Xinaps Support

Version 1.4.5 - performance enhancements

25 August 2017

• Added a performance increase in calculating window-to-floor and window-to-wall ratios for a selection of just one or more rooms, floors or areas.
• Enhanced creation of filled regions of daylight areas for windows.

Version 1.4.0 - window-to-wall area ratios

6 April 2017

• Window to wall (window to façade) ratios are being calculated as well.
  Per orientation, per room/area/floorlevel, the window to wall ratio will be calculated, and shown in an overview.
• Spandrel panels are supported.
  You can add a second (spandrel or solid) material which will be exluded from the glazing area.
• With on click in the “window” list, you can create a front elevation view or window section view in Revit. The elevation or section view contains the calculated glazing area in a filled region, and an information tag of the window/door/curtain wall instance.
• Max distance between glass panes and room/area boundaries is added, which gives you the flexibility to edit the accuracy to find the surrounding glass areas. Distance of 2 feet / 60 cm is advised.
• Autodesk Revit 2018 is now supported.
• Linked models and design options are now fully supported.
• “Highlight in model” now also works with linked models
• Solved issue when the glazing materials (defined in settings) are not found in the model.
• Solved issue when getting and setting daylight parameters when windows are placed in groups.
• Various enhancements for daylight calculations.

Version 1.3.0 - Update

19 December 2016

• The Plug-In can now operate next to Revit, so you can handle both applications at the same time next to each other.
• Update with performance enhancements.
• With one click of the button you can now quickly create an Elevation view of every window calculated.

Version 1.2.8 - Daylight per Area plan

Version 1.2.5 - Update

31 August 2016

• Update and multi language support

Version 1.2.4 - Update

10 June 2016

• Update with performance enhancements and new features.

Version 1.2.2 - Calculation settings

1 April 2016

• New Window Legend which automatically list all found glass panels in your building model. It includes a list of windows, doors, and curtain panels.
• Added calculation settings
  • The daylight area and daylight ratio can be calculated per floor level.
  • You can specify your own "glass" material name which will be used for the daylight ratio calculation.
  • a Minimum height above floor can be defined. All glass area below this height is going to be excluded from the calculation.
    UK right of light default = 600 mm.
  • The thickness of the glazing bead can be defined. Based on this value, the glazing area of each panel will be offset.
  • Option to include or exclude interior glazing (interior windows, doors and curtain panels) for calculating the glass area.
  • Added the Dutch (NL) Alpha and Bèta values to calculate the "Equivalent daglichtoppervlakte" according to NEN 2057.
    It automatically converts the alpha and beta to a schaduwreductiefactor.
  • Option to include the visual light transparency property of each glass. By default the "Transparency" of the shading graphics of the material is used.
• New visualisations with a floor plan overview of rooms meeting or not meeting the required daylight ratio.
• Added "Autofill required values" based on a set of predefined room names.

Version 1.2 - Xinaps Release