27-11-2014
•The templates (for space requirements, usage, architectural, ventilation and HVAC ventilation) can be linked directly to a room by clicking the room in the geometrical view.
•Under "Properties> Building parts", individual building components can now be displayed in the table and in the geometry using the specified colour visualization.
•Using the library to manage resources and templates
•Improvements have been made to the way resources and templates can be transferred between a project and the central library.
•The axis can be moved and rotated so that it is easier to draw, move and copy rooms which are not aligned at right angles with other rooms.
•A new view is available in which walls are opaque.
•Bitmap images can be placed as a carpet in the drawing environment to act as a guide when drawing buildings directly in the software.
•A new view is available in which the thickness of all structures is displayed. This option can also be used in the floor-plan and cross-section views (in which case windows are indicated by a blue line and doors by a brown line).
•Windows can be deleted by selecting them in the "components" table and choosing "delete".
•The results calculated for each variant are now stored in the project file. This means that when a project is re-opened, all graphs, tables and reports for each variant can be viewed without having to re-run the recalculate.
•Vabi Elements is now available in 64-bit and 32-bit versions.
•The 64-bit version should not raise any out-of-memory errors, as it can make use of temporary swap space.
•The way the project (.vp) files are stored has been modified with the aim of speeding up opening and saving a project.
•Calculations using Fortran code should run faster as the Fortran calculations have been recompiled using the new compiler from Intel.
•Projects open more quickly.
•A project's geometry displays more quickly.
•Calculations run more quickly.
•The IFC import now deals with composite walls in a neater way; where each material layer is drawn separately in the source IFC file (such as in a LOD 400 model), the wall is converted by the IFC import into one composite wall.
•The 3D geometry can be exported to DWG or DXF. Exported surfaces are given the colour of the structure specified in Vabi Elements.
•The 3D geometry can be exported to SketchUp (skp).
•It is possible to import a 3D drawing from SketchUp (.skp).
•Interface settings
•The sizes of screen components are remembered so the view is the same the next time the program is run.
•The load duration curve, comfort graphs and daily output chart can now include results for a second variant, making it easy to compare the detailed results of different variants.
•It is now possible to specify the position (on plan) of the point in the room where the room's comfort temperature is to be calculated.
•The flow rate of VAV units can be adjusted based on a CO2 concentration setpoint.
•Bugfixes
•If windows are entered via a percentage, they are now placed on the surface in a more appropriate position.
•The calculation deals better with complex orientations, so it is less likely for "number of orientations" errors to occur.
•Window and doors on an internal wall can now be selected more easily from either side.
•There was an issue in which the program could crash when PV panels were removed. This has been fixed.
•The software did not deal with holiday periods correctly, leading to errors in the building simulation results. This has been fixed.
•Some issues with the reporting of building simulation results have been fixed.
•Some issues with the drawing tools have been fixed.