TestFit 2.10: Structured Spaces

In today’s update we release Structured Spaces or “spaces in the garage”. This feature has the distinction for being, one, almost universally requested, and two, requiring nearly a year of work (1/3 the lifetime of TestFit) to build. It will drastically change how almost all buildings are generated and interacted with. Check it out below.

Structured Spaces aka “Spaces In the Garage”

• Enables Mixed-Use within the garage framework
• Enables more accurate podium configurations

Unit Attachments

• Enables unit databases to have attached unit plans
• Gives a great sense of scale for TestFit generated buildings

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‍Automatic Ramp Routing

• This much-needed update to ramps will work to reduce the footprint of the ramp
• The algorithm attempts to mitigate generating dead-end parking scenarios

Column Buffering

• Places a buffer every x number of stalls
• The buffer size is configurable

Parapets

• Places a wall along the perimeter of the roof
• Increases accuracy for facade takeoffs

Change Parking Lot Orientation

This feature allows users to change the orientation of surface parking stalls with one click

Additional Details

• 2D to 3D scene transitions can be enabled in the preferences menu.
• Improved application responsiveness when returning from an idle state.
• Invalid massing options are less likely to cause solver blackout.

Reported Issues

• Fixed Sketchup Exporter
• Fixed Mapbox Integration

Bug Fixes

• Removed void spaces from PDF tabulation.
• Fixed excessive mass deletion in manual mode.
• Fixed unitless sites not showing an estimated unit count.
• Fixed a crash when setting all unit weights to 0.
• Fixed a crash when removing the garage from a wrap with manual geometry.
• Fixed the measurement units in the glTF exporter.
• Fixed the 3D colors toggle not persisting between sessions.

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