […]

Design Master LinkedIn Group

January 6th, 2010

Are you on LinkedIn? If you are, join the Design Master Group. My hope is that this group will allow the engineers who use our software to connect with each other. Whether you are searching for an engineer in another part of the country who can answer a design question related to a specific climate […]

Ribbons for AutoCAD 2010

December 31st, 2009

The latest release of Design Master HVAC, Design Master Electrical, and Design Master Plumbing include ribbon tabs for AutoCAD 2010. Instructions for installing and configuring the ribbons are in this post. There are two ribbons tabs for each program. The main tab is labeled with the program name. This tab includes all the non-customization commands […]

Installing the Ribbons in AutoCAD 2010

December 31st, 2009

To install the new ribbon tabs for AutoCAD 2010, install the latest version of Design Master HVAC, Electrical, or Plumbing. There are a couple of configuration options available with ribbons. Configuring Tabs Two new tabs will be added to the ribbon in AutoCAD. You can leave them where they are, remove them if you don’t […]