VicoOffice December R5.2MR1 ReleaseNotes 2015

Vico OfficeR5.2 MR1

Release Notes

December

2015

Vico Office R5.2 MR1 Release Notes

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Table of Contents

Vico Office R5.2 MR1 Release Notes 1

The Golden Rule of Upgrades - Back up all existing projects 1

Previous version files 1

Disk cleanup precautions 1

Anti-virus software 1

Installation 2

Networking 2

Administrative rights 2

The versant database 2

BIM connections 2

Feature Additions 3

3D View 3

4D Explorer 3

Cost Planner 4

ConstructabilityManager 4

Document Controller 4

LBS Manager 6

Model Register 7

Publishers 8

Report Designer 8

Tag Editor 9

Takeoff Manager / Takeoff Pad 9

Vico Office Client 9

Work Package Manager 11

Defect Resolutions 14

3D View 14

4D Player 14

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ConstructabilityManager 14

Cost Planner 15

Document Controller 15

Excel Importer 16

Installer 16

LBS Manager 17

Localization 17

Model register 17

Publisher / Importer 18

Report editor 19

Schedule planner 20

Tag Editor 20

Takeoff manager 21

Vico Office client 22

WinEst integration 22

Known Issues 23

Cost explorer 23

Derived Elements 23

Document controller 23

Publishers 23

Takeoff manager 25

Vico Project Server (vps) 25

Winest integration 25

Trimble GC/CM Division, Support Services 26


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Welcome to Vico Office! These notes include detailed insight for users upgrading to Vico Office R5.2 MR1.You will find details about new functions, fixed functions, known issues and best practices for using theprogram. This document should be read and understood by all users of Vico

TheGolden Rule of Upgrades - Back up all existing projects

It is fundamentally important that all existing projects get backed up before upgrading to a new install-ation of Vico Office. Deployment environments can vary greatly and the safest way to mitigate any dataloss occurring during an upgrade is to back up all of your projects before any new installation of VicoOffice.

Previous version files

All models that are part of projects that were created prior to Vico Office R4.0 have been deactivated toapply a quantity calculation improvement. This applies to all projects located on the Vico Project Server.Models created in these earlier versions of Vico Office need to be reactivated after opening the projectfor the first time.

Disk cleanup precautions

When running standard Windows Disk Cleanup, or other similar applications to free up disk space, it isalmost certain that all .log files will be deleted from your system. While most Windows .log files areexpendable, the Versant database logs are not!

Permanently deleting them from your systemwill destroy your Vico Office projects.

Anti-virus software

Some Anti-Virus software blocks or slows down the communication between Vico Office and the Vico Pro-ject Server. Exceptions should be added to the Anti-Virus software settings to prevent this – see page 18of the Vico Office Installation Guide for these settings.


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Installation

Networking

IMPORTANT: When you use Vico Office in a configuration with separate server and client, make surethat both server and client(s) systems are updated to the latest version of Vico Office.

Administrative rights

Installation of Vico Office requires administrator rights and elevated access rights in cases where UserAccount Controls (UAC) are enabled; UACs may need to be modified, or turned off, via the Control Panel.

When installing Vico Office while connected to a network domain, the UAC settings may be different froman offline profile, which can result in changed hardware identification characteristics. The changed hard-ware characteristics may result in a “no valid license found” message. Reinstalling your license will solvethis issue.

The versant database

Versant is the backend database used to store and interact with information inside of the Vico ProjectServer (VPS). Most local installations of Vico Office will see a folder for the c:\Versant directory storedonto their machine for project storage. The project server can also be installed across a LAN for com-munal project access. See the installation guide for more details.

BIM connections

In some cases, the installer is unable to detect the folder in which ArchiCad, AutoCAD, Revit and Teklawas installed on your computer. If this happens, the Office installer allows for selecting the folder manu-ally. All required files will be copied to the specified folder.



Feature Additions

3DView

l The "Eye" button (Display Reference Planes) on the Reference Planes dialog box now behaves sim-ilarly to the individual location "Eye" button. When enabled (shows all the reference planes), theeye is open. When disabled (hides all the reference planes), the eye is closed. (B-04518/TSR-825801)

4DExplorer

l In this release, you now have the option to reset the 4D Task Group color to its original CAD color.A 'Reset to CAD color' button has been added to the Color Selector dialog box. (B-04517/TSR-829789)


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Cost Planner

l A ‘Gross Unit Cost’ column has been added before the ‘Gross Total’ columns to show add-on andmarkup changes to unit costs. (B-4467)

l The 'Margin' layout preset has been modified to ensure they are relevant to your work. Forexample, the 'Source Qty' column has been changed to 'Qty'. The 'Comp Price' column has beenchanged to 'Price'. (B-04038 / TSR-792031)

Constructability Manager

l To ensure that clouding is sharp and straight, the polar constraints dialog box has been modifiedto allow you to enable polar constraints. Clouds can now be drawn at straight line increments of90, 45, and 15 degree angles. (B-02997)

Document Controller

l The Align and Scale setting is now defined only once per drawing. New versions of that drawingwill inherit the same settings. This will simplify and speed up the work required in Document Con-troller. (B-04357)

l The Open window used to find and add files to a project has been improved to allow ease of loc-ating your files. For example, your Favorite folders are now automatically displayed. (B-04554 / TSR-864543)



l In this release, you can now associate multiple cloud markups to a single issue. Additionally, youcan now set the overall look of cloud markups, including its color, line width, and opacity. Thecloud properties window is available on the Issue Card View. (D-12211 / B-04622 / TSR-920995)


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LBSManager

l In certain circumstances, depending on a number of possible reasons such as how an element hasbeen modeled or how locations have been created, it is sometimes possible that the split elementsare unable to be quantified accurately. Previously, Vico simply provided a warning to indicate therewas an error. Now the systemwill add up on the quantities in the successfully calculated locations,deduct from the parent quantity and evenly distribute over the failed split locations. This allowsyou to have the choice whether to correct the original issue or carry on their work with approx-imately split numbers.

Example A

Quantity splitting failed in location ‘Right3’. The quantities from ‘Right1’ and ‘Right2’ are summedup and deducted from their parent.

600 - (100 + 200) = 300, which is then used as the quantity for the failed location ‘Right3’.

Example B

Quantity splitting failed in 2 locations ‘Right2’ and ‘Right3’. The quantity from ‘Right1’ is deductedfrom its parent.

600 – 100 = 500, which is then evenly distributed over the failed locations ‘Right2’ and ‘Right3’.



Model Register

l The following Revit activation options have been added (B-04294 / B-04232 / TSR-836302 / TSR-833284)

l Category

l Description

l Fire Rating

l Linked Project name

l Manufacturer

l Model

l OmniClass Code

l OminClass Description

l Phase Created

l Phase Demolished

l Type comments

l Workset (source)


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Publishers

l The options available on the Revit publisher have been clarified. The 'Publish Project Base Point asCoordinate Original' check box has been renamed to 'Use Project Base Point as Coordinate Ori-gin". When this check box is cleared, the shared coordinate settings in Revit will be used. (B-04451)

l The following properties can now be imported from IFC: (B-04447 / TSR-2938)

l ConnectionSize_mm

l Insulation

l PartType

l ProductSerie

l ObjectId

l The Zones activation parameter has been added for ArchiCAD. (B-04512/TSR-832097)

Report Designer

l If a report template contains parameters, a side window appears to enable you to review andchange the default values before generating the report. In this release, the default width of theparameters side window has been increased to clearly display each parameter's description. (B-04459/TSR-817410)

l The [Info] field has been added for elements in Report Designer. This enables you to add thiscolumn to your report. (B-4462/TSR-820464)

l A Subtotal value for each page of the report is now available when printing a report. To generatethese types of reports, please contact Trimble Support to obtain a report template for your pro-ject. (B-04390/B-04494/TSR-841300)

l A new field, 'RealtimeScreenshotImage', has been added for Viewports to provide users with thechoice of using real-time generated screenshots. To use 'RealtimeScreenshotImage', locate it inthe Field List under Viewports. Click and drag it over to your report. Note that reports may taketime to generate when using real-time images.



This is in addition to the existing field, 'ScreenshotImage', which uses static images that are cap-tured and saved to the database. 'ScreenshotImage' is used by default in pre-defined and customreports. (D-13004)

Tag Editor

l A confirmation message now appears when deleting a tag in the Tag Editor. This will allow you toconfirm deletion and not accidentally deleting a tag. (B-04228/TSR-834050)

Takeoff Manager / Takeoff Pad

l The 'Element Surface Area' quantity has been added as a default quantity for all Takeoff Items withthe element type 'Window' and 'Door'. (B-04504)

VicoOffice Client

l When opening large detailed models , a progress bar is now displayed at the top of the image.This will give you an indication that Vico Office is processing their request. (B-4097)


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l Column Selector now has the 'Select All' and 'Deselect All' buttons to help you quicklyselect/deselect all the columns. (B-03938 / TSR-744233)



Work PackageManager

l Markup Adjustments can now be made to un-awarded packages to allow positive and negativelump sum and percentage-based adjustments to work packages. These can be viewed in a newcolumn set, which can be toggled on or off. (B-03303)

These can also be viewed in the WPM Summarymode so the adjustments to awarded packagesare clear.


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l Unclassified Markup Adjustment Types - Additional last minute override adjustments can still bemade in the WPM Summarymode. Changes are temporarily caught in an automated ‘UNC –Unclassified’ adjustment type until the data can be entered correctly.



l Manual Plug Value - A new plug value type is now available for you to manually plug in values thatare not based on any of the existing values or prices


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Defect Resolutions

3DView

Description Reference

Resolved 3D viewing issues caused by HSF 3D cached files. D-09721TSR-783713TSR-786947

Fixed an issue where elements that were not completely visible could not beselected in 3D view.

D-10950 TSR-833898

When manually measuring BIM models, a box that displays the length of themeasurement sometimes appeared outside of the screen. This issue has beenresolved.

D-10978 TSR-835534

Fixed an issue where some windows were missing after publishing a Revitmodel.

D-11855 TSR-827988

Resolved an issue where Vico Office crashed when opening a 3D view. This wasresolved by setting a specific graphics card as the default for Vico Office.

D-12424 TSR-925550

4DPlayer


Clarified a question on how the 4D Start date behaves. A Start date can be oneof the following:

l a specific date (date is not italicized)

l based on the Earliest Task Start. The Start date is automatically adjustedaccording to the first task start date. (date is italicized)

D-12022 TSR-82917

Fixed an issue where the 4D simulation Temporary and Demolish modes werenot working as expected.

D-12030 TSR-863589

TSR-923954

Constructability Manager


Fine tuned the 'Tolerance' setting in ConstructabilityManager to ensure that itmeets industry expectations.

D-12231 TSR-921651



Cost Planner


Fixed the broken links to Tasks after importing Cost Plan from Excel. D-12133TSR-887501

TSR-887501

Document Controller


The 'Create Empty Version' button was not creating an empty version holderon the UI. This has been resolved. To accommodate this fix, even empty folderscan now be expandable.

D-10901 TSR-832024

Resolved an issue with page order during multi-page printing. D-10922 TSR-832913

Opening a specific PDF file for viewing or when opening a Reference Plane thathad the PDF file attached to it caused Vico Office to crash. This issue has beenresolved.

D-11038 TSR-838494

Resolved an issue where several drawings that were imported for comparisonresulted in a large package file size.

D-12024 Services/19E

The 'Notice' field is no longer editable. D-12105 TSR-885567

Added more details to an existing message that appears when trying tocompare to PDFs that are not supported.

D-12138 TSR-848049

Resolved an issue where Vico Office was not saving the new view sets afterclosing and re-starting the application.

D-12194 TSR-920342

Fixed an issue where the highlight and tolerance settings did not behave asexpected.

D-12195 TSR-920343

Resolved an issue where strange characters appeared when comparing twoPDFs in Highlight mode. D-12198 TSR-860977

When comparing two specific documents in Highlight mode, one of theimages was scaled down and fragmented. This issue has been resolved.

D-12245 TSR-921668

Clarified how PDFs should be scaled and aligned before they can becompared.

D-12289 TSR-887706

When importing PDFs with a large number of images, there was aperformance issue when the images were converted to geometry. This issuehas been resolved by adding the 'Convert images to geometry' option to the'Select files and layouts' dialog box. When this check box is cleared, theimages are not converted.

D-12303 TSR-921665


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Resolved an issue where Vico Office crashed when comparing specificdocuments in Highlight mode.

D-12317 TSR-923670

Resolved an error that occurred when importing PDFs into DocumentController.

D-12318 TSR-923580

Fixed an issue where using 'View Document' in Document Controller displayedtwo sets of text.

D-12328 TSR-923350

Resolved an issue where some documents did not print in full size when inHighlight Mode.

D-12456 TSR-927623

Fixed a PDF that could not be aligned to a Vertical Reference. D-12537 TSR-925456

Excel Importer


An error appeared when importing an Excel spreadsheet that contained morethan one single hierarchy field. This was resolved by skipping the second lineitem in the validation phase to allow two line items with information fields.

D-11113 TSR-839985

Installer


Resolved an issue where the silent install was opening the Readme PDF file. B-04358 TSR-831451

After installing VO and VPS and rebooting the machine, Vico Office still requiresanother reboot. This issue has been resolved.

D-11824 TSR-851611

Resolved an issue where the silent install was setting some directory variables tothe name of the Vico executable. Under certain circumstance, such as whenusing MS SCCM, this caused problems.

D-11976 TSR-851095

Resolved an issue where Vico Office could not be installed/uninstalled in somemachines.

D-12112

D-11276

TSR-843843

The Vico Office installer may have failed in some circumstances. In this release,considerable work has been done on the Vico Office installer to ensure thatsuch issues do not occur.

D-11938 TSR-858735



LBSManager


Resolved an issue where the Floor Plan view was not displayed correctly whenextremely large coordinate values (x, y, z) came from a model.

D-08100

D-10497TSR-775628

Clarified that LBS is unable to split holes in walls because these elements do nothave any geometry.

D-10145 TSR-796781

Fixed an error that occurred after making changes to the LBS. D-12124 TSR-863938

The ArchiCAD 'Mesh' element was not split correctly by LBS zones. Parts of theMesh was displayed and highlighted incorrectly when selecting an LBS node.This issue has been resolved.

D-12162 TSR-918996

Resolved an issue where Vico Office would crash for a specific project after usersperformed a sequence of events before moving to 'Define Location Systems'.

D-12316 TSR-923343

Resolved an issue where an existing location was renamed to a deleted locationname.

D-12425 TSR-927182

Localization


Resolved an issue where some TOM headers were translated incorrectly. D-12409

Model register


Resolved a problem that a specific Revit model could not be activated. D-11983 TSR-860196


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Clarified a confusion around model reactivation. If you are activating a modelwith different types of layers, it is recommended to also select the 'Type' option.

Explanation of the issue and behavior:

When activating with only the Layer option, only the layer names of theelements are used to create TOIs. Since the layer of the walls and windows isthe same, the walls and windows will go to the same TOI. The wall is activatedfirst, so the TOI inherits its type from the first element being assigned to it,which is a wall. When the window is activated, it arrives to the same TOI as thewall because it has the same layer and only the layer option was selected. But aTOI can only contain elements of the same type, which forces the window to beconverted to a wall. From that point onward, the element which came as awindow fromArchiCADwill always exist as a wall, unless the user changes thetype of its TOI or manually assigns it to a TOI of different type. So on the nextactivation even if you check the Type activation option too, both elementsalready exist as walls and will be put into the same TOI.

D-12033 TSR-829865

Fixed an issue where a project could not open in 3D view. This was caused by animported IFCmodel that failed to re-activate. This issue has been resolved.

D-12299

D-12339TSR-922774

Fixed a performance issue related to activating a model when another one wasalready activated.

D-12340 TSR-837406

To avoid confusion, the 'Full Assembly Name' field has been renamed to'Combined Assembly Name'.

D-12358 TSR-925197

Publisher / Importer


Resolved an issue where filtered linked models were published without thefiltering.

D-06009

D-12012

TSR-5806

TSR-5966

Resolved an installation issue where the 'Add or Remove Features' or the'Repair/Reinstall' function did not install missing CAD publishers.

D-09621 TSR-781074

Resolved an issue where Vectorworks IFC files could not be activated. D-10841 TSR-828536

Fixed the time it took to activate a specific IFC model. D-10889 TSR-828881

When a model was hotlinked in ArchiCAD, the Publisher would export theelements from the hotlinked model without geometry, but it would also createTOIs with 'Count' and 'Length' information. This resulted in double values as theother hotlinked model was often published the same project. This issue hasbeen resolved.

D-10939TSR-834007

TSR-846418




Clarified the reason why Vico Office retrieved a large Volume value from aspecific ArchiCADwall element. This was due to a 'hole' on one side of the wall.If this issue occurs, review your drawing in CAD.

D-11277 TSR-842612

When filtering the 3D view in ArchiCAD using the 'Partial Structure Display'option, VO created TOIs for elements that were filtered out from the 3D view.This issue has been resolved.

D-11894 TSR-855956

When importing Revit projects, Vico Office uses coordinates fromRevit ProjectBase Point as it is if the option is OFF. If the option is ON, then Vico Officecounts Revit Base Point coordinates as 0. 0. 0.

D-11921 TSR-769298

An issue occurred where an 'extra' layer or surface within an element was addedto the Net Bottom Surface Area TOQ. This issue was resolved. Before creating anew TOI, run activation to ensure that new quantities do not zero out otherquantities.

D-11954 TSR-858319

Clarified an issue where Revit crashed while publishing to Vico Office. This wascaused by an unsupported modeling tool that was used for a design.

D-12091 TSR-884619

Confirmed that a temporary issue with Trimble Connect was preventing usersfrom connecting fromVico Office.

D-12214 TSR-919580

After importing an IFC file (original source = Vectorworks) and activating themodel, some of the TOQs did not have correct painting. This issue has beenresolved.

D-12321 TSR-923163

The Column and Pile 'Volume' quantity when publishing native Revit orArchiCADmodel was different than when importing the same as IFC.

D-12982 TSR-1172178

Report editor


Vico Office crashed when trying to generate a Cost Variance report. Thisoccurred only with projects that had Work Package information in it. This issuehas been resolved.

D-11573 TSR-847602

Resolved an issue where generated reports were not sorted properly. D-11999 TSR-835790

Fixed an issue where a summarized value could not be divided from a quantityfrom node Level 5.

D-12450 TSR-924905


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Schedule planner


A message now appears when a corrupted DPP file is detected. Users are thennotified to use an existing backup file and restart Schedule Planner.

D-11510

D-11661TSR-847891

Fixed an issue where the 'Locations on top' option in Gantt view was notshowing the tasks correctly.

D-11653 TSR-849090

Performance has been improved for users working with Vico Office SchedulePlanner.

D-12011

D-11255TSR-834031

Fixed an issue where Schedule Planner was unresponsive afterexpanding/collapsing all hierarchical levels in Gantt View.

D-12085 TSR-824386

Clarified the behavior of schedule views - the forecast of a task is shown onlywhen the task is included in the schedule view.

D-12155 TSR-84731

When creating tasks in Schedule Planner R5.2, tasks were duplicated in theschedule. After upgrading to R5.2 MR1, this issue will re-occur the first time youopen it in Schedule Planner. To resolve this issue, please follow the steps below:

1. Open your project in Schedule Planner R5.2.

2. Save your project.

3. Close Schedule Planner.

4. Delete all the extra tasks from Task Manager.

5. Open your project again in Schedule Planner.

6. Save your project.

7. Close Schedule Planner.

D-12183 TSR-933284

TSR-923348

TSR-917863

TSR-933284

Resolved an issue where a specific project's Slab Quantities could not be seen inSchedule Planner Control Mode or in the Completion report.

D-12196 TSR-916885

When setting the 'Unit finished:' hour ('Location Completions' for Tasks), anumber other than the one selected was set. This occurred when in Controlmode. This issue has been resolved.

D-12327 TSR-924295

Tag Editor


The color options in the Tag Editor have been removed as they offered no extravalue.

D-11996 TSR-834610

A confirmation dialog box now appears when deleting a tag using the Deletebutton on the Tag Editor ribbon.

B-04228 TSR-834050



Takeoff manager


Clarified that the 'Or' option was already available in the Filter Editor. By default,the 'And' option is displayed. Simply click on the 'And' link to select a differentoption.

B-04545 TSR-887985

Resolved an issue where Takeoff Manager retained element type changes afterreactivating a model even though it had the 'Apply settings to new andunassigned model elements only' setting disabled.

D-11896 TSR-824384

The Revit publisher has been modified to export the numeric Length value (inaddition to the reference lines for all Revit railings). The Quantity value willcontinue to be calculated from the reference line if it's available. However, ifnone is available, it will now be calculated from the numeric value.

B-04599

D-11956

D-12009

TSR-862083

Resolved an issue where editing a TOQ value at one location would set allvalues to zero.

D-12070 TSR-864608

Resolved an inconsistency between the number of elements displayed on theTakeoff Model Properties palette and the 3D view (Selection mode). This hasbeen clarified and the Properties palette now displays more than one selectedobject.

D-12084TSR-865849

TSR-914361

Clarified a behavior that a customer encountered with regards to findingelements with missing quantities.

D-12197 TSR-858703

Clarified a concern that manual Takeoff Quantities were not being totaled in theProject Total field. To clarify the intended behavior, Quantities are only summedupwards from the leaf location towards the top of the location system. Model-based quantities are present in all location systems because the quantities aresplit downwards from the root of the LBS tree where they go through all thelocation systems into which the elements fall geometrically. When thesummation is performed towards the root of the location system, it is done ineach location system. Manual quantities, on the other hand, are entered in onlyone location; hence, they are summed only in that location system.

D-12205 TSR-913835

Fixed the crash that occurred when selecting some TOIs/TOQs that wereassociated with a hidden model.

D-12290 TSR-922082

TSR-922082

Resolved an issue where the length value of a piece of pipe was incorrect after itwas split.

D-12297 TSR-855434

Fixed a problem that occurred when calculating Gross Volumes for partially cutholes in slabs.

D-12512 TSR-934302


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VicoOffice client


Fixed various display issues caused by changing text size (Control Panel> Display)

D-11484 TSR-847394

Resolved a problemwhere a customer could not unpack a project that wascreated with Vico Office 4.0/4.1.

D-11930

D-12040

TSR-858955

WinEst integration


Resolved an issue where the installer failed to update some layout files. D-10165 TSR-799882



Known Issues

Cost explorer

Only elements from the active model versions will be isolated or highlighted in the 3D View when select-ing a node representation of a Cost Version within the Cost Explorer view.

Derived Elements

l Derived elements are not always displaying perfectly when interacting with Running Modes andwithin LBS manager (e.g., elements may not appear in the expected location, or elements withstrange face displays may not be selectable). Derived elements exist when project locations areadded and a new representation of a partial element is needed to display the location-based por-tion of an element. Please contact Technical Support if you experience this problem.

Document controller

l Some PDF font types may appear incorrectly (e.g., incorrect character spacing, missing characters,or replaced characters) when imported into Document Controller. We have tested most commonfont types; however, some outliers may still exist. Please contact Technical Support team if youencounter such occurrences so that we can add support for your font type.

Publishers

ArchiCAD

l Composite ArchiCADwall elements may show a different area selection to what might be auto-matically expected at the corner of walls. This is due to a change in how ArchiCAD now classifiesends and sides of walls. Quantities should be reviewed and the painting tool should be used ifdeemed necessary by the user to facilitate required quantities.

ArchiCAD and Revit

l Composite element wall or slab layers cannot currently be quantified fromRevit or ArchiCAD. Pro-visions have been made to deploy the best possible results via the current API availability. If quant-ities and/or TOI composition are not desirable when coming in from these systems, users areadvised to work out custom formulas (via TOM/TOP/CP) to come up with their own calculationsthat reflect their preferred takeoff of such composite elements.


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Revit

l Modifying Sub Elements of Revit slabs to create sloping areas where the slab has inconsistentthicknesses (e.g., top surface modified with slopes and the bottom left flat) can occasionally causeincorrect volume calculations.

l Revit models that are linked together and published into Vico Office do not always behavepredictably. In some cases, linked models do not respect the filtering constraints that were put onthe publishing view and can result in undesired outputs and/or duplicate quantities. Users areadvised to remove the link between files and publish them separately.

SketchUp

l SketchUp does not store reference information in the same way as some other BIM authoringapplications, thus making it harder for Vico Office to provide some quantity types coming fromSketchUp. Also, some element type classification are not currently being read well. The newOnscreen Takeoff tools should help to supplement any occurrences of missing quantities, and ele-ment types can be manually reassigned in TOM to address this. We are working with the SketchUpteamon a regular basis to resolve this.

Tekla

l Tekla content created and managed in the latest release using the ‘organizer’ tool may not beread correctly by Vico Office. When this happens, users may find that the element type recog-nition in TOM does not behave as expected. To resolve this, users can go into TOM and changethe elements to the desired type inside of Vico Office, or they can manage the classifications manu-ally in Tekla.



Please contact our technical support team if you wish to classify the elements manually inside ofTekla. When doing so, they will provide you with the ‘object.inp’ file that can be dropped into yourTekla dataset. Doing so will automate the creation of ‘Vico 01, 02, 03 and Vico object type’ inside ofthe Tekla classification tool.

Takeoff manager

l Each release of Vico Office brings with it improved quantity calculations, as well as support for newCAD applications. As such, the calculated values for takeoff quantities (TOQs) can change fromrelease to release. The changes can be a result of how elements are quantified by Vico, how loc-ations are derived by Vico, or how bodies are generated by the authoring application. Vico Officedoes not force the reactivation of models with each new release, however it is strongly advised theusers reactivate in each new release to take full advantage of the latest and greatest calculationmethods.

Vico Project Server (vps)

Projects that are restored using only the VPSA backup command, rather than the packing functionality,cannot be properly updated into newer (R5.0) versions of Vico Office. To avoid this problem, usersshould rely on the packing functionality to preserve their historical projects, rather than simply replyingon the VPSA backups.

Winest integration

The WinEst Integration utility must be reinstalled after Vico Office. This is because VOmay overwrite thedefault layout.xml information and the integration becomes unusable. A simple reinstallation of the con-nector will rectify the problem.


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Trimble GC/CM Division, Support Services

Trimble GC/CM Division Support Services is committed to offering timely, thorough, and efficient res-olutions to your installation and operation issues in accordance with your Trimble Support Contract.

To receive the best support possible, be sure to review the Trimble Support Services Handbook.

You can contact Trimble GC/CM Division, Support Services by:

l Email: [email protected]

l Internet: http://support.vicosoftware.com

The Trimble SupportLink includes a technical knowledge base, answers to frequently asked questions,technical documentation, and a form to submit specific support requests 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

https://docs.google.com/a/trimble.com/file/d/0B16ijxZiSTMMbDkycGVHQmtZX0k/edit

mailto:[email protected]

http://support.vicosoftware.com/

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