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# 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](/support-and-training/support-tickets.md).

<table><thead><tr><th width="96">ID</th><th width="89">Date</th><th width="166">Ref</th><th width="136">Type</th><th>Status</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>24.29</td><td>04.11</td><td>PV System Size</td><td>Update</td><td>Stated PV System size unit updated in report.</td></tr><tr><td>24.28</td><td>30.10</td><td>Select Tool</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New feature to select aspects in 3D modelling.</td></tr><tr><td>24.27</td><td>10.10</td><td>J4 Building Fabric</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New feature to provide J4 Building Fabric workflow. </td></tr><tr><td>24.26</td><td>01.10</td><td>Total R-value Results</td><td>Update</td><td>Update to show preview of Total R-value results</td></tr><tr><td>24.25</td><td>23.09</td><td>Humidistat</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New feature to controls relative humidity in the zone during preliminary zone sizing.</td></tr><tr><td>24.24</td><td>23.09</td><td>3D modelling (Preview)</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New feature to import gbXML. </td></tr><tr><td>24.23</td><td>09.09</td><td>Split A Zones</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New feature to split zones. </td></tr><tr><td>24.22</td><td>28.08</td><td>Opaque Doors</td><td>Update</td><td>Update to opaque door colour to make more </td></tr><tr><td>24.21</td><td>19.08</td><td>Heated Floors</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New feature to add heated floors into J1V3 workflow. </td></tr><tr><td>24.20</td><td>19.08</td><td>Single Sign-on</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New Single Sign-on feature. </td></tr><tr><td>24.19</td><td>03.05</td><td>Results Viewer - Shading and Underlays</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New feature to provide greater control to hide geometry and underlays when viewing daylight results.</td></tr><tr><td>24.18</td><td>28.03</td><td>Clerestory Window Shading</td><td>Update</td><td>Update to fix shading bug for glazing triangulation.</td></tr><tr><td>24.17</td><td>18.03</td><td>Reporting</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New feature to provide wider reporting preferences. </td></tr><tr><td>24.16</td><td>18.03</td><td>Groups</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New feature to combine Zones into Groups to improve reporting clarity. </td></tr><tr><td>24.15</td><td>13.03</td><td>Opaque Doors</td><td>Update</td><td>Minimum Total R-value of 0.15 m²K/W adopted. </td></tr><tr><td>24.14</td><td>07.03</td><td>Sensible Loads</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>Sensible loads added to cooling results.</td></tr><tr><td>24.13</td><td>07.03</td><td>Infiltration </td><td>Update</td><td>Infiltration m³/m².hr updated to account for gains and losses.</td></tr><tr><td>24.12</td><td>29.02</td><td>Daylight - Internal Glazing</td><td>Update</td><td>Internal glazing updated to transmit daylight. </td></tr><tr><td>24.11</td><td>28.02</td><td>Direct Daylight Settings</td><td>Update</td><td>Added Direct Sampling, Direct Thresholding, Direct Certainty, Direct Presampling Density and Grouped Ambient Cache for Daylight Factor simulations. </td></tr><tr><td>24.10</td><td>21.02</td><td>VM1 PDF</td><td>Update</td><td>Added specific NZ reporting requirements. </td></tr><tr><td>24.9</td><td>12.02</td><td>Hide Tags and Check Points</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New setting to hide Tags and Check Points in Drawing Space. </td></tr><tr><td>24.8</td><td>07.02</td><td>Custom Convergence Settings</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New Custom Convergence Settings feature to enable Loads Convergence, Temperature Convergence and Maximum Warmup Days. </td></tr><tr><td>24.7</td><td>06.02</td><td>Flip</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New Flip (Vertical and Horizontal) added to Drawings space. </td></tr><tr><td>24.6</td><td>25.01</td><td>NZ Transition Dates</td><td>Update</td><td>Removed outdated transition dates for H1.</td></tr><tr><td>24.5</td><td>22.01</td><td>Enhanced Reflectivity and Grids </td><td>Enhancement</td><td>New multi surface reflectivity and grid approach. </td></tr><tr><td>24.4</td><td>19.01</td><td>Ground Floor Reflectivity</td><td>Update</td><td>Fixed ground floor reflectivity to generate more accurate results.</td></tr><tr><td>24.3</td><td>19.01</td><td>Slider Units</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>Updated Shading Offset slider units to 5 meters.</td></tr><tr><td>24.2</td><td>16.01</td><td>Slider Units</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>Updated Designer slider min and max units.</td></tr><tr><td>24.1</td><td>10.01</td><td>Graphs</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>Updated Zone Load and other graphs to wider view.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## 2023 Updates

<table><thead><tr><th width="96">ID</th><th width="88">Date</th><th width="161">Ref</th><th width="143">Type</th><th>Status</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>23.3</td><td>16.12</td><td>NCC DTS Internal Glazing</td><td>Update</td><td>Updated NCC DTS provision to include a revised option for internal glazing.</td></tr><tr><td>23.2</td><td>09.12</td><td>Warm Roofs</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>Updated roofs to accept inputs for warm roofs.</td></tr><tr><td>23.1</td><td>05.12</td><td>UDI limits</td><td>Enhancement</td><td>Expanded min and max limits on sliders for UDI.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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