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New - VisualARQ 3.0

Attributes

Restore the option to override text size to object styles
Option to define linetype scale from the style attributes
Support “By Material” color
Allow custom print widths in section attributes and styles attribute
Link Section attributes with Rhino Section Styles
Change the term “By Parent” with “By Object” for style attributes
Section attributes by Layer

Clashes

Clash & Clear report panel
Add hard clashes tolerance in clash tests
Highlight clash issues on top of the geometry
Add Zoom to Issue in Clashes context dialog
Avoid having to click ENTER to end the “show issue” command in the Clashes panel
Implement Clash level filter
Add a button to Run and pause the clashes analysis in the Clashes panel
Add “Zoom to issue” option in Clash and Clear panel items
Show objects in Set A and Set B in different columns, in the Clash-clear panel
Make description text wrap in the text box, in clash and clear styles dialog
Automate clash&clear pre-configurations

Grasshopper: Components

Add “Building” to Pipeline component
Change the default Max Aperture % value of Door component in Grasshopper to 50%
Guide components in Grasshopper
Implement opening styles’ valid host input/output
Handle component in Grasshopper
Allow roofs and slabs as host for windows/doors created from Grasshopper
Implement the Fixed Width and Height in the “Deconstruct Curtain Wall Fixed Dimension Cell”
Implement “Fill Width” and “Fill Height” options for “Curtain Wall Fixed Dimension Cell” component
Change the name of the “Set Property Value” component and its “Property” input
Change the name of the “Get Property Value” component and its “Property” input
Roof alignment in Grasshopper components
Remove obsolete Curtain Wall Mullion and Frame components
Add Custom profile to CurtainWall Frame/Mullion Grasshopper components
Reorder inputs in the Openings Options component
Max Aperture property missing in Door and Window Options
Add Edge Cut value to Roof Style Create a Decompose components
Define roof slopes individually from Grasshopper
Make Get Level detect the location of the wall path curve instead of the wall bounding box
The VA GH Pipeline component should support the retrieval of Block Definitions and Block Instances
The Get Level should give a list of levels
Show less Opening components on the VisualARQ GH Ribbon

Grasshopper: Styles

Support non-geometry output parameters
Wall styles from Grasshopper definitions
Curtain wall styles from Grasshopper definitions
Input geometry for slab and roof Grasshopper styles
Extend walls created from Grasshopper styles upwards
Show height parameter in the style properties panel window for walls created from a grasshopper style
Possibility to order output parameters in groups
Detect the “height” linked parameter in walls and curtain walls created as Grasshopper styles
Leave the 3D and Plan view representations checked by default when you create a new Grasshopper style
Join walls created from Grasshopper styles
Join options for walls created as Grasshopper styles
Be able to assign components to Model and Plan view at the same time
Automatic Horizontal alignment for doors and windows created with Grasshopper styles
Support for blocks inside Grasshopper styles definitions
Use different icons for Texts and Hatch components in Grasshopper styles
Do not convert extrusions into Breps in geometry output components used for Grasshopper styles

IFC

Support to import and export IFC 4 files.

Interface

Add Constraints icon
Change names in the Section Manager commands
“Filter by” option for output parameters in the Grasshopper Style Wizard
Change the term for “Guide rules” in the Properties panel
Show units for length property values
Show icons for the object types in the import and export styles dialogs
Profile manager command in the VisualARQ toolbar and Menu
Menu entries for Guides
Hide block name in VisualARQ object Properties panel
Icons for total row types
Group the Roof’s slope angle and area properties into one

Layout

Export layouts to DWG
Export multiple layouts to DWG
Option to export only the current layout
Make the DWG command cancellable with the escape key.
Insert tables in Layouts

Level Manager

Link Rhino and VisualARQ objects to Levels
Building contours
- Show building boundary when creating it
- Set the Building Boundary as a rectangle directly on the model
- Extract building boundary
- Allow the contour of a building to be removed
- Save Building contour to the document
- Add “Set building boundary” in the contextual menu
Allow buildings to be isolated
Allow buildings to be hidden
Allow levels to be hidden freely
Command to isolate levels
Sub-Levels
Synchronize level states in all viewports
Level states
Add options to create multiple levels on a building
Ask for confirmation after deleting a building
Improve the performance when working with different buildings with boundary
The isolate level action should change the CPlane to the isolated level
Update the position of CPlane when changing the elevation of a level
Detect numbers in level name pattern when creating multiple levels
Show Level elevation reference marks of only one Building in Elevation views
Tooltips in Level Manager
Change the text for deleting a building from the contextual menu
Icons for the floor/ceiling plan view options in the Level manager
Detect level and floor type when inserting 2D plan views from the level manager
“Set Plan View to Viewport” should adjust the view zoom to the building boundary
Make Sync Levels and Toggle Level’s elevation button always active
Organization of RCP commands in the Level Manager Toolbar
Disable the “Isolate” option when the building has no boundary
Set “3 meters” as the default value for Height between levels in the Multiple Level creation dialog.
Switch between Building Elevation and Document 0 Elevation in viewport elevation marks
Show Level Elevation in relation to the Z Document origin
Multiple selection of levels in the Level Manager
Show the tooltip for the Plan View Reference icon
Duplicate Buildings and Levels
Do not let a Construction plane be in a hidden level

Object

Create boolean interferences between objects
Command or Option to change the order of intersection
Order new sizes alphabetically
Cleanup edges between elements with the same material
Be able to extract the subtracted or added solids individually
Subtract a VisualARQ object from another VisualARQ object

Object: Beam

Calculate the intersection between beams and walls, slabs, and roofs.

Object: Column

Extrude / extend columns to surfaces
Extrude / extend Column coating

Object: Curtain Wall

Curtain wall joints
Curtain wall from surface
Custom profiles for Mullion and Frame components of Curtain walls
Adjust division count in extended curtain walls
Move “Rotation” parameter to the profile tabs
Rename one of the two “length” properties in Curtain walls
Add “Elevation” property to Curtain walls
Change the default curtain wall height to “by style”
Options to “Fill Width” and “Fill Height” in “fixed-sized grid” curtain wall style
Rename curtain wall “gap” properties to “margin”
Rotate Curtain walls using the gumball or the rotate commands

Object: Guide

Structural guides
Link Rhino objects to Guides
vaGuideGrid command
Guides from curves
Manage guides through styles
Stretch dimensions when moving guides
Draw guides only in Perspective or Top viewports on the XY plane
Guides should link with both wall edges
Add option to do not link any object type to guides
Choose which elements can be altered by a guide style
Assign some default Top and Bottom elevation values to guides
vaSelGuide command
Control points to modify top and bottom elevation
Show guides plane only when you select it
Automatic naming control for guides

Object: Opening Elevation

Show handles and knobs in opening elevations

Object: Openings

Add Handle / Knob component for doors and windows
Determine Openings leaf width by fixed size or by %
“Auto” default value for leaf sizes
Tell an opening not to get linked to a wall
Option to control the Leaf Alignment in relation to the Frame component

Object: Plan view

RCPs in 2D plan views (Reflected ceiling plan)
Sort levels by elevation in the plan view “Level” property

Object: Railing

Make the _vaFlip command work on railings

Object: Roof

Control points for roofs created from surfaces
Move roof “Alignment” property to the “Location” category or tab
“All Slopes” property is not working when a roof is created from a surface
Roof from surfaces do not show the slab’s layer structure
Roof alignment
Add “Slab areas” property to roofs
Improve the creation of new roof styles

Object: Section

Create Sections with the “Clippable” option unchecked by default
Move End text setting of section styles
Change term “Length” by “Depth” in section lines
Orient section arrows in the same direction
Option to not show the apostrophe symbol in Section reference text
Identify a section in the model from a selection in the Section Manager
Mirrored section arrow symbols
Identify a section in Section Manager from a selection in the model
Allow ordering section list in the Section Manager

Object: Slab

Join slabs
Add Slab layer type
Join stairs and slabs
Join beams and slabs
Intersections between walls and slabs

Object: Space

Link spaces to levels
Option to not print the space boundary
Option to hide the space representation in 3D
Allow rotating the space label
Change the alignment of the text inside a space tag

Object: Stair

Join stair slab with walls and slabs
Edit the number of the first stair step

Table Report panel

Quantity take-offs in a dynamic report panel
- Show tables in a Rhino’s dock view’s report list
- Identify the elements in the table by selecting them in the model
- Identify the elements in the model by clicking them in a data table
- Bidirectional tables: edit table items on click
Add objects to tables, after having created them
Remove objects from the table row or by picking them in the model
Add total amounts at the ends of table fields
Table filters:
- Filter openings and spaces by levels in tables
- Filter objects by Level and Building in tables
- Filter objects by object styles
- Filter objects by Layer
- Visual feedback when filters are applied to a table
Update VisualARQ 2 tables to VisualARQ 3 tables
Add a check on table style to activate/deactivate any column’s total row at once
Make tables always dynamic
Checkbox to define if a table is dynamic or not
Access table object or style properties from the layout
Tables “quantity” property field redefined in table styles
Possibility to change dots by commas
Table styles shortcut icon in the Table panel toolbar
Shortcut to edit the active table style
Order numbers properly in tables
Show table preview in the table styles dialogue
“Apply” option is available in table styles when you modify a field name or change the grouping options
Add a “Border” option to show the border of the total cell
Export numeric values in tables to number format
Do not add totals of openings Elevation in tables
Remove the unit symbols when exporting tables
Order tables by the “quantity” field
Add units in tables next to values
Assign automatically a name to the chosen property in the new style wizard

Object: Tag

Manage Tag information by style
Define the insertion point when creating a tag
Show tag preview in the tag styles dialogue
Allow formatting tag text

Object: Window

Insert windows in slabs
Insert windows in roofs
Allow windows to be rotated in 3D
Create windows from not vertical curves
Window Leaf size modifications (%, Units, Equitative) in Window Style and Window Style Wizard
Automatically update leaf size (%) in window styles

Performance

Major performance improvements when activating sections
Major performance improvements when activating levels
Slow performance moving or deleting slabs
Improvements in saving files

Profile

Profile manager. Edit custom profiles.
Specify the insert point when extracting the curve of a custom profile
Extract the curve of a custom profile
Rename “Profiles Table” with “Profiles”
Do not show system profiles in the Profile Manager
Categories of profiles by the object type they are created for
Be able to delete custom profiles that are not in use

Reflected Ceiling Plans

RCP (Reflected Ceiling Plans) in real-time views
Indicate in viewport’s name that the level displayed is a reflected ceiling plan
Ignore overhead representation of objects in RCP
Create RCP as 2D dynamic blocks with the _vaPlanView command