Speckel Updates Archive

2024 Updates

Updates are made frequently or as required to fix bugs or provide feature enhancements. The list below represents resolved items issued as support tickets.

ID	Date	Ref	Type	Status
24.29	04.11	PV System Size	Update	Stated PV System size unit updated in report.
24.28	30.10	Select Tool	Enhancement	New feature to select aspects in 3D modelling.
24.27	10.10	J4 Building Fabric	Enhancement	New feature to provide J4 Building Fabric workflow.
24.26	01.10	Total R-value Results	Update	Update to show preview of Total R-value results
24.25	23.09	Humidistat	Enhancement	New feature to controls relative humidity in the zone during preliminary zone sizing.
24.24	23.09	3D modelling (Preview)	Enhancement	New feature to import gbXML.
24.23	09.09	Split A Zones	Enhancement	New feature to split zones.
24.22	28.08	Opaque Doors	Update	Update to opaque door colour to make more
24.21	19.08	Heated Floors	Enhancement	New feature to add heated floors into J1V3 workflow.
24.20	19.08	Single Sign-on	Enhancement	New Single Sign-on feature.
24.19	03.05	Results Viewer - Shading and Underlays	Enhancement	New feature to provide greater control to hide geometry and underlays when viewing daylight results.
24.18	28.03	Clerestory Window Shading	Update	Update to fix shading bug for glazing triangulation.
24.17	18.03	Reporting	Enhancement	New feature to provide wider reporting preferences.
24.16	18.03	Groups	Enhancement	New feature to combine Zones into Groups to improve reporting clarity.
24.15	13.03	Opaque Doors	Update	Minimum Total R-value of 0.15 m²K/W adopted.
24.14	07.03	Sensible Loads	Enhancement	Sensible loads added to cooling results.
24.13	07.03	Infiltration	Update	Infiltration m³/m².hr updated to account for gains and losses.
24.12	29.02	Daylight - Internal Glazing	Update	Internal glazing updated to transmit daylight.
24.11	28.02	Direct Daylight Settings	Update	Added Direct Sampling, Direct Thresholding, Direct Certainty, Direct Presampling Density and Grouped Ambient Cache for Daylight Factor simulations.
24.10	21.02	VM1 PDF	Update	Added specific NZ reporting requirements.
24.9	12.02	Hide Tags and Check Points	Enhancement	New setting to hide Tags and Check Points in Drawing Space.
24.8	07.02	Custom Convergence Settings	Enhancement	New Custom Convergence Settings feature to enable Loads Convergence, Temperature Convergence and Maximum Warmup Days.
24.7	06.02	Flip	Enhancement	New Flip (Vertical and Horizontal) added to Drawings space.
24.6	25.01	NZ Transition Dates	Update	Removed outdated transition dates for H1.
24.5	22.01	Enhanced Reflectivity and Grids	Enhancement	New multi surface reflectivity and grid approach.
24.4	19.01	Ground Floor Reflectivity	Update	Fixed ground floor reflectivity to generate more accurate results.
24.3	19.01	Slider Units	Enhancement	Updated Shading Offset slider units to 5 meters.
24.2	16.01	Slider Units	Enhancement	Updated Designer slider min and max units.
24.1	10.01	Graphs	Enhancement	Updated Zone Load and other graphs to wider view.

2023 Updates

ID	Date	Ref	Type	Status
23.3	16.12	NCC DTS Internal Glazing	Update	Updated NCC DTS provision to include a revised option for internal glazing.
23.2	09.12	Warm Roofs	Enhancement	Updated roofs to accept inputs for warm roofs.
23.1	05.12	UDI limits	Enhancement	Expanded min and max limits on sliders for UDI.