New features, user friendly interface, strength calculations.

1. Vertex BD 2014
Vertex Systems Oy

2. Vertex BD 2014
New Features in version 2014
 Context sensitive menu
 Object tree view
 New UI for window and door libraries
 Frame design on context sensitive menu
 Truss frame generator
 Renewed rendering
 Minor, but significant enhancements
 Truss Engineering
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3. Context Sensitive Menu

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Context sensitive menu, why
 Users are familiar with it – make easier to start with Vertex
 Focus in object which is modified
 Less movements between toolbar menus
 Intuitive, guides you through what can be done to the object – easier to learn
 Makes possible totally new methods in UI development
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Context sensitive menu, what has been done
 Old functions are still available in toolbar menu and they are similar than in earlier
version
 When nothing is selected, there is mainly add function in context menu (right mouse
click)
 When component or grip point of component is selected, context menu shows functions
than can be used for component or edge of component
 Context sensitive menu is the same, regardless of where it is opened: from
drawing, model or object tree
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Context sensitive menu, wall as a example
Wall selected
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Wall layer
selected
Edge of wall
layer selected
End of wall
selected

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Context sensitive menu, panelizing tools are now uniform
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Wall selected
Floor, ceiling or roof selected

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Context sensitive menu, uniform framing tools
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Wall panel selected
Floor, ceiling or roof
selected
Floor, ceiling or roof
panel selected

9. Object Tree View

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Object Tree View, why
 Visibility management of model has been one of the top features in our customers wish
list. Object tree view is Vertex answer!
 Object tree view is one view to project and creates new possibilities to modify
components and manage visibility of them
 Main reason for development has been to improve tools to hide and unhide components
– single or multiple
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Object Tree View, what has been done
 New object tree view is all the time available
 All components are shown in tree view
 Components are sorted by component type and relations of them
 Floor is one level in hierarchy
 Selection from tree view are exactly same than selection from model or
drawing
 Context sensitive menu of object is same regardless of where it was
selected
 On top of the tree view is visibility filter, which can be used show only
some parts in model or drawing. In addition of those, there is also
available normal standard hiding tools to hide components one by one or
by branch or by selecting multiple components.
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12. New graphic window and door library interface

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UI improvement, New Window and Door Library Interface
 Opening libraries are using now new component browser
 New library is visual. Window and doors are selected based in preview image created
from 3D model -> easy and fast to find object wanted
 When object is selected, properties can be edited in same dialog. It’s also possible to
add opening directly to model without editing properties of them.
 It’s possible to classify object in library by type or group them by selection class field in
library
 If there is different types grouped with same classification of selection type, one item as
shown in browser as a representation of group. When group branch is opened in browser
tree, all items are shown in browser.
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UI improvement, New Window and Door Library Interface
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15. Frame design, framing tools are similar now

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Connecting framing tools for horizontal structures are similar with walls
 Framing tools how they are connected to structure and how they are managed and
modified are made uniform for different object types
 Changes are made to improve usability and maintenance
 Framing tools can be now defined for horizontal structures same way with walls in library.
Library interfaces are still different, but will be make similar in future.
 Custom update tools will do necessary changes to libraries automatically. More detailed
information will be available in version 2014 manual
 In version 2014 floor, ceiling and roof framing can be generated similar with walls many
layers at the same time. Framing tools are defined layer by layer. Different layer can
have different tools. When generating parts of structure, parts of all layers are generated
at the same time. This makes generation and modification process faster for multilayer
structures.
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17. Truss Generator

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Truss Generator
 Intelligent truss frame generation tool
 Add vertical on ridge, in angle of top/bottom chord, at the support, at connecting
truss
 User can select spacing, profile size (web, top/bottom chord, ties), web and ties start
from and generation rules like web face direction
 Default setting can saved easily to library using same interface
 Supports different shapes of trusses
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Truss Generator
User can define ties
Single or double
end
Verticals at
support
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Web direction face
up/down, start from
top/bottom

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Truss Generator, Truss generator dialog
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Truss Generator, Truss generator dialog, frame rules
Profiles and location of tyes
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Generation rules

22. Renewed rendering

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Renewed rendering
 New ways to define lights: Image based lighting, area light, indirect lighting are now
available
 More photorealism
 Indirect lighting will raise quality of the inside perspective pictures to new level
 Soft and transparent shadows
 Easy way to save and load rendering environsment
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Renewed rendering
 Rendering material editing is now simple and easy
 Editing single material and mass editing has been improved
 Rendering materials utilize properties of siding (rise of one board and direction) –
rendering textures are parametric -> modifications and maintenance are easier
 New parametric rendering materials for paints and wooden sidings and roof
 Related to rendering, improvement in component presentation
 Profiles: Texture of section can be different than long edge
 Accurate machine seamed steel roof shape of tile roof
 Accurate wall shape of siding support now with curved shapes
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Rendering improvements, new materials
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Rendering improvements, new paints, varying glossiness
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Rendering improvements, accurate roof shapes
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28. Version 2014 rendering examples using default
settings

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32. Minor, but significant enhancements
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Rotate model with middle button of mouse
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Rotating of model is now faster and better
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Ctrl+A, selection before pressing Ctrl+A is used as filtering criteria –
only same types are allowed for selection

33. Truss Engineering

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Truss Engineering
 It’s possible to use framing rules for opening, set up lintel defaults for different opening
widths
 Truss exports
 Envelope to Truss D&E
 Enveloper to Mitek 20/20
 Truss imports
 Members from Truss D&E
 Members and truss envelopes from Keymark
 Frame Export
 IFC, walls, floors, ceiling, roofs, openings, panels, trusses, connectors, profiles, sheet
s
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 Staad Pro Export, profiles in ascii file format (some model modification is required

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Truss Engineering
 Vertex will publish truss engineering for Australian market in early 2014. Truss
engineering at that time will contain support for Australian building code
 Vertex plan is to develop Eurocode support for truss engineering during year 2014.
Release date will be informed later on.
 There exists national annex in every country in Europe. First annex supported will be UK
national annex.
 Truss supported at beginning are in plane trusses.
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Truss Engineering, Design Criterias
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Truss Engineering, Truss Design Results
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Truss Engineering, Truss Design Results
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Truss Engineering, Single Member Results View
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Truss Engineering, Single Member Results View
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41. Thank you!
Спасибо!