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BIMcollab is a cloud-based platform for centrally managing pieces of user information (issues) left in software solutions such as Archicad, Revit, AutoCAD, Tekla and SEMA.

Better control and easier editing of critical stair details: This is what the new Release 24.4 offers for SEMA stair design users.

Accurate dimensional tolerances in prefabricated timber construction are often confronted with the inaccuracies of other trades on the construction site. This can now be optimized by means of the new function "Anchoring 3CAD points to components" – the construction site learns and benefits from timber construction.

Tenons at the top and bottom – however, the angles differ by degrees: In order to create such constructions faster and more effectively, it is now possible to export tenons with freely definable rotation angles (0°-360°) for the BTL(x) and BVX export. For this purpose, the free input of degrees has been added to the tenon end type in the "Tenon direction" setting.

From Version 24.3 on, SEMA timber construction planning will be even more convenient. The BTL(x) and BVX export has been enhanced to include the ability to export manufacturing information in the form of "User attributes". Further optimization steps facilitate, simplify and accelerate data processing and export.

The current release introduces a new design aid for complicated intersections and processing variants. This design aid significantly simplifies punching and 3CAD processing, because dimensions can now be changed with just a few clicks. This is done with the help of grippers.

Using the Project Monitor, projects can be processed and updated even more efficiently, easily and quickly with SEMA. Different plan statuses can be easily compared and errors resulting from the continuation of outdated plan versions can be eliminated.

SEMA now has an interface to the Timberplan app from Woodtec Fankhauser, a supplier for prefabrication in timber frame construction. Consequently, it is possible to use SEMA with the Hololens data glasses and augmented reality (AR) in timber construction.

More flexible touch markings with text increase efficiency and flexibility for customers in the new SEMA 24.1 Release. In this way the construction and production of timber frame walls can be carried out more efficiently and easily.

This new feature provides another option to optimize design processes. Roof layer edges can now be cut to surfaces rapidly and practically in 3D. This significantly reduces the construction effort and allows for even more precision and clarity.

From now on, auto dimensioning will be automatically updated as soon as a dimensioned component changes. This includes the features 'Wall view', 'Wall top view', the dimensioning for roof and floor panels and the dimensioning for floors.

Planning is significantly optimized by moving roof layer edges in the 3D view and in various sectional views by means of this new feature and the "Mark object details" command.

As of Version 23.4, the SEMA Loading Manager has been expanded with new functions for load space control. These new features enable a precise check of the weight and protruding components for each load space.

From Version 23.4 on, it is possible to copy panel components in walls and roof-floor panels from one existing layer into another layer thanks to the latest new features in the area of coverings. Coverings in the macro container also benefit from this new function.

Free component labelling has been made available in the SEMA Loading Manager in the new Version 23.3. Consequently, free texts or predefined placeholders can be added individually as labelling in all views of the components.

BIMcollab is a user-friendly issue management platform that brings together and enables communication via issue descriptions and comments from different trades with different software solutions such as Archicad, Revit, Autocad, Tekla, etc. providing reliable history tracking.

The installation of bracketed stairs has been made considerably easier in the new SEMA Version 23.3.

The master data manager and the folder overview have been enhanced. Users can now directly select master data from the SEMA original master data and insert it into the building project with a create command.

The coverings in layers and panels such as plasterboard or timbers that make up a wall, roof or floor panel can be displayed and edited in a staggered way next to each other in the appropriate view in the SEMA program.

In the case of complicated intersections users can now create machine-ready processing for the production on joinery machines even more quickly using the extension of the "Cut several times" function for timber components.

The fully automatic transfer of all timber members from the roof layers for the element processing has been made possible in the new SEMA Version 23-1. For this, only the element above the roof must be created.

The 3D design of the roof is continuously being further developed. The advantage of this type of design lies clearly in its visual and spatial representation.

The functions and the freedom in planning and execution have now also been implemented for the bottom side of the roof.

The prefabrication of roof elements has been extensively expanded and many details have been enhanced.

In Version 22-3, SEMA has significantly expanded the range of functions for editing 3D point clouds.

Two more helpful new features for the CAD planning in the field of sheet metals have been implemented in the Version 22-3.

The sequential numbering function, which is often used for walls in the SEMA program, has now been extended to all CAD texts and components with a material list tab.

Our latest Version 22-2 provides numerous detail enhancements and new features in the field of joining. Working with SEMA has been accelerated once again, which enables even more efficient planning.

Two further new features in the field of mass timber construction have been implemented: the visual enhancement and adjustment of the grain direction arrow and the individual adjustment of the surface quality on the wooden sides.

The free design in all 3D views as well as in vertical and horizontal sections in the roof area is constantly being further developed and enhanced. After purlins, rafters and tie beams could already be created in the previous version(s), additional components such as hip rafters, valley rafters, planks and closing boards have now been added.

The company X-fix developed innovative and special wood-wood connectors for solid wood construction. These connectors have numerous advantages.

The new possibility of creating handrails, rails, cut strings, filling and balustrading on CAD lines provides stair builders with a high degree of freedom. The input of board components has become even more flexible with the new command "Component on polyline".

Using the new point cloud activation, SEMA users can activate a point cloud for any number of workstations for a one-time fee.It is thus possible to pass on the point cloud to a company partner for further processing of the project.

In the field of facade & metal cladding, Version 21-1 offers two new features that provide users with valuable help and time savings in project planning and execution: The 'mirror' function and the enhanced automatic drawing feature.

In future the SEMA program will be available as high-performance 64-bit software to provide even more planning power. The SEMA program can thus employ the entire available working memory of the computer.

The basis for free design in all 3D views and vertical and horizontal sections with free roof areas was already laid in the previous version. Even then it was possible to place rafters and purlins directly in free roof areas in the 3D mode. As of now, tie beams are also created in the 3D view and in sections.

Loading can be so easy: The newly developed Loading Manager offers easy and convenient placement of elements in predefined load spaces with automatic output of the entire loading plan.

Tapered panels for roof and wall enable flexible and modern design. The newly developed automatic dimensioning of the developed view of components is of great help.

Mirroring as a basic function of a CAD system becomes a supreme discipline because of additional information. In the SEMA program, of course, all elements and components are correctly mirrored or rotated in the orientation.

From version 20-2 on, the new construction variants Japanese tenon and bevel lap joint are available for carpenters and timber builders.

The use of several 3D point clouds in a project allows free access to planning in a virtual staircase. Enhanced performance and variable display of point clouds provide an even better overview for designing.

Free roof areas and partial roofs can now be created quickly and easily in the top view, the vertical section or in 3D without previous definition of roof profiles.