v8.3.β.0

BHoM

Feature

• LifeCycleAssessment_oM: Add support for A5

BHoM_Datasets

Compliance

• Reserialisation and version of all datasets

BHoM_Engine

Feature

• Geometry_Engine: free floating features centralised
• Geometry_Engine: HashArray method added for BoundingBox and Plane
• Geometry_Engine: Support for NURBS extended a lot
• Serialiser_Engine: Add serialisation/deserialisation for Complex numbers
  • Added Serialisation and Deserialisation methods for Complex numbers;
  • Added ParseComplex method;

Bug

• Facade_Engine: Added tolerance to bounds check for IsAdjacent Method
• Facade_Engine: Updated FrameEdge GenMaterialTakeoff to return for null FrameEdgeProperty
• Geometry_Engine: fallback overload of CurveIntersections added

Compliance

• Geometry_Engine: Fix complaince issue with IntSurfLine method sitting in the IntegrateRegion cile

Documentation

• Fix descriptions for various
  • Updated descriptions for various projects across BHoM_Engine.
• Geometry_Engine: Add full documentation to geometry engine

Test-script

• Geometry_Engine: UTs tweaked to stop the bot from complaining

BHoM_UI

Compliance

• Fix documentation compliance in UI_Engine

Clipper_Toolkit

Feature

• Add IsContaining method for polyline pairs
• Add methods for co-planar polylines

ETABS_Toolkit

Bug

• Fix Interoperability Issues with ETABS 22
  • Replaced reference from CSiAPIv1 v1.0.0 to v2.8.0
  • Added EtabsVersion Enum in ETABS_OM and added it as property of the EtabsSettings Class
  • Added switch case statement in the ETABS Adapter class to determine which executable filepath to use depending on the etabs version chosen by the user.

Excel_UI

Bug

• Restore internalised objects
  • Updated the type for the returned object to ensure compatibility during deserialization.

Grasshopper_UI

Feature

• Add Complex support in Grasshopper UI
  • Added support for Complex numbers to be viewed in Grasshopper.

GSA_Toolkit

Bug

• Change BarDisplacement unit factor
  • Updated BarDisplacement unit factor.

External-api-changes

• Change solution for NonLinearStatic AnalysisType for GSA10
  • Addedd NL_STATIC used in NonLinearStatic AnalysisType for GSA10, which means that it comes in as a normal nonlinear static analysis task in GSA instead of nonlinear static (explicit).

LadybugTools_Toolkit

Bug

• Fix error where setting dbt and relative humidity for an external comfort would break wind speed

External-api-changes

• Supported Pollination version changed from 1.46.0 to 1.65.10
  • Supported Pollination version changed from 1.46.0 to 1.65.10.

LifeCycleAssessment_Toolkit

Feature

• Add support for A5 computations

Compliance

• Reserialisation and version of all datasets

Lusas_Toolkit

Feature

• Add support for Lusas v22.0
  • Added corresponding interop into the libs folder
  • Created debug and release configurations for v220
  • Added references where needed

Bug

• Set default build configs for debug/release to highest tested version
  • Changed default build configuration for debug/build to highest tested version (22.0)

MidasCivil_Toolkit

Feature

• Pull Results Midas Civil NX
  • Created a new helper method that formats and breaks down API result requests and responses.
  • Redirected ResultRequests to the new helper method for version NX.
  • Added new conversion methods for results based on the new format.
  • Added versioning to GetObjectId and GetLoadcaseID to ensure they have the right format for filtering requests.
  • Added errors for empty or bad requests.
  • Added support for the BarDivision filter
  • Added 9.5.5.nx versioning
  • Added layer filter
• Update the push/pull of TaperedProfile
  • Updates the way TaperedProfile is pushed and pulled from MidasCivil. An additional parameter has been added to TAPERED, this is from at least MidasCivil 2023 v1.1 (9.4.0).

Psychrometrics_Toolkit

Bug

• Fixed SaturatedVapourPressureWater units and removed warning

Python_Toolkit

Bug

• Fixed incorrect kernel directory location check

Revit_Toolkit

Feature

• LinkedElementsInView - spatial elements fix
• Add full Pile conversion support

  • New Features

  • Added full bidirectional conversion support for BH.oM.Physical.Elements.Pile elements;
  • Implemented pointbased family instance placement for pile foundations;
  • Created pilespecific profile extraction with multiple fallback strategies;
  • Added intelligent profile detection from parameter names and family naming conventions.

  • Enhanced Methods

  • Extended BHoMType recognition to support Pile elements via builtin categories and StructuralType.Footing
  • Added LocationCurvePile method for pilespecific geometry extraction
  • Created PileFramingElementProperty method with enhanced profile extraction capabilities
• Enable ParameterElement to be Pulled from model
  • Added ParameterElementFromRevit conversion method.
  • Added BHoMType method to support type mapping for ParameterElement.
• Revit Adapter – New Actions via CustomCommand
  • Introduced CustomCommand with parameters: "BHoMObjects" and "IsLazy"
  • BHoMObjects: stores selected BHoM objects on the client side (e.g., Excel), enabling execution of actions on the server side (e.g., Revit)
  • IsLazy (type: bool): determines whether to execute a command without opening a transaction
  • CustomCommands are stored in m_RevitCustomCommands within RevitListenerAdapter

  • Test files:

  • On SharePoint.

Bug

• Query.Space - improve performance for linked spaces
• Compilation issues fixed
• Hermite spline convert bug fixed
• Improper Conversion Of Revit Door To oM Door
• Issues related to nurbs outlines fixed
• Null reference bug on family update fixed
• Temp fix to avoid exceptions for PadFoundation and PileFoundation

Compliance

• Beta compliance fixes

RFEM6_Toolkit

Feature

• Define which model should be pushed or pulled
  • Updated RFEM6Adapter constructor to accept an optional filePath parameter and improved model connection handling, including more robust checks for application state and model opening behavior.
  • Ensured that model connection logic is more robust.
• Push Loads with Multiple Directions
  • Refactored load creation logic for improved maintainability and clarity.
  • Enhanced support for bar UDLs (Uniformly Distributed Loads) with multiple directions: loads are now automatically split and reassembled as required during the push process.
  • Improved handling and processing of loads in RFEM6 integration, reducing the need for manual intervention.

Bug

• Fail to Push Panels
  • Updated comparison method for a Panel;

Robot_Toolkit

Uncategorised

• Fix LoadCombination Update method and restore Create method functionality in Robot_Adapter

Versioning_Toolkit

Bug

• Remove Lusas altconfigs that were removed from the installer
  • Removed altconfigs from the versioning dataset as they have been removed from the installer (Lusas v20.0 and below)

Test-script

• 8.2 check datasets added and tests updated to include 8.2