EVOLVE Mechanical Customer Ideas
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Spool sheet annotations
I know I'm not the only one having to move every annotation tag in all 500 spools for a week. there has to be a way that these sheets can be created without having to ...
Dimensions In Iso Spool View
We should allow the ability to include dimensions in iso spool view. This is mostly used on piping where you may only put one view (an iso view) on the entire spool ...
Renumber configuration
We need to start at 1 for all package we make, that could be very interesting if it will be possible to have the option renumber Elements by package name in the User ...
Pre-Fab Manager Spool Filter
I just want to send in a suggestion to add to eVolve as I work 95% on spooling on the jobsite. As spools begin to populate, the time it takes to open the Pre-Fab ...
Ductwork Insulation
Give a setting to turn insulation or liner off Globally when you export an .maj for fabrication. Or just turn it off in general.
Would like Revit revisions integrated into Spool Manager
Would like the spool manager to integrate with Revit revisions so that the user can easily see, select and print the spools affected by the revision.
Adding field trim to pipe spools and PCF
We need a way to add field trim to spool drawings that will be exported with the PCF. Currently we have to run them through Acorn to add it to any pipes that have ...
Ability to change fabrication duct pressure classes during spooling/validation
Currently, we have to select a service, material and pressure class prior to drawing Fabrication duct. Once the duct is drawn, the user loses the ability to change ...
Need a way to export pipe to Watts
Would like to export pipe to the Watts pipe cutter
Specify View Title Type on Spool Sheet
We need the ability to specify the family type to use for our view titles on a spool sheet. Our larger drawings use a view title type with 1/4" text while our spool ...
Spooling text Library
Be able to have a text Library on the side to copy text around to label the spool.
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Add a "spool continuation tag" to the eVolve Mechanical Annotation tags
There are times where evolve doesnt always generate the best isometric views, and i will have to go in and create a new view. When i place that newly created window ...
Pattern Development Preview
We would like to see the option to preview the pattern development. Our designers use this feature to ensure that we are sending the most efficient fitting possible. ...
Spool Manager as Dockable Palette
I would like to have the spool manager as a dockable palette so I can always see my spools and interact with them on the fly without opening a separate dialog window.
Need a way to export pipe to Vernon
Would like to see an export to the Vernon pipe cutter
Reload One Fabrication Service
When adding or changing fitting in a service, it can take some time to reload the service after making changes in AutoCad. I would think reloading just the service ...
Filter Length of Fittings, Valves, Accessories from Length in Schedule
Currently any item that has a length dimension shows up in the Length Field of the Schedule. Only items that have a cut length should show. i.e. Pipe. This also ...
Prompt for Spool Name for Each Spool
Every time I define a spool I have to create the spool and hit finish and start defining another spool because I want to use custom names that correlate to the ...
Fabrication Pipe Length Nesting
A feature capable of referencing pipe sizes and cut lengths in a spool package and create a cut order to minimize overall pipe used for each size.
Possible to ...
Add a Hole to a Square Or Rectangle Piece of Duct
So you wouldn't need a separate fitting or CAMDuct to add a hole to a piece of duct.
Crop View to Selected Elements in Spools
If project requirements have site and basepoint far away from the modeling space this causes the tool to not generate views for the spooled elements. For projects ...
Multiple sheets and views with different tag types for each spool
We create a spooling sheet for fabrication and one for installation for each spool. it would be nice to automate both types. we'd like a sheet with the fabrication ...
Move the Disassemble button
I'd like the disassemble button moved so it isn't directly next to the edit assembly button.
Sometimes I'm not as accurate as I'd like to be and accidentally hit the ...
Typical Spools
Need eVolve to recognize when spools are identical or typical.
* Assemblies have the same spool number/name
* A note is placed on the spool saying that the spool is ...
Ability to show column references
They ability to reference the distance from two column lines at any given point of a spool within the spool sheet. This could possibly save time and make it easier ...
It would be nice to have a way to build and save a list of naming templates for spools
Would like the ability to build a naming sequence and store it so that I can recall it when I spool. For example, the naming sequence that I use is different for ...
Adding Do not Ask me again check box to spool prompts
The situation I have is we have a cloud model. 2 detailers working in that cloud model. One detailer is modeling and one detailer is making spools. The detailer that ...
Need the ability to select an end point for autospool
If you do not want to spool the entire run, you cannot use auto spool.
MEP Flange Question
My question is when producing a report, the schedule does not compute the overall length of the flange. It only display the flange body itself.
For example, a 6" ...
Feature to turn off automatically updating spools
We are having an issue when the message comes up asking "Should the newly merged parts be added to the existing spool (xxxx)?" with parts that should not be part of ...