Software

Update Notes

METr v.1.43/2.31

  • Search in the Database
  • New ‘View’ tab for components, to change colors and hide them in the visualization
  • New ‘View’ tab for the Building – change, or move the center point (point of coordinates) for the visualization
  • Rearange Component order in the Treeview (Drag&Drop)
  • Default values for groundwater
  • Posibility to change the input for thermal conductivity to [R/inch] insted of [Btu/hr ft °F] in the Settings
  • Addes phius materials and assemblies to the database
  • Activate/Deactivate automatic project data checking and calculation
  • Get data from official database to user database
  • After a browser reload, the current working project is retained.

also fixed before

  • fixed database assembly edit form to set exchange material
  • corrected the shown inner and outer surface resistance for components
  • corrected the detected u-value for foundation interfaces
  • white screen after select shared objects -> utilization pattern tab
  • fixed some SI/IP unit convertions and values in the verification and site energy report
  • fixed the link for the zone coverage of systems error to point the right screen
  • fixed an bug for the list of ventiation units stay empty (not able to assign tho the duct)
  • allow additional user defined shading factor above 1 (e.g. for winter/summer shading)
  • fixed laundry condensation dryer input form

METr v.1.18/2.16

28.08.2025

Features

  • Download Reports in PDF format
  • Improved ‘Show / Hide Vertices and Distances’ in the 3D – Visulatization (With an right mouse click). Select vertices to show the distance between them.

Bugfixes

  • Drain water heat recovery is now automatically set as addtional dhw device.
  • Improved Sketch Up import with higher error tolerance. windows which where not on the same plane as the wall are now cut out of the wall and no longer overlap.
  • updated confusing error messages (e.g. if a assemlby include no layer).

METr v.1.17/2.14

05.08.2025

Features

  • Add ‘Show / Hide Vertices and Distances’ in the 3D – Visulatization (with an right mouse click). Select vertices to show the distance between them. (In development)

Bugfixes

  • shown U-values and Thermal resistance were not converted correctly to IP-Units in the user interace.
  • The check for the lowest design flow temperature was decreased for hydronic heating.
  • Fixed an issue with inhomogenous Assemlies within imported *.mpw projects. The setting of subdivisions was different.
  • Fixed the utilisation factor for Laundry Dryer in combination with an simplified domestic hot water calculation.

METr v.1.15/2.12

7.07.2025

  • fixed and with internal loads – the ‘inside conditioned space’ box did not remain checked

METr v.1.14/2.12

25.06.2025

  • Hot water piping uses Design flow temperature only from optional in conditioned space input in the general tab
  • Design flow temperature is checked to be within 105°F and 180°F (fixed an error for negative dhw heat losses due to lower flow temperature than interior air temperature)
  • added user setting pannel e.g. for global SI-IP unit setting
  • removed hvac device coverage for mechanical ventialation (it is set via the selected rooms)
  • added input validation for system-to-zone coverage (fix an error for zero heating/cooling source energy). A system must be asigned to a zone, if a device is defined.
  • small correction calculating the thermal resistance for inhomgenous assemblies
  • shown U-value and thermal resistance for assemelies is now converted to IP-unit
  • fixed renewable energy set the ph case loading an mwp (fixed regarding the renewable energy)
  • updated phius window database to point to the correct shgc value (center-of-glass, not whole window)
  • (internal) improved calculation methodology
  • (internal) error logging
  • (internal) prepared language translation

v.1.8/1.6

08.04.2025

  • fixed some input issues for new METr porjects (not imported), including:
    • assing a material to an assembly
    • transparent compoment total solar transmittance
  • check before deleting assinged compoments
  • (internal) improved calculation dependencies
  • (internal) error logging

METr v.1.7/1.3

26.03.2025

  • Fixed an bug for assigned ventilation units for ducts and ventilated rooms for ventilation units.
  • Added daily swing temperature in the monthly climate data
  • Fixed source energy target calcualtion
  • Corrected IP units in the passive verification report

METr v.1.6/1.3

26.03.2025

  • Add version number
  • Add default wind speed (9.8 mph) in climate data and ground thermal conductivity (1.1556 Btu/hr ft)
  • Fixed some input boxes losing focus if sending project for results
  • Fixed an error don’t let assign assemblies to components (because of same ID’s)
  • Fixed SI/IP convertion for PH case floor area in user interface, was not affecting the calculation
  • Fixed an error assign material for exchange material in inhomogenious assemblies due to differnt horizonal and vertical subdivisions in different layers.
  • Fixed user interface for water storage. Used for dhw or space heating is moved to the device input form
  • Fixed an error not showing near climate data if latitude and longitude was an input in the climate data form and not an input on the climate map.
  • System device usage coverage is now regarding all systems
  • upload also *mwp files

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