New Features in ALLPLAN 2022 Release Candidate

General

  • ALLPLAN starts in the “2 + 1 Animation Window” arrangement by default.
  • ALLPLAN uses only the “Actionbar configuration”; other default configurations are no longer available.
  • 3D navigation provides enhanced rotation about objects.
  • You can change the layout border and title block for several layouts in a single operation.
  • The Layers palette comes with resorted layers.
  • You can copy a layout to several layouts in the layout structure.

Displaying and visualizing the model

  • VULKAN hardware acceleration is available for viewports.
  • NVIDIA OptiX noise reduction is available for RT render; images will be refined by means of GPU-based AI noise reduction.
  • Cineware R23

Architecture

  • ALLPLAN intersects different architectural components in the same drawing file based on priority.
  • The “priority” attribute is available in the Properties palette and in the dialog boxes of the modification tools.
  • You can define settings for junction lines and division lines in the “Options” on the “Components and architecture” page (in progress).
  • ALLPLAN.xml provides a new catalog.
  • We updated the “Wall Style” tool.
  • The “Import Attribute Values from Bimplus” tool is up to eight times faster.
  • The formula editor is even more user-friendly; it provides better syntax checks.
  • Property sets and attribute groups are available in the palette.
  • You can use Python for formulas and labels. 
  • You can use non-string data types in formula attributes.
  • You can use as many characters as you want in attributes.
  • IFC common: reference and code text separated
  • You can use the Properties palette to remove attributes (in progress).

Using the Properties palette for modifications 

  • You can change one ore more similar door openings or window openings by means of the Properties palette.
  • Door openings, window openings, niches, and recesses provide the new “above/below section plane” attribute for plan display.
  • IFC PSet commons is the default setting.
  • You can choose the IFC PSet by means of the IFC object type (no longer fixed). 
  • For IFC export: attributes for building structure (4.0 certification) (in progress)

Heights and planes

  • You can define “edge settings” when creating and editing roof surfaces.
  • You can select edges of roof surfaces more easily.

Axis grid

  • Axis grids are visible in horizontal views.
  • You can label an axis grid on both sides in views and sections.
  • The starting point and distances of an axis grid are visible in views and sections.
  • You can insert a gridline before the first gridline (in progress).

Structural framing

  • You can use round profiles for structural framing beams.
  • Structural framing comes with a new object type - the structural framing brace.
  • Structural framing objects provide mark numbers.
  • ALLPLAN updates the mark numbers when you make changes.

Views and sections

  • The layer filter of views and sections considers the layer settings.
  • You can match properties of views and sections.
  • You can create views and sections by using the wizard. In doing so, you can choose to match the properties.
  • Clipping paths provide handles in sections.
  • You can define the scale in feet and inches.
  • The US standard style provides direction symbols on both sides.

Reinforcement

  • New attributes are available for the US.
  • The new shape code manager is available for the US.
  • The algorithm for area reinforcement can be used for PythonParts in the US.
  • Field-cut bars are available for the US.
  • Associative legends analyze the drawing files selected in the filter, regardless of their status.
  • You can label angles between segments of circles in schemas.
  • The “Coupler, Thread, Connecting Bar” tool provides new manufacturers - BarSplice and Dayton Superior.
  • The “Bending Machine” tool exports couplers and threads.
  • The “Move”, “Copy”, Rotate”, “Mirror without Copy”, and “Clipboard” tools behave like the “Move Linked” tool.

Interfaces

  • You can import Wavefront OBJ files (geometry, surfaces, textures, and UV mapping).
  • We enhanced the import of SketchUp SKP files (v2021 support, surfaces, textures, and UV mapping).