2025

June 23, 2025: New version EquipCaD 2026:

Floating Tree Pannel: A new detachable, resizable equipment tree pannelwith full functionality.
Direct Portal Link: Button to open a product card on the equip.me portal.
Favorite Groups: Create and save groups of favorite equipment for quick insertion into drawings.
Procurement Highlighting: Equipment is highlighted in the tree based on procurement type.
New Layers: Added 'Proj' (projection) and 'Des' (symbols) layers. Option to remove the 3D layer to reduce file size.
Enhanced Specs: Added weight and product status fields to the specification.
Service Settings: New options for auto-save, leader coordinate saving, and program launch behavior.

April 3, 2025: Version 3.5

Customizable Schematics: Added settings to rename connection scheme diagrams.
Workshop-Only Mode: New setting to ignore equipment not assigned to a workshop (no numbering, leaders, or BOM inclusion).
Favorites Improvement: "Add to Favorites" moved to the right-click menu; favorite items now appear at the top of the catalog list.

January 23, 2025: Version 3.4

Tables & Annotations: Changed communication table color to black; improved text hide/show function for equipment sub-parts; added a "Notes" column to the connection table.
New Feature: Added a "Room Exploitation Table" (on the Plan layer).
Electrical Points: Enhanced editing for items with multiple connection points.
Security: Streamlined the designer's personal key generation process.

2024

June 19, 2024: EquipCaD 2025 Release v3.3

New Specification Interface: Added a "Connections" column with icons showing utility types and editable data from leader lines.
Flexible Numbering: Users can choose to preserve existing equipment numbers when re-numbering a project.
Workshop Prefixes: Assign unique prefixes per workshop for clearer numbering.
Architecture in BOM: Added an option to include "Architecture" items in the main specification.
Visual Customization: Ability to change font colors for workshop names in the spec.
New Service Tools:
- Count equipment per workshop upon deletion.
- Find equipment not in the standard EquipCaD database.
- Set leader point size in settings.
- Progress indicator for saving/exporting large specs.
- Utility tables are now placed on layers corresponding to their connection type.

February 20, 2024: EquipCaD-2023 Update v3.2.18

Multi-language Ready: Launched a new version with a framework that supports easy localization for international markets.
Specification Numbering: Corrected numbering logic in the BOM.
Catalog Milestone: The catalog now contains over 30,000 equipment blocks.

2023

October 12, 2023: EquipCaD Update v3.1

Favorites Folder: Users can mark frequently used items for quick access.
New Specification Type: A customizable specification table that can be inserted directly into the drawing.
Improved Settings: Added prefixes for equipment/workshop numbers, leader text rotation angles.
Floating Panel: One-click layer toggles.
Smarter Numbering: Updated numbering function adds leaders only to new equipment without requiring deletion of existing ones.
Catalog Expansion: Added new brands and nearly 200 new models to the "Architecture" section.

July 27, 2023: EquipCaD Major Release v3.0

New Catalog Section: "Architecture" with 3D blocks for electrical items, drains, furniture, and decor (excluded from main project BOM).
Compatibility: Full support for AutoCAD Architecture.
Local Databases: Users can now create and manage multiple custom equipment databases.
Complex Items: Added support for multi-part equipment (e.g., split-systems, chamber doors).
Enhanced Editing: Improved editing of electrical connection points (Power, kW and Voltage, V).
Note: Support for the previous V2 series was discontinued.

March 17, 2023: EquipCaD 2022 Update v2.3.7

Automated leader line alignment with a new "Align Leaders" button for organized, non-intersecting labels.
Enhanced search from the specification: added "Find in Tree" and "Find in Drawing" right-click options.

February 13, 2023: EquipCaD Update v2.2.5

Catalog & Search: Added search by SKU and reset search function. Implemented a product quick-view bar and a function to find selected equipment in the project tree.
Usability: Added a search history for the last 10 viewed items. Redesigned UI buttons and color-coded informational tabs.
Drawing Tools: New utilities to hide/show text on equipment and temporarily hide units without utilities.
Workflow: Improved workshop creation, group commands, and leader line templates (now supporting line breaks and font height adjustment).
Interface: Added new sections to the floating panel.

2022

December 2, 2022: EquipCaD Update v2.1.10

September 15, 2022

The new EquipCaD 2022 version was presented at a technical forum, featuring live demonstrations.

June 14, 2022

Further development aimed at maximizing workflow automation and usability for designers.

February 26, 2022

Focused on improving the user experience of the equipment catalog.
Implemented a new interface, advanced search filters, and a detailed product information panel.

2021

October 5, 2021

The first version of EquipCaD-2021 was presented at a conference for food service design engineers.

August 23, 2021

Enhanced the leader line functionality for all utility types (electrical, water, gas).
Improved the equipment tree structure to display availability based on selected date and warehouse.
Upgraded the specification (BOM) module.

June 10, 2021

Technical Specification for the EquipCaD software development was finalized and approved.

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