This is a list of the changes  in this version of BuildingWorks. It contains new and improved features as well as issues that have been resolved.

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Design

  • 3D: The top of walls can be capped off. The texture will default to a globally defined texture or can be set per wall.
  • 3D: Roof windows placement has been updated to handle roofs with different pitches. Also there has been an adjustment to the internal placement.
  • 3D: Improved walls clipping to roofs.
  • Property grid details have been updated for roofs to show valley connection type
  • Attics walls: Gables are now projected to the internal side of roofs (previous they would project upwards to the external side).
  • Rooms: Various updates to room calculations.
  • Added delete unused specifications button to Architectural ribbon. Previously this feature was only available via the project explorer Estimating node context menu.
  • Various roof data fixes:
    • Apex roofs tee’d into walls
    • Barn hipped roofs tee’d into walls
    • Ceiling lengths next to lean to ridges
    • Sloped gable length
    • Length of tiles perpendicular to valleys
  • Various performance improvements:
    • Stopped multiple updates when not required during a 3D refresh
    • Drawing extra items now only updates Estimating once the command has completed
    • Removed legacy gable code
    • Updated order of refreshes when entities modified
    • When deleting entities that are not part of the 3D model don’t refresh the 3D preview
  • 3D: Improved camera logic to handle when no entities are present in the model.
  • Fixed minor bug where the extra items label could remain visible when switching between drawings.
  • Fixed minor bug where an error message would be shown when switching between drawings or closing the project whilst certain commands are active.
  • When un-hiding the specification tab automatically show details for the selected entity.
  • Fixed bug where a gable would be for a cold roof when in a warm roof.
  • Fixed bug where bifold doors in plan sometimes displayed the number of panes on the left and right side of the door the wrong way around.
  • Various fixes to sloping ceilings:
    • 3D texturing improvements
    • Improved handling of multiple pitches
    • Selecting an eaves line is now not required when placing a sloping ceiling
  • Drawing context menu has new options to select walls of various types: external, internal, attic, upstand.
  • Wall property grid fixes:
    • Label text improved
    • Hidden properties that should not have been visible
  • Fixed hinge side for some patio/bi-fold doors in plan.
  • Fixed missing NRM elements when new doors or windows are placed in existing walls.
  • 3D: Fixed issue where changing the texture for multiple entities could set the colour to transparent black, also the texture would be shared among several entities.
  • Improvement to the extend roof function so that it works across levels
  • When adding the first level in a drawing if there are external walls with a single height use that height as the default.
  • Fixed bug where elevations with a flat roof would fail.
  • Fixed bug that would delete entities in Estimating when pressing cancel during editing.
  • Fixed bug that would occur when copying a roof and its extra items.
  • Collared ceilings can now be placed in lean to/lean to with single hipped end roofs.

  • Fix to stop GDI+ error when launching 3D Photo Realistic Artisan rendering plugin.
  • Fix to stop error when launching 3D Photo Realistic Artisan rendering plugin when the 3D preview had not be shown.
  • Various fixes to structural openings
  • Fixed bug when using offset/offset construction line on a roof line would copy the roof data
  • Attic walls: new properties added:
    • Draw through collared ceilings
    • Finished above collared ceilings (*currently not used)

Estimate

  • Fixed renaming specifications from certain parts of the program
  • Fixed issue with changing a footing specification and reviewing it within the picker process for the first wall added in estimate (for certain specifications)
  • Error checker improvements:
    • Non-estimated (existing) components were reporting errors - now they are ignored
    • Messaging improved and updated more frequently - better grammar on sentences with just 1 item in them.
    • Dormers in design now don't check for the existence of a roof on them - as the roof doesn't get linked to the dormer walls in design
  • Improved tabbing in site earthworks updated so you can tab through all controls in the wizard.
  • Fixed hidden workbooks exporting sundry quantities to the reports
  • Fixed Room single wall dims wizard - the length arrow was pointing at the height of the wall
  • Updated wall logic t0 handle stone-block-insulation i.e. 3 structural leafs in a row.
  • Stopped price discrepancy dialog being displayed twice when opening a project
  • Correctly set the build phase on steel beams assembly for structural openings
  • Roof calculation improvements, including:
    • Area of insulation/plastering/decorating for vaulted ceilings if they don't connect to another vaulted ceiling with valley rafters so that you don't insulate/plaster/decorate in an enclosed triangle
    • Updated length of ceiling adjacent to gables calculations to exclude lengths of gable abutments
    • Updated all wallplate calculations so that valleys teeing in will only be subtracted from the main roof if it's connected with valley rafters
    • Fixed Ceiling abutting a lean-to ridge wall were not being found for the internal wall plate.
    • Made 'height of floor above soffit' appear on an apex, lean to, l-shape & half hip roof for loft conversions always - was only popping up once you added a valley roof before
    • Fixed the deduction amount from a sloping ceiling when a valley is tee'd into it using valley rafters. It was deducting slightly too little as using internal valley width (ceiling width) rather than the roof surface's valley width to calculate the triangle's width to net off

Quotes

  • Additional breakdown filters added for subcontractor quotes, provisional sums and sundries.

General

  • Improved handling of communication errors when contacting the BuildingWorks licencing server.
  • Fixed several ribbon tabs being hidden in library screens, e.g. Library > Specification.
  • Improved handling of a project save fail for any reason when closing the project or the program.