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gModeller Changelog

What's new in gModeller 1.9.5

Apr 10, 2015
  • Sync Geometry has been improved. This means if you make changes to your model after you have textured it, such as moving windows or doors, you can use Sync Geometry to update the gModeller gbXML file without retexturing.
  • A button for Sync Geometry has been added to the gModeller toolbar.
  • Space Selection has been improved to detect fully enclosed spaces, including more abnormal shapes and designs.
  • Join Close Points has been added. This closes small gaps (under 1cm) within your model that may have occured during the modelling process. This is available in the Plugin Menu within SketchUp.
  • Repair Model feature has been added. Repair Model will take your current model, save it and re-create it, eliminating any additional surfaces and points in your model. This is available in the Plugin Menu within SketchUp.
  • Paint Detected Spaces‘ runs the space detection and draws the floor of every detected space yellow, making any problem spaces visible in green. This is available in the Plugin Menu within SketchUp.
  • Export function changed.
  • Stability improved.

New in gModeller 1.6 (Apr 10, 2015)

  • Energy+ Support:
  • With the Energy+ extension to SketchUp you can now model your building in Google SketchUp, add building properties using gModeller and then perform an energy analysis of the model using Energy+, directly from within SketchUp. You can also export an Energy+ IDF file in order to carry out more advanced Energy+ analyses on your model, and this can be used in a number of Energy+ focused downstream tools. This is in addition to being able to export your SketchUp model as gbXML which can be used in a large variety of downstream analysis tools!
  • The Energy+ extension to gModeller is still at a Beta level of development, and is not quite complete yet. This means that the functionality is not fully complete, and at the moment provides support for model geometry and constructions, we are still working on implementing system handling and other functionality required to carry out a full Energy+ analysis. Because the Energy+ extension is still in beta, it may contain some bugs and other small glitches when analysing models. However, we are really excited about this functionality in gModeller and thought we would share it with you. We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions on this, and we will be updating gModeller with more fully featured Energy+ features soon.
  • Other Updates:
  • Improved gbXML import – importing gbXML in gModeller is now faster, and more reliable on both Windows and Mac OS X.
  • Improved surface attribution materials – we’ve updated the building surface attribution materials in gModeller and fixed some issues with these in Mac OS X.
  • Slight user interface changes.
  • Fixed some issues with logging in and out of gModeller.
  • Added more constructions and materials to the Construction library section – this is important for Energy+ support!