Version 1.2.20

1.2.20 Release - Jul 23

Residential Building Features

• Specify corridor ventilation types (natural or mechanical) for residential towers to control unit distribution patterns and optimise building design.

• Define unit attractors within floorplates to influence the placement of specific unit types and achieve desired layouts.

• Zones and spaces in unit templates are now merged, simplifying unit type assignments.

• Specify the exact number of units for point towers during site planning, enabling Podium to automatically generate towers meeting specific unit count requirements.

Industrial Building Features

• Create single-story data centres directly within the site space, allowing for efficient integration of data centre infrastructure into project designs.

• Design single-story warehouses with configurable layouts, including office spaces, loading docks, and parking areas.

• Select and edit individual floor functions for generic buildings, enabling more detailed and accurate representation of building usage.

Structural Features

• Enhanced column placement logic allows architects to express design preferences while providing structural engineers with flexibility to optimise column layouts based on beam length thresholds. This feature improves collaboration and ensures structural integrity.

Site Features

• Streamlined space creation flow in the spatial editor provides a more intuitive and efficient user experience.

• Create zones by referencing the footprint of any site element, including buildings, planning envelopes, and the entire site, enabling faster and more flexible zone creation.

• Use backend offset algorithms for consistent and accurate offsets of zones, matching the planning envelope setback feature.

• Improved inward offset calculations for convex polygons with reflex angles ensure accurate representation of offset elements.

• View scenario comparison tables in full screen by hiding the web diagram, improving visibility and comparison capabilities on smaller screens.

• Updated object library thumbnails provide clearer visuals for object selection.

Other Features

• Active Directory (AD) login integration streamlines user authentication for organisations using AD, enhancing security and simplifying access management.

Bug Fixes

Residential Building Fixes

• Fixed an issue where default unit mix displayed six unit templates and a total percentage exceeding 100%.

• Resolved a problem where internal corner units were not generated when the ventilation type was set to mechanical.

• Fixed a bug where unit template names containing \"Podium\" were automatically set as default templates, regardless of the actual default setting.

• Fixed a bug that prevented saving, creating, or editing new units.

Industrial Building Fixes

• Fixed the \"SpatialEquipmentGeneratorSolver\" error that occurred when editing double-loaded industrial buildings.

• Fixed an issue with point tower option being enabled for industrial projects when it should only be available for residential projects.

• Corrected the placement of clashing distribution elements under the core zone in modular industrial buildings.

• Fixed a bug where updates to floor count in point towers were not reflected after solving the model.

• Resolved an issue where the “solve” option reappeared after solving a point tower and made redundant API calls.

• Addressed a \"Podium solver\" error that appeared when increasing podium floors after placing a landscape area.

• Fixed the display of \"NaN\" for minimum and maximum floor counts in scenario overview metrics.

• Resolved an issue in modular industrial buildings where LFRS errors were displayed when the ramp was moved from its default position.

• Addressed an issue where an error was displayed after L1 solving a modular industrial building that had been updated in the site view.

Structural Fixes

• Fixed multiple bugs related to dependency graph errors and incorrect orientation of slab and wall elements in certain models.

• Resolved a backend error in the roof parking solver that occurred with rotated ramp orientations.

• Fixed a structural staircase solver error encountered when solving stairs in Type 8 models with heavy loads.

Site Fixes

• Fixed an issue with duplicate storeys appearing in the storey criteria panel for basements and podiums.

• Resolved a bug where root nodes were not deleted after removing a building.

• Corrected the incorrect placement of corridor labels in the floorplate editor.

• Fixed a bug preventing the generation of site analysis reports for industrial projects.

• The multi-storey car park object has been removed due to redundancy and superseded functionality in the generic building object.

• Fixed a bug where the solver placed rooms under ramp slopes and within ramp voids on the ground level.

Other Fixes

• Improved the engineering config manager table for better usability.

• Added functionality to add and remove lift clusters in the building layout editor.

• Resolved an issue where the applied storey information was incorrect for refuge storeys.

• Corrected the colour indication for data centres, warehouses, and ramp-up factories, which were all showing as white.

• Fixed embodied carbon values not being displayed for structural elements in modular industrial buildings.

• Addressed limited access to dropdown options in individual storey criteria for podiums and basements.

• Resolved an issue where navigating from site space to building space via a workflow interrupted automation.

• Fixed various issues in borehole criteria, including incorrect default values and enabled options.

• Addressed problems with supplier opportunities and product profiles showing \"Error Fetching Data\".

• Resolved a validation message error occurring when users attempted to log in using SSO.

• Fixed issues with the organisational settings users page, including broken links, missing information, and sorting problems.

• Fixed display issues with units and decimal places in various parts of the application.

• Fixed an issue with supplier contact details not showing in product profiles.

• Resolved an issue with the company profile page not loading correctly.

• Fixed an issue where the undefined space colour appeared white in the dropdown but grey in the model.

• Resolved a bug where all options were not accessible in dropdowns within individual storey criteria of podium and basement.