FireBIM Release Notes

Beta released March 3, 2026.

The following is the list of features in FireBIM 1.0.0.

• Riser Diagrams
• Voltage Drop Calculations
• Battery Calculations

• Added Panel Connect command to allow circuiting of fire alarm panels from the riser diagram.
• Added Circuit Remove command to provide an easy way to erase entire circuits from the riser diagram.
• Added an Update Schedules checkbox to the Update Part of Project command.
• Added options to display voltage drop as a value, a percentage, or both.
• Changed the Tutorial command to the Help command, which will open the FireBIM Command Reference.
• Added circuit prefixes and suffixes for device addresses. These settings can be configured in Circuit Types.
• Circuits are now grouped and numbered based upon the circuit types on each panel. Circuit labels can be configured in Circuit Types.
• Other bug fixes and improvements from internal testing.

• Updated the installer to add the FireBIM Content folder to Revit "Places".
• Other bug fixes and improvements from internal testing.

• Added support for Revit 2027.
• Fixed a bug related to shared parameters on wires in plan views.
• Other bug fixes and improvements from internal testing.

• Added a Device Address field to the Device Edit command to allow custom and locked device addresses.
• Improved performance of the Family Edit dialog box when selecting fire alarm device types.
• Other bug fixes and improvements from internal testing.

• Added FBIM_AlarmLoad and FBIM_StandbyLoad shared parameters to circuits.
• Fixed a circuit segment graphic bug when changing the graphic family.
• Added a Supervisory Switch to the generic model family library.
• Misc. bug fixes and improvements from internal testing.