IES-VE User Forum

Hi,

Could you consider adding to the development list the ability to make the MacroFlo “Assign Opening Types” window full screen, exactly as you've done with the “Assign Constructions” window? It would make it much easier to see which openings are highlighted. At the minute I'm stuck squinting at the small window in the middle of the screen.

Thanks,
John.

+1 For this.

I've just been working on a model with about 50 openings types. And the 'assign' window causes a few issues:

When the applied types are listed, they are in the order they were first applied. After a few edits to the model they get out of alphabetical / numeric order and as you can only see a few at a time changing the type becomes a nightmare.
Could there be a sort option based on the description (like you can do in the 'tabular macroflo database')?

Secondly the 'tabular macroflo database' discards your changes if you forget to press 'apply' - all the other tabular view windows don't behave this way.

Thirdly, I think the exposure type could be separated from the free area details completely. So step 1 you assign free areas. Then step 2 a separate feature handles the exposure. This would massively cut down on the number of types you need to set up for what is physically the same window.

Fourthly, the 'input data visualisation' could really benefit from custom colours. It's potentially really useful for communicating window openings, but if you have more than a few Macroflo types many of them look identical.
Also the closed windows, which you generally don't want to draw attention to come up in bright red as they are first in the list.

I think a few minor tweaks to MacroFlo could save users a huge amount of time.

Thanks

Ross

Is full screen Macroflo going to be implemented ever?

The feature will be in VE2016.
Unfortunately it's too late for it to go in for VE2015FP2.

Regards,
John