Release 6.3
Release 6.2
[Version 6.3] 9/6/13
- Added Walls by Cardinal Directions report
- Updated the RTS calculation method (radiant fraction).
- Updated the adjacent building shading algorithm for the Southern hemisphere.
- Updated the 62.1 report to show all zone Vot when a zone-level coil is present.
- Updated metric load rates in customized settings.
- Fixed RTS table lookup load methodology when %glass = 100.
- Fixed Schedule Editors so no overlap of time is allowed.
- Fixed an error in the ASHRAE 62.1 calculation that allowed the VAV min to fall below Vbz/Ez.
- Fixed the Library input value report for heating design.
- Fixed an error in the code for UFAD systems when adjacent floors are used.
- Fixed an error in air-to-air energy transfer devices that used bypass dampers. Static pressure of the ERD was still being applied.
- Fixed a reporting error for the Bypass Variable Reheat system; the heating mode CFM was incorrect.
- Fixed an error in the Displacement Ventilation system with Room Induction; the time of capacity peak was incorrect.
- Fixed an error when room exhaust was entered as 100%.
- Fixed an error with Displacement Ventilation when an Aux cooling coil was added.
- Fixed the Auxiliary losses to plenum; incorrect air temperature to plenum.
- Fixed the weather override "standard" default; it was not properly converting to metric units.
- Fixed the cooling airflow for Rooftop Multizone system.
- Fixed an error in the cooling coil peak when both retest peaks was turned off and main coil capacity was equal to "% design minus aux capacity".
- Fixed a reporting error on the system component selection report, Primary fan %OA.
- Fixed the chilled beam sizing when "% of ventilation and room latent" was selected for the aux coil capacity.
- Fixed an error that was causing incorrect results when a heating only system was added to a system with supply air temperature reset.
- Fixed the design cooling capacity reports to show aux capacity.
- Fixed an error in the heating coil oversizing for constant volume systems.
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[Version 6.2.10] 2/28/2013
- Updated the SZVAV control to be more accurate in the dead band.
- Fixed the system component selection report to accurately display the number of VAV boxes in a Single Zone VAV system.
- Fixed an error where ERDs were not being accounted for at design.
- Fixed an error when the ambient relief curve was input using SI units.
- Fixed a control error in the DCV control.
- Fixed the UFAD economizer control. The economizer control point was not taking the underfloor heat pickup into account and therefore not running the economizer enough.
- Fixed the optional ventilation coil sizing when the Heating Coil was set to zero.
- Fixed the heat rejection type for the VRV condensing unit.
- Fixed the building areas report incorrectly showing Glass % instead of Skylight %.
- Fixed the ERD leaving temperature which was sending too high a temperature to the preheat coil.
- Fixed the heating mode ventilation % when both system block airflow and system ventilation override were selected.
- Fixed the diffuser outflow on the airflow balance report.
- Fixed the "Save As" feature that would crash when the user hit "Cancel".
- Fixed the % load to return air. It would not allow 100% load to return air.
- Fixed the cooling tower wet bulb reset. The control would occasionally ignore the wet bulb reset.
- Fixed the main heating coil capacity override.
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[Version 6.2.9] 10/3/2012
- Added 90.1-2010 library members (see 90.1-2010 install for further updates. This can be accessed through tranecds.com)
- Fixed an error in the secondary fan design heating airflow. This occurred when a fan powered system type was specified, but some VAV boxes were turned to "Shutoff VAV".
- Fixed the export gbXML output on the file drop-down menu.
- Fixed a reporting error on the system component selection report that was missing the main heating coil for PFPVAVMBO.
- Fixed a reporting error on the room checksum report. The main heating coil was inadvertently adding the reheat coil capacity to the main heating capacity.
- Fixed the ducted return air temperature in a BPVAV system that was causing excess exhaust heat load.
- Fixed the ventilation load on the system checksum report to reflect the use of ERDs.
- Fixed the 62.1 Ep value for VAV systems. When a hybrid (shut-off + Fan powered) system was created, the 62.1 report was not updating the shut-off VAV Ep values.
- Fixed the UFAD system design cooling coil leaving temperature.
- Fixed the system component selection report to properly report the amount of secondary fans and shut off VAV boxes in a hybrid system.
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[Version 6.2.8] 3/30/2012
- Added a new Single Zone VAV (SZVAV) System.
- Added the ability to simulate a dual VAV cooling/heating minimum feature for all systems that use reheat minimum to control the cold deck airflow at minimum load.
- Added five Mexican weather libraries with the origin filetype appended to the name.
- Fixed an error that did not let the user change the U-factor of a copied door.
- Fixed an error that did not account for skylight load in duplicate rooms per zone.
- Fixed an error that did not account for the main heating coil when an auxiliary coil was added and the coil capacity was modified.
- Fixed an error that prevented the psychrometric report airflow to match with the checksum report airflow when Standard 62.1 was applied in the system.
- Fixed an error that did not account for the shutoff mode in fan powered VAV system.
- Fixed an error that did not consider the room humidity ratio from psychrometrics when calculating ventilation latent load in a few circumstances.
- Fixed an error that did not include the ventilation load when sizing a radiation heating coil if a preheat coil did not exist and ventilation deck was something other than Room Direct.
- Fixed an error for Mexican weather files due to unit conversion error that presented very low humidity ratio values.
- Fixed an error that duplicated the ventilation when ventilation units were %Clg Airflow and the cooling supply airflow was entered in cfm units.
- Fixed an error that under-reported heating loads when VAV system preheat coils were manually undersized.
- Fixed schedule graphs that were not graphing correctly.
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[Version 6.2.7] 7/12/2011
- Added the ability to import EPW weather files.
- Added ventilation library members to increase the ventilation CFM by 30% over the minimum ASHRAE 62.1 to gain the credit for LEED IEQ Credit 2.
- Fixed an error preventing the copying of glass with no dimensions or percent in the file wizard.
- Fixed an error that prevented the internal shading parameters from being shown on alt 2.
- Fixed an error where adjacent floor plenums caused the space load to peak in odd months when retest peaks flag was set.
- Fixed an error that caused UFAD systems to generate huge supply airflows when Std.62.1 flag was set and retest peaks flag was set.
- Fixed an error where TRACE was using the design dry bulb temperature instead of the ground temperature for the partition delta T.
- Fixed an error that caused the VAV reheat minimums to be too high when the system is oversized with respect to the sum of the peak airflows.
- Fixed an error that resulted in the number of people being multiplied by 100 when the 62.1 diversity field was left blank.
- Fixed a reporting error that displayed the wrong system type on the ASHRAE 62.1 report when a VAV system with baseboard heat was selected.
- Fixed an error that caused excessive heating on SFPVAV systems when using the "Supply Air Reset Per Worst Case Room" with the "Use system default outside air reset" checked.
- Corrected the U-value for an external door.
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[Version 6.2.6] 9/1/2010
- Added Supply Air Reset Temperature offset to the Component and Project Tree views.
- Added several space types per ASHRAE 62.1-2010 for ventilation calculations.
- Removed options to view archived or T600-named library entries.
- Removed the PFPVAV system in favor of the PFPVAVMBO system.
- Altered the Walls by Direction report to include unusual orientations in a more straight-forward manner.
- Changed the default U-value for internal shading type Sample from 0.07 to 0.70.
- Fixed an error that prevented combining files correctly when parenthesis are being used in the names of the spaces.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly displayed the ventilation quantities when using a ducted, plenum or plenum/corridor vent deck.
- Fixed an error that prevented certain types of shading from operating in the southern hemisphere.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly assigned ventilation load to main coils when using specific dedicated OA systems in the design simulation.
- Fixed the Room Entered Values reports to correctly shown when CO2 DCV sensors are being used.
- Fixed the Systems Entered values reports to correctly show the Space Convective Gains to Occupied Layer.
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[Version 6.2.5] 3/19/2010
This update contains the following items:
- Numerous calculation speed enhancements.
- Changed the reporting of door areas in the Checksum reports to match that of window area reporting.
- Added the ability to specify the file location for an imported weather file in the Weather Library.
- Added functionality that will create templates based upon the Space Type Name when importing gbXML.
- Fixed an error that would hide the heating ventilation quantity for some systems on the Room Checksums report.
- Fixed an error that would account for adjacent floor loads twice when using multiple adjacent floors.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly displayed the heating sensible coil load on the Peak Load reports.
- Fixed an error that created large amounts of over/undersizing when using ASHRAE Standard 62.1 and Room Direct ventilation decks.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly reported room ventilation quantities when using SFPVAV and ASHRAE Standard 62.1.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly calculated the PFPVAV system exhaust quantity during heating design.
- Fixed a skylight load error that would incorrectly read legacy values and not report the correct skylight loads.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly ratioed reduced year weather when derived from full year weather.
- Fixed an error that would ignore the Ez value in ASHRAE 62.1 calculations when Vot was less than Vou.
- Fixed an error that prevented custom doors from being exported and imported via EXP files.
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[Version 6.2.4] 10/23/2009
This update contains the following items:
- Added "% of Design Capacity by adjusting airflow" as an option on the Coils tab of Create Systems.
- Added "% of Design Capacity by allowing subcool" as an option on the Coils tab of Create Systems.
- Added the ability to export basic Load Design data to HVAC Solutions software.
- Added license activation to software installation.
- Changed "% of Design Capacity Cooling Capacity" to only adjust the latent coil capacity and not airflows.
- Changed the default Main cooling coil capacity units to be "% of Design Capacity by adjusting airflow" for new projects.
- Changed the default Main cooling coil capacity units to be "% of Design Capacity by adjusting airflow" for legacy projects.
- Changed the Report Viewer scrolling progress bar to display in the background.
- Updated several system images with additional labeling.
- Fixed an error that would not use direct dehumidification weather correctly.
- Fixed an error that would display the wrong airflow on the Checksum reports with shut-off VAV boxes and SFPVAV systems.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly calculated Voz when ASHRAE 62.1 was being used for system level ventilation calculations.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly calculated auxiliary heating coil conduction loads with systems that contain underfloor plenums.
- Fixed an error with heating driftpoint temperatures being flagged as potential errors.
- Added Hot Keys for the Walls tab of Create Rooms.
- Fixed the Walls By Direction report for walls that have the same orientation and multiple openings.
- Fixed the glass/openings export in the Library/Template Editors.
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[Version 6.2.3, T7up623.exe] 09/2/2009
This update contains the following items:
- Fixed an error that prevented full year weather files to be imported into Windows Vista in certain circumstances.
- Fixed an issue that would crash TRACE on the Walls tab of Create Rooms.
- Fixed a crash that would occur when using the Heating Building Envelope Loads at time of space peak.
- Adjusted the deck locations for certain configurations of the Type III Isotherm Wheel.
- Fixed an error that would prevent the Design Cooling Capacities report from being displayed.
- Fixed an error preventing the importing of .lds and older TRACE archive files.
[Version 6.2.2, T7up622.exe] 07/31/2009
This update contains the following items:
- Added the ability to directly import glass from LBNL Window 5.
- Enabled the template recovery function so each project (.trc) file that is opened is scanned for template problems and fixed.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly calculated time lag based upon thermal mass between 180 and 185 lb/sf when using the TETD method.
- Fixed an error that did not reduce the economizer control point by the underfloor heat pickup with UFAD and DV systems.
- Fixed an error that did not reduce the economizer control point by the extra coil leaving drybulb during indirect dehumidification.
- Fixed an error for DDVAV where heating return airflow was incorrectly calculated when the block airflow is entered.
- Fixed an error which allows for more combined area when using openings than the total wall area.
- Increased the total limit of chilled beams in a single room from 500 to 5000.
- Fixed an error that would crash TRACE when a new alternative is created and the rooms are using a previous alternative.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly reports ventilation quantity incorrectly with DV systems.
- Fixed an error which incorrectly calculates the upper stratified layer temperature with DV systems and ducted returns.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly reported auxiliary fan heat on the Airflow Heat Gain and Loss at Coil Peak report.
- Fixed an error that would prevent TRACE Load (.lds) files from being imported into TRACE or Load Design.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly calculates the return air temperature for DV/UFAD systems when a plenum return is used.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly applied direct dehumidification with parallel supply air tempering for ACHBEAM.
- Fixed an error that would undersize the main cooling coil design airflow with ACHBEAM.
- Corrected three infiltration Heating Design definitions (Infil - Low rise office, Infil - High rise office, and Infil - Retail grocery store).
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[Version 6.2.1, T7up621.exe] 03/31/2009
This update contains the following items:
- Added displacement ventilation airside systems.
- Added active and passive chilled beam airside systems.
- Added the ability to model multiple/different openings per wall including doors.
- Added the ability to create custom door types in the Glass Library.
- Added additional common mistakes to check for in Scan for Errors.
- Changed the underfloor plenum location from system to zone-level.
- Changed the default value for Space Sensible Gains to Occupied Layer from 50% to 60% for Ducted Through Underfloor Plenum and Supply Via Sidewall Displacement Ventilation options for Supply Duct/Air Path Location.
- Fixed an error that incorrectly converted Height Above Ground when switching from IP to SI units.
- Fixed an error that would remove the humidification coil when a main heating coil for the airside system (e.g. VAVBSK) did not exist.
- Fixed an error that prevented the Entered Values reports from being viewed.
- Fixed an error that prevented glass types from being imported into the Glass Library.
- Fixed an error that would incorrectly calculate the coil capacity when using floor multipliers and specifying the coil capacity.
- Fixed an error that would incorrectly calculate the stratification temperatures when adjacent ceiling plenums are used.
- Fixed an error that would prevent the ASHRAE weather overrides from being saved in an archive file with imported weather.
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[Version 6.2, T7up62.exe] 12/10/2008
Release 6.2 was distributed via CD to all active TRACE 700 customers December, 2008. This update contains the following items:
- Added constant and variable volume underfloor air distribution systems.
- Added ASHRAE weather from 2005 Handbook of Fundamentals.
- Added Scan for Errors feature which scans for common input errors or missing library information.
- Added ability to input supply air leakage up- and down-stream of coil based upon system type.
- Added a glossary of common terms to the help file.
- Added the ability to use reset and lockout tables for lights and miscellaneous utilization schedules.
- Added an ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2004 output report to the Design Reports.
- Changed the PFPVAV system to use PFPVAVMBO calculations.
- Changed VAV minimums to 30% for: BPVAV, BPVRH, DDVAV, PFPVAV, PFPVAVRA, SFPVAV, TAB, 2FDDVV, VAV, VAVFSK, VAVBSK, VRH, VTRACRH, VTRACLC, and PFPVAVMBO.
- Updated system graphics.
- Fixed an error that would omit the Summer Ground Reflectance when changed by a user.
- Fixed an error that would ignore internal shading for windows that were defined with spectral glass.
- Fixed an error that would ignore a split dehumidification system with a single zone airside system.
- Fixed an error that would ignore the use of energy recovery with the radiation heating-only system.
- Fixed an error that displayed the incorrect units for a humidification coil on various Design reports.
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