We've listened to feedback from customers experiencing slower performance due to higher database latency and have optimized our software to deliver a much faster experience.
What's improved?
These enhancements are designed to streamline your work, reduce interruptions, and allow you to focus on what you do best.
New color schemes for duct types have been introduced, allowing for clearer visualization and differentiation of various duct types within designs.
This update enables Stabicad to support the UK standard CP1, which outlines guidelines for modern and sustainable heat networks. Users can now calculate secondary heat networks according to the diversity rules specified in CP1.
While Stabicad previously supported the calculation and sizing of tertiary heat networks, this enhancement extends its capabilities to include secondary heat networks, offering a more complete solution for district heating projects.
To facilitate the calculation of secondary heat networks, a new heating consumer type, Heat Interface Unit (HIU), has been added. You can easily place the HIU directly via the Stabicad palette, enabling accurate design and calculation for these systems.
The newly introduced HIU is designed to represent an entire apartment, dwelling, or even multiple dwellings within a calculation. It includes specific calculation properties to accurately simulate the heat demands of these spaces.
Relevant Revit parameters have also been integrated to support the new functionality, ensuring seamless data flow and accurate modeling.
To create a calculable system with Heat Interface Units (HIUs), users connect them in the same manner as a regular consumer. This allows for straightforward system design, as demonstrated by an example system featuring three connected HIUs.
When initiating a heating calculation, users now have the option to apply CP1 (2020) diversification by checking the "Diversify loads according to CP1 (2020)" checkbox. Activating this option enables the system to recognize Heat Interface Units (HIUs) and calculate the system as a secondary heat network, ensuring compliance with UK standards.
When a heating calculation is run with CP1 enabled, the report now provides more detailed and transparent information, allowing users to fully understand the results of their secondary heat network designs.
The new CP1 volume flow calculation page in the report provides a detailed breakdown of the calculations specific to secondary heat networks. Here's an explanation of each column:
When a heating calculation is performed with CP1 enabled, the interactive results dialog now includes several new columns within the heating section:
Upon successful completion of a calculation with CP1 enabled, several new Revit shared parameters are automatically added to pipes. These parameters provide additional data crucial for detailed analysis and documentation of secondary heat networks:
To provide you with greater control over the variables utilized in CP1 calculation formulas, new StabiBASE parameters have been introduced. These additions allow for precise adjustments and fine-tuning of the CP1 calculations, ensuring accuracy and flexibility.
Users should be aware of the following key points when utilizing the new CP1 feature for heating calculations:
This release marks the official launch of Stabicad for AutoCAD in the United Kingdom. To ensure a seamless design experience that aligns with local industry standards, we have introduced several UK-specific features.
Highlights of this localisation include:
To improve accuracy before calculating ventilation systems, a new visualization feature has been added to the calculation tab. You can now instantly see the duct type assigned to each duct, indicated by green, red, or yellow colors. This allows for a quick and easy check to ensure the correct duct types are set, leading to more reliable calculation results for system sizes and flow.
When selecting a Stabicad database using the "Select Database" function, the newly chosen database and any additional connection string parameters are now correctly written to the drivers.xml.config file. This ensures consistent and reliable database connections.
With version 25.07, we are performing a one-time database optimization during the installation process. This procedure will shrink your database size by approximately 50% and rebuild its indexes for efficiency. As a result, you will see a significant speed increase when exporting and importing projects in StabiBASE.
When selecting a Stabicad database using the "Select Database" feature, the newly chosen database and any additional connection string parameters are now recorded in the drivers.xml.config file.
Stabicad 25.07 introduces a significant update to standardize the use of project standards across different localizations. Previously, users could choose between the NL-sfb and CIBSE (UK) standards. Starting with version 25.07, only the Stabicad UK localization will support the CIBSE standard, while all other localizations will exclusively use the NL-SFB standard. This change involves a database clean-up during the update process.
External links within the StabiBASE functionality have been updated, providing you with more direct access to support and community resources.
The following changes have been implemented in the StabiBASE dropdown menu:
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