Changelog

Latest BEAM updates

1.11

This version of BEAM includes multiple major and minor fixes and adjustments for the overall experiance based on user feedback.

General Improvements

• Bug fixes

• Improved performance for large files.

• Improved UI

• Faster export and import

• Better error handling and stability

• Rhino window now reacts to keyboard accelerators ( del, ctrl-z, etc )

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1.10

New Features

• Compatible with Rhino 8

• Compatible with Revit 2025

• Parameters now do not allow wrong data to be inserted ( Area, Length, Number, Volume )

• Select multiple geometry types and assign properties and parameters simultaneously

• BEAM

  • Export / Import blocks and geometry at the same time

• BLOCS

  • Automatic family with option Use Existing, families matching block names will be used

• Grasshopper

  • Rename families

• RAY

  • Export using Rhino 7 or Rhino 8

• IFC

  • New export engine, faster performance and compatibility

General Improvements

• Several bug fixes and improvements

• Improved geometry compatibility and materials

• Hidden geometry in blocks will not be exported

• Dark mode for Rhino 8 and Revit

• Query updates for a better user experience ( 1.10.4.0 )

1.9

New Features

• Compatible with Revit 2024 ( 1.9.0.10 )

• Export / Import in Project Base Point

• Select Project Location to Export / Import

• Visibility settings for geometry in Rhino: Fine, Medium and Coarse

• Import lines and arcs in Revit

• Lines and Arcs subcategories as Revit line styles

• BLOCS

  • Option to import family not as work-plane based

• Grasshopper

  • Select block from the model

  • Find model by Mark

  • Delete Level

  • Find Level by height

  • Export Ifc

• RAY

  • Groups can now be exported

• IFC

  • Columns, floors, walls, ceilings are automatically split by brep.

General Improvements

• Several bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed and issue with RAY returning null

1.8

New Features

• Compatible with Revit 2023

• BLOCS

  • New options when using existing families

• Grasshopper

  • Get all Block Definition names in Rhino document

  • Get all Block instances by Definition name

  • Read / write Block instance Parameter

  • Export Blocks to .beam file

  • Read User Text from object

• RAY

  • Groups can now be exported

General Improvements

• Fixed an issue where material surface and background colour did not apply to imported family objects

• Fixed an issue where mirrored or copied blocks did not get a new Mark

• Fixed an issue when importing system components blocks

• Fixed an issue where scaled blocks did not mirror correctly

• Fixed an IFC compatibility issue with Solibri

• Fixed an issue with IFC location returning null

• Fixed IFC Panel behaviour

• Fixed IFC Windows and Door type not exporting correctly

• Fixed BEM panel opening when copy pasting in Rhino

• Fixed an issue when importing shared parameters crashing Rhino

• Fixed an issue when mirrored blocks were not updated because they missed Mark value

• Improved performance in large files

• Better login error information

• Improved UI performance with large datasets

1.7

Licensed users, read this!

This is a major release includes critical changes to licensing.

From 1st of July 2022 licenses will stop working on all previous versions.

Lite version is not affected.

New Features

• New languages available: Italian, Spanish, French and Chinese ( Simplified )

• Parameters are now distinguished between Type and Instance

• SubD objects are now natively exported

• Faster area collection

• BLOCS

  • Blocks are now always instances

  • Update previously placed blocks

• Grasshopper

  • Export .beam files from selected objects.

General Improvements

• Bug fixes

• UI adjustments

• Speed and stability increased

• User experience improvements

• Fixed an issue with BLOCS when files with blocks are scaled to new unit system and block definition geometry does not ( Rhino 7 only )

• Fixed Dynamo .dll referencing

1.6

New Features

• IFC

  • Export Rhino geometry and data in IFC 4

  • IFC Document data

  • Levels

  • Parameter Types

  • Parameter Sets

  • IFC Types and Predefined Types

  • Define Rhino Document Coordinates

  • Export with custom origin

• RAY

  • Use Rhino Inside Technology

  • Improved materials

  • Improved geometry quality

  • Improved speed

  • Launch Rhino from inside Revit

  • Exports elements as named groups

• Grasshopper

  • Create Levels

  • Get Levels

  • Set Point Parameters

  • Set IFC Data

  • Get Objects by Family name

General Improvements

• Compatible with Revit 2022

• Panel Updates when using BEAM Grasshopper Components

• Improved nested elements selection in RAY

• Fixed an issue with degenerate topography meshes from Revit

• URSA language compatibility improved

• Fixed Revit 2018 License issue

• Fixed Grasshopper baking first object missing

• UI adjustments

• Minor bug fixes

1.5

New Features

• Schedule and edit instanced blocks and curves/points

• Material Type Parameter assigned to Family in Revit

• Automatic Mark assignment to block instances and curve/points

• BLOCS

  • Blocks can be imported in Families, the definition geometry will be used.

• URSA

  • update Adaptive Components with Mark

• RAY

  • export Mark when exporting Adaptive Components

• Grasshopper

  • Bake to Layer

General Improvements

• New modern and reactive UI

• Improved stability

• Optimized Grasshopper Components

• Fixed a Dynamo incompatibility issue

• Faster geometry area check

• Fixed import units issue with RAY in Rhino.

• Cancel editing Parameters

• Fixed .beam file padding for unconventional machine environments

1.4

New Features

• Compatible with Rhino 7

• The following Categories will be imported as Loadable Families

  • Ceilings

  • Curtain Panels

  • Floors

  • Roofs

  • Stairs

  • Topography

  • Walls

• BEAM

  • Create Revit Materials from Rhino Materials

• BLOCS

  • Export and import multiple blocks types at the same time

  • Instantiate Rhino blocks parameters

  • New dialog with blocks previews

• RAY

  • Import Revit Materials and Parameters from Revit to Rhino

  • Pre select solid elements

  • Export in Shared Coordinates

General Improvements

• Quick buttons to assign Families and Materials

• Improved memory usage

• Speed and stability increased

• Fixed a bug related to Materials assigned to layers in Rhino

• Fixed a bug related to Revit Materials with invalid or uninitialized colours

• Fixed Curtain Panels Loadable families mirror with BLOCS

• Fixed Transfer Properties not applying subcategories to blocks

• Fixed a bug related to Shared Coordinates

• Fixed Curtain Panels showing twice in the dropdown

• Fixed bug in RAY when exporting edges inside families

• RAY will no longer show parameters with incompatible Categories

1.3

New Features:

• Compatible with Revit 2021

• Query now counts curves in Families

• Updated Custom Parameters Dialog with new format

• Edit Custom Parameters and remove multiple Custom Parameters.

• Rhino Materials are automatically assigned as BEAM materials.

• BEAM

  • Added option to force update system families.

• BLOCS

  • Rhino blocks are automatically assigned families

  • Blocks can be renamed using the Panel in Rhino

  • Select visible Blocks by block definition name

  • Added ability to import automatically while using BLOCS in Revit

  • System Families can be imported and placed using import feature

• RAY

  • Export adaptive components as polylines

General Improvements

• Revit Progress Bar stays always on top of Revit

• Minor bug fixes

1.2

New Features:

• Import using Shared Coordinates

General Improvements

• Minor bug fixes

• UI adjustments

• Fixed a bug exporting closed curves failing the beam export

• Fixed a localization problem in RAY preventing export

• Fixed Dynamo warnings about missing directories

• Improved high DPI screens compatibility

1.1

General Improvements

• Minor bug fixes

1.0

First stable release of BEAM!