Announced on the MagiCAD blog:
“The deliveries of the new MagiCAD 2019 have begun. The new version offers an extensive selection of new functions and improved workflows for making Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) design faster and easier. MagiCAD 2019 supports the latest Autodesk platforms Revit 2019 and AutoCAD 2019.
Among the highlights of the new release, MagiCAD 2019 for Revit introduces MagiCAD’s own Clash Detection tool on Revit platform, enabling live and on-demand detection of hard and soft clashes in your entire Revit project. In ventilation design, the new version enables air devices to be connected to the network using rectangular ducts. Further, the length of the final duct segment can now be automatically corrected in BOMs to the nearest longer standard length and equipped with a loose flange.
The new MagiCAD for Revit also offers extended standards support for domestic hot water calculations and enables sprinklers to be connected to the network using flexible pipes. For electrical design, MagiCAD 2019 for Revit offers multiple improvements, including summarisation of power loads from spaces to switchboards and calculation of wire lengths based on the Revit model.
MagiCAD 2019 for AutoCAD provides more advanced automation for Running Index based on user-defined validity settings, and at the same time introduces the upgraded Change Properties tool which enables improved property search, object filtering and editing of multiple properties simultaneously. The new option of hiding underlying objects behind dimension texts provides the user with more control over the readability of plan drawings. In electrical design, the number of devices and the longest branch can now be calculated also in low-voltage (LV) and extra-low voltage (ELV) circuits.
MagiCAD automates many complex and time-consuming design tasks, saving time in day-to-day design work, and shortening the total project run-through times on average by 30% or more.
MagiCAD 2019 for Revit – New features:
- Support for Autodesk Revit 2017-2019
- MagiCAD Clash Detection – A new tool for live and on-demand clash detection in your entire Revit project
- Summarisation of power loads from spaces to switchboards
- Calculation of wire lengths based on the model
- More efficient updating of cable packet data
- Improved interface for DIALux export and import
- Creating custom conduits in the dataset
- Extended standards support for domestic hot water calculations
- Connecting air devices to the network using rectangular ducts
- Installation and use of manufacturer-specific distribution boxes
- Calculation of the correct length of the final duct segment in BOMs
- Selecting shared parameters for schematics symbols in the dataset
- Design and calculation of sprinkler systems using flexible pipes
- Defining custom hazard classes for sprinkler systems
- Defining provisions for Builders Work openings into curved walls
- Central management of all project-related data in IFC Export
MagiCAD 2019 for AutoCAD – New features:
- Support for Autodesk AutoCAD 2015-2019
- Defining value range and validity settings for Running Index
- Calculation of the number of devices and the longest branch in low-voltage and extra-low voltage circuits
- Upgraded Change Properties tool
- Defining custom hazard classes for sprinkler systems
- Using connection nodes in circuit design
- Hiding underlying objects behind dimension texts
MagiCAD enables MEP design using Europe’s largest product model database, featuring over 1,000,000 actual products and product variants from 250 leading manufacturers across the world. Each model within the database comes complete with accurate dimensions and comprehensive technical data. MagiCAD offers localisation for different country-specific standards, and it is used by contractors and designers in projects in over 80 countries across the world.”
