From Groups in Filters to API Enhancements: Seven Key Improvements Accelerating Your Design Workflows in New Renga Release

Renga team is thrilled to announce the release of the long-awaited new Renga Standard and Renga Professional versions, featuring a number of improvements: support for groups in filters, ability to insert copies of certain elements on out of sight objects, customized insulation settings for different pipe and duct sizes, enhanced API functionality, and much more.

Read more on the latest Renga Standard and Renga Professional release further down.

Adding Groups to Filters

The new version of Renga continues to expand the functionality for grouping objects. Users can now efficiently manage groups and objects within those groups using filters and the 'Select in the Model' command.

New Renga release allows users to group objects directly in the 3D view, create dedicated filters that include these groups, and manage them according to designers’ tasks. For example, this functionality can be used to conveniently copy and place furniture in a cafeteria directly in the 3D view.

Using filters, designers can also select objects within the groups with the 'Select in the Model' command, just as they can select objects selected in a schedule or on an engineering system tab in the 3D view (Figures 1a and 1b).

Figure 1 (a). Managing grouped objects using filters and the 'Select in the Model' command.

Figure 1 (b). Managing grouped objects using filters and the 'Select in the Model' command

Using IFC format to import and export groups

Exporting groups to IFC

Designers can now easily export grouped objects to the IFC4 format. This functionality is developed to subsequently exchange building information models while preserving the structure and relationships between model elements.

This functionality is especially useful when preparing a project for export. In these models, apartments are supposed to be represented as zones (IfcZone) that combine all apartment spaces.

Figure 2(c) demonstrates the export result for the spaces of a four-room apartment on the second floor, grouped under the name Living area (Figure 2a) and assigned the IfcZone property (Figure 2b).

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Figure 2 (a, b, c). Exporting spaces of a four-room apartment on the second floor grouped under the name Living area

Importing groups from IFC

This functionality enables designers to quickly integrate existing models and elements from third-party projects into their own projects, minimizing the time required for manual adjustments.

Copying and pasting holes, wiring accessories, lighting fixtures and electrical distribution boards on objects out of sight

A major improvement affects the process of copying electrical power system objects and holes placed on surface faces located out of users' sight. Users can now quickly create copies of holes, wiring accessories, lighting fixtures and electrical distribution boards using standard tools, replicating them across adjacent spaces as well as between upper and lower floors (Figure 3).

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Figure 3 (a, b). Copying holes, wiring accessories, lighting fixtures and electrical distribution boards on objects out of sight

This enhancement significantly accelerates design workflows and improves the accuracy of created models.

For a more detailed overview watch the video on VK, RuTube.

Customizing insulation settings for different sizes of pipes and ducts in the pipe and duct system parameters settings

Users can now individually configure insulation settings for different pipe and duct diameters. This allows designers to more accurately account for project-specific requirements while ensuring maximum efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Insulation can be assigned separately for each pipe and branch style in the Pipe Style tab (Figure 4b), making modeling process more convenient. During routing, insulation is determined according to the corresponding pipe style.

Figure 4 (a). Pipe system parameters tab in the previous Renga version

Figure 4 (b). Pipe system parameters tab in the latest Renga version

This functionality is particularly relevant for industrial designers, where strict compliance with current design standards and regulations is required, along with precise material selection based on technical characteristics and application conditions of pipe systems (Figure 5). And on top of that, this capability helps minimize costs through the optimal selection of insulation layer thicknesses.

Figure 5. Outcome of customizing insulation settings for different pipe sizes in Pipe system parameters

This feature provides users with greater accuracy and improves the quality of created projects.

For a more detailed overview watch the video on VK, RuTube.

New layer quantity – System list

You can now easily separate insulation for different MEP systems within a project, even when you use the same materials. This new functionality helps to avoid confusion and errors when generating schedules and reports.

Figure 6 demonstrates the separation of identical materials used for insulating two different systems: Liquid 1 and Liquid 2.

Figure 6. Separating identical materials used for insulation in two different systems

Automatic recovery of disconnected connections from Renga Collaboration Server

This new feature ensures uninterrupted teamwork regardless of network failures. There is no longer any need to manually reload your project in case of failed Internet connection. Renga now automatically recovers interrupted connections with Collaboration Server.

Expanding your capabilities with the updated Renga API

We have taken another significant step forward by enhancing the API with new functionalities that enable further automation of the design process and simplify integration of Renga into existing workflows:

• The ability to create and edit Roof baseline: users can now automatically generate roof baselines directly via API, optimizing design solutions and saving time.

• The ability to create and edit drawing lines: this functionality allows users to quickly introduce necessary corrections and revisions.

• The ability to get a collection of scales: this new functionality allows users to obtain available project scales directly via API, ensuring accuracy and consistency across all documentation.

• The ability to get names of system parameters: it is now possible to automatically retrieve the names of system parameters from building models, accelerating data processing and improving interoperability with external systems.

• For the convenient user experience, we have also added a table showing the data types for each building model parameter. This simplifies integration of Renga with third-party software and ensures compatibility of data formats.

• The enhanced API now provides the ability to obtain drawing snapshots directly from the software, enabling rapid generation of project documentation.

You are welcome to download our full trial version of Renga right now and experience all tools and functionality that will lead you to improved project outcomes.

By Daria Kolymberger and Elizaveta Tenyatova, Renga Software marketing managers.

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