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CoreDesigner ECO-engine

Approval document

System requirements

Software activation

Main environment

Support options

ECO-engine energy project

Project information

Project information and building regulations

Location and occupier

Accredited expert and insurance details

ECO-engine’s building modeling concept

Building model editor

Palette upper toolbar

Pallete lower toolbar

Object snaps (Osnaps)

New projects defaults

Importing drawings and images

Drawing actions

Align drawing to view

Setting the north direction angle

Setting the north direction from a drawing

Mid point helper action

Extension track action

Drawing shape and curve segments

Guide dimensions

Working with building blocks

Building blocks with energy zones

Height, wall and slab thickness of a building block with energy zones

Unheated spaces

Shading surfaces

Draw over an existing block

Draw on a non-horizontal plane

Move/Copy in z axes

Cut outline block

Block adjacencies

Exclude blocks from calculations

Hide all building blocks

Working with structures

Draw structures in plan view

Draw structures on a main structure

Edit openings/surfaces

Working with spaces (energy zones)

Space floor constructions

Space void floor/ceiling part

Virtual internal walls

Merge energy zones

Select the main zone

Exclude spaces from calculations

Energy zone activity and electro-mechanical systems

Model complex spaces

Warehouse with zone in a zone

Exterior space (Courtyard)

Space with multiple heights

Constructions thermal properties

Floors/Roofs/Ceilings

Construction materials

Building services

Hot water system

Zone properties

Renewable energy

Solar energy system

Photovoltaic system

Other electromechanical settings

Energy performance certificate

Preview results

Send EPC to energy services

Building geometry reports

Heating and Cooling loads

Automatic update

Pallete lower toolbar

Pallete lower toolbar

Snap mode

Snap, (not to be confused with "object snap") acts like a magnet to force the cursor to set increments of the screen.

Click to enable the snap mode. Snap distance (in meters) can be set in the text field. Click apply to apply the changes.

Grid mode

The Grid is a matrix of lines on the screen that can help you visualize things. You can enable or disable the snap and the grid from the down toolbar of the palette.

Click to enable the grid mode. Grid distance (in meters) can be set in the text field. Click apply to apply the changes.

Align axes

Click to align the XY axis during a drawing action.

OSnap mode

Click to enable/disable the osnap mode. Use also F3 as a shortcut key.

Extension track

Click to enable/disable the extension track.

Ortho mode

Click to enable/disable the osnap mode. Use also F8 as a shortcut key.