Changelog
Latest BEAM updates
New Features
- Export / Import in Project Base Point
- Select Project Location to Export / Import
- 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.
- Several bug fixes and improvements
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
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
General Improvements
- Minor bug fixes
First stable release of BEAM!
Last modified 11d ago