What's new

For over two years, we have worked hard to rethink and optimize the long-established structure and appearance of the LINEAR Control Board. After thorough research and extensive user testing, we designed a completely revamped user interface that offers many advantages:

• Easier to use: An intuitive layout that's accessible for both newcomers and long-time users. The Control Board now features a clean design with consistent coloring and new icons for every command.
• Compression and optimization: We've combined the assistants and the classic LINEAR Desktop, now offering a workflow-oriented tool selection. This ensures you always have the right commands at hand for each design step.
• Visual integration into AutoCAD / CADinside: The new layout integrates even better into the CAD environment.
• Harmonization of solutions for AutoCAD and Revit: The Control Board has now been aligned between our Revit and AutoCAD solutions, making it easier for you to work across both platforms.

We believe these changes will significantly enhance not only the appearance but also the functionality.

Click here for the matching e-learning course (for customers only)

With the expanded properties of MEP rooms, you now have the option to specifically exclude rooms from building detection. In such cases, the walls of the adjacent room connect directly to the outside air. A typical application example would be a rooftop central unit. This fulfilled customer request thus provides additional flexibility by allowing precise user control.

The dark color scheme introduced with Revit 24 is now also supported by LINEAR. If you use Revit in Dark Mode, the LINEAR Control Board also automatically adjusts and seamlessly integrates into Revit's dark color scheme, providing a comfortable work environment that feels cohesive.

As part of the redesign of the user interface, a new dialog has also been integrated, significantly improving the work with information in AutoCAD. The redesigned LINEAR properties dialog is a real all-rounder: It displays all relevant information in detail – from floors, trades, and layers to the calculation data of the selected objects, and not only acts as a pure output tool but also allows direct value changes. The adjusted parameters are immediately considered in subsequent calculations.
The filter function for the same component types is especially useful. This allows you to quickly and easily adjust values for numerous components simultaneously. Experience how the LINEAR properties dialog simplifies and optimizes your workflow in AutoCAD! Maintaining full control over all parameters has never been easier.

More details...

Incorrect data and a non-compliant format can easily lead to extensive error lists, complicating the coordination and integration of sub-models. Our innovative "Element Classes and Property Sets" function offers a solution and efficiency in one.
This feature includes an intuitive configuration editor and a dynamic property dialog that is directly visible on the user interface. You can not only create element classes and property sets but also specify rules for allowable valid values (e.g., units, formats, and minimum or maximum values). This reduces the chances of "unclean" or erroneous data entry to a minimum. The real benefits, therefore, lie in the depth of the concept: In the context of "Building Information Modeling," it opens up a wealth of administrative and user-side possibilities, which is particularly useful for the data quality in the model.
Depending on how "deep" users delve, they can either "only" customize the LINEAR-specific property dialog or use the possibilities to ensure structure and quality assurance during the design phase before the model leaves their area of responsibility. A significant opportunity to ensure quality and efficiency from start to finish.

More details...