======================= === VM VERSION 1.64 === ======================= === NOTES === - ALWAYS MAINTAIN A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR VM DATABASE > VM RIBBON TAB > DATABASE > SAVE VM DATABASE - VM DATABASES SAVED IN THIS VERSION ARE NOT BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE === VM DATABASE === - IMPROVED UI/UX - ADDED DEDICATED UI FOR CUSTOM TAG SPECS - CUSTOM TAGS CAN NOW BE ADDED AND REMOVED - CUSTOM TAGS CAN NOW BE RENAMED - ADDED CUSTOM TAG SPEC COPY SUPPORT - ADDED INDIVIDUAL SPECS FOR HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL OPENING AUTOMATION - ADDED RESET VM DATABASE BUTTON TO DATABASE INFO WINDOW - FIXED UNINTENDED CHARACTER LIMITS - DROPDOWN BOXES CAN NOW BE CLEARED === OPENINGS AND SLEEVES === - ADDED HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SPEC SUPPORT FOR ALL OPENING AUTOMATION TOOLS === TAGS === - ADDED RIBBON SUPPORT FOR NAMED CUSTOM TAGS - DIMENSION MEP WORKPLANE DEFAULTS TO LAST ORIENTATION - ADDED TAG PLACEMENT OVERRIDE SUPPORT WHEN HANGERS ARE SELECTED - ADDED HANGER LOAD TAG - ADDED HANGER POINT LOAD TAG - SWAPPED HANGER TAG LENGTH OFFSET POSITIVE DIRECTION === ASSEMBLIES AND PACKAGES === - ASSEMBLY AND PACKAGING TOOLS MERGED - THEY ARE THE SAME THING UNDER THE HOOD - SOME PORTION OF SOME MODEL - CREATE PACKAGES WITH ASSEMBLY TOOLS AND VISE VERSA - ADDED SUPPORT FOR USER DEFINED PACKAGE AND ASSEMBLY PARAMETERS - CREATE ANY CONTEXTUAL IDENTIFIER FOR PROJECT ORGANIZATION (MODULE - SPOOL - RISER - SKID - AREA - RACK - ZONE - EQUIPMENT - ANYTHING) - AUTOMATE SHEETS VIEWS SCHEDULES AND FILTERS USING ANY PACKAGE OR ASSEMBLY PARAMETER === PARAMETERS === - ADDED VM ITEM TYPE PARAMETER SUPPORT FOR TAP, STRAIGHT, ELBOW, TRANSITION, HANGER, COUPLING, AND FITTING - VERTICAL SUPPORT CONNECTORS IGNORED WHEN POPULATING HANGER CONNECTOR DATA - PURGE PARAMETER COMMAND NOW PURGES ALL PARAMETERS WITH THE GIVEN NAME === VIEW === - GRAPHIC SPECS NOW APPLY SOLID FILL OVERRIDE FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH NEWER VERSIONS OF REVIT === MODELING === - SET MEP WORKPLANE DEFAULTS TO LAST ORIENTATION === SCHEDULES === - VM SCHEDULE TEMPLATE COLUMN HEADERS ARE NOW HORIZONTAL ORIENTATION ======================= === VM VERSION 1.62 === ======================= - ADDED STAND ALONE ISOLATE ELEMENTS COMMAND (VMI) - AUTO PARAMETER OPTION NOW RETAINS PREVIOUS VALUE WHEN STARTING REVIT - ADDED VM PARAMETER SUPPORT FOR GENERIC MODEL MEP ELEMENTS - TAG PLACEMENT OVERRIDE WINDOW NOW DEFAULTS TO PREVIOUSLY ENTERED VALUES - ADJUSTED DEFAULT TAG SPECS FOR ROUND ELEMENTS - FIXED AN ERROR THAT COULD CAUSE VM PARAMETER UPDATE FAILURE - FIXED VM ELEVATION HIGH PARAMETER FOR HANGERS ======================= === VM VERSION 1.61 === ======================= === NOTES === - ALWAYS MAINTAIN A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR VM DATABASE. VM RIBBON TAB > DATABASE > SAVE VM DATABASE - VM DATABASE TAG AND OPENING SPECS WILL BE SET TO DEFAULT VALUES WITH THIS UPDATE. VM DATABASE HANGER SPECS WILL BE MAINTAINED. === GENERAL === - ADDED SUPPORT FOR ELECTRICAL ITM CONTENT AND SERVICES - ADDED DYNAMIC PROGRESS BAR FOR LONG PROCESSES - ALL FABRICATION CUSTOM DATA HAS BEEN SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATED INTO REVIT === TOTAL STATION POINTS === - TOTAL STATION POINTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED FOR ALL MEP ELEMENTS - VM POINTS ARE LOGICAL AND PARAMETER DRIVEN - NO PHYSICAL POINTS ARE PLACED THAT MUST BE MAINTAINED - VM POINTS ARE MEP CONNECTOR DRIVEN - PLACE ONE OR MORE MEP CONNECTORS ON ANY CUSTOM FAMILY TO ADD TOTAL STATION AUTOMATION - VM POINT PARAMETERS ARE GENERATED ON DEMAND - VM POINT PARAMETERS ARE OPTIONALLY UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY OR MANUALLY - VM POINT COORDINATES ARE OPTIONALLY REPORTED IN FEET OR METERS - CHOOSE BETWEEN INTERNAL, BASE POINT, OR SURVEY POINT COORDINATE SYSTEMS - EXPORT ALL RELEVANT DATA INCLUDING TOTAL STATION CSV FILES VIA STANDARD REVIT SCHEDULES === TAGS === - ADDED INDIVIDUAL TAG SPECS FOR DUCT PIPE ELECTRICAL AND HANGER CATEGORIES - ADDED COMBO TAG - ADDED ANGLE TAG - ADDED RADIUS TAG - ADDED SLOPE TAG - ADDED EXTENSION TAGS - ADDED ALIAS TAG - ADDED CUSTOM AUTOTAG TAG SUPPORT - VM TAGS ARE NOW CREATED ON DEMAND - VM TAGS NO LONGER REQUIRE UPGRADE FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF REVIT - THE "ROTATE WITH COMPONENT" TAG FAMILY OPTION MUST NOW BE UNCHECKED - TAG ANGLE AND ORIENTATION ARE NOW FULLY AUTOMATED FOR REVIT 2022 AND LATER - SOME VM TAG COMMANDS WILL NO LONGER PLACE TAGS IF THE ELEMENT DOES NOT CONTAIN THE PARAMETER BEING TAGGED - FIXED A CORNER CASE WHERE THE AUTOTAG TOOL COULD CAUSE REVIT TO BECOME UNRESPONSIVE - ADDED UX IMPROVEMENTS TO DIMENSION MEP TOOL - ADDED VARIOUS TAG OPTIMIZATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS === NUMBERS === - ADDED SUPPORT TO NUMBER ANY FABRICATION CUSTOM DATA FIELD - OPTIONALLY USE INTERCHANGEABLE PART NUMBERS FOR FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION WHILE ALSO USING UNIQUE NUMBERS FOR TOTAL STATION POINTS - STARTING NUMBER NOW AUTO INCREMENTS BETWEEN EACH NUMBERING PROCESS - ASCENDING AND DESCENDING OPTIONS ADDED TO SORT SETTINGS - NUMBER SETTINGS ARE NOW MAINTAINED BETWEEN REVIT SESSIONS === OPENINGS === - ADDED SUPPORT FOR ITM BASED OPENINGS - ADDED CID BASED OPENING SPECS AND OPTIONS === PARAMETERS === - SOME EXISTING VM PARAMETERS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO COVER ALL MEP ELEMENTS - EXISTING VM LOW ELEVATION ADDED TO ALL MEP ELEMENTS - EXISTING VM HIGH ELEVATION ADDED TO ALL MEP ELEMENTS - EXISTING VM C1-C4 PARAMETERS ADDED TO ALL MEP ELEMENTS - EXISTING VM WORKSET ADDED TO ALL MEP ELEMENTS - EXISTING VM CENTER LINE LENGTH ADDED TO ALL MEP ELEMENTS - EXISTING VM VOLUME ADDED TO ALL MEP ELEMENTS - EXISTING VM SHAPE ABANDONED - USE VM C1-C4 SHAPE - ADDED VM EQUIVALENT DIAMETER FOR ALL RELEVANT MEP ELEMENTS - ADDED VM DOMAIN PARAMETER FOR ALL MEP ELEMENTS - ADDED VM IS RISER PARAMETER FOR ALL MEP ELEMENTS - ADDED VM C1-C4 WIDTH PARAMETER FOR ALL MEP ELEMENTS - ADDED VM C1-C4 HEIGHT PARAMETER FOR ALL MEP ELEMENTS - ADDED VM REVIT MATERIAL PARAMETER FOR ALL MEP ELEMENTS - ADDED VM HAS TAP PARAMETER FOR ALL FABRICATION PARTS - ADDED VM ALIAS PARAMETER FOR ALL FABRICATION PARTS - ADDED VM ANGLE PARAMETER FOR ALL FABRICATION PARTS - ADDED VM VERTICAL SUPPORT COUNT PARAMETER FOR FABRICATION HANGERS - ADDED VM CD PREFIXED BACKING PARAMETERS FOR ALL FABRICATION CUSTOM DATA - ADDED VARIOUS PARAMETER OPTIMIZATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS === ASSEMBLIES AND PACKAGES === - PUSH ASSEMBLY AND/OR PACKAGE NAME TO ANY FABRICATION CUSTOM DATA FIELD FOR SEAMLESS CAD/CAM/EST INTEGRATION - SERVICE DRIVEN ASSEMBLY SPECS ARE NOW GLOBAL AS AN ASSEMBLY CAN CONTAIN ANY NUMBER OF NON SERVICE BASED ELEMENTS === HANGERS === - VM DATA PARAMETER ADDED TO ALL VM HANGER SPECS === MODELING === - ADDED UX IMPROVEMENTS TO VARIOUS MODELING TOOLS === FILTERING === - FILTER TYPE OPTION NOW AUTOMATICALLY DEFAULTS TO SELECTION WHEN THERE IS AN ACTIVE SELECTION === VIEW === - UPDATE SERVICES COMMAND MODIFIED TO SUPPORT NEW LINE WEIGHT AND SERVICE TYPE SPECS === VM FABRICATION DATABASE === - ADDED REVIT MATERIAL AND LINE WEIGHT TO GRAPHIC SPECS FOR ALL SERVICES - ADDED GLOBAL SERVICE TYPE GRAPHIC SPECS - LINE COLOR - FILL COLOR - LINE WEIGHT - REVIT MATERIAL - FABRICATION DATABASE INFORMATION MOVED FROM ABOUT WINDOW TO VM DATABASE WINDOW - ADDED SUPPORT TO POPULATE VM DATA PARAMETER FOR INDIVIDUAL HANGER SPEC BREAKPOINTS - ADDED SUPPORT TO POPULATE VM DATA PARAMETER FOR INDIVIDUAL OPENING ITM - ADDED SERVICE SPEC COPY SUPPORT FOR ALL NEW VM DATABASE FEATURES - EXTENDED TAG SPECS - EACH SERVICE NOW PROVIDES TAG SPECS FOR INDIVIDUAL FABRICATION REVIT CATEGORIES - ADDED SUPPORT FOR CUSTOM TAG SPECS