CAMEL⁺Cnect 3D Builder
Create your building from a PDF. Skip the manual measuring and data entry.
Getting geometry into CAMEL+ used to mean first measuring every room, wall and window on each floor plan, or with CAMEL+Cnect for Revit, extracting this from a Revit model. The CAMEL+Cnect 3D Builder adds a third option for the many projects that begin life in 2D form as PDF layouts.
Import a floor plan for each level, trace your rooms, and watch the model take shape in 3D as you go. Then assign each room to an AHU, define your wall, roof and window types, add shading, and export straight into CAMEL+. It runs alongside CAMEL+ in your web browser, with no installation required.
Fast-track your model setup for every project with the CAMEL+Cnect 3D Builder.
Key features of the CAMEL+Cnect 3D Builder:
- Import a PDF floor plan and calibrate the scale, then trace rooms straight over the top
- Fast window and shading entry – drop windows onto any external wall, and apply shading schemes such as overhangs, fins and reveals.
- Model nearby buildings and have the adjacent shading automatically applied.
- Automatic adjacency detection works out which walls are internal/external and which are next to unconditioned spaces for automatic partition entry
- Live 3D preview of your building as you draw
- One-click export into CAMEL+ – ready to continue on with your load calculation
- CAMEL+Cnect for Revit users can export their Cnect for Revit data straight into the 3D Builder to refine the geometry before pushing to CAMEL+. Access to the 3D Builder is included at no extra cost for all CAMEL+Cnect for Revit users.
Use the 2D canvas to draw your rooms over the top of a PDF underlay. Assign rooms to AHUs and Zones, with a live 3D model of the building updating on the right as you draw.
Automatic partition detection based on room adjacency to non-conditioned spaces. Set a new ‘Internal Wall Type’ to apply the U-value to all relevant wall partitions.
Draw over the windows on your PDF to quickly generate a Window Types list.
Apply shading schemes, and model nearby buildings so the correct adjacent shading is applied to each affected wall segment automatically.
Seamlessly export professional HVAC zoning layout PDFs for documentation and review – saving you hours of doing this as a separate step beforehand. The AHU Zoning, Windows, Wall & Roof Types, and Partitions mark-up elements are all created on separate togglable PDF layers.
One click sends all the generated building geometry back to CAMEL+, saving you hours of entering in each input field individually.
Engineering Simplicity
Stop getting bogged down in complex calculations. Design the appropriate building services with ease.
With over 6000 customers using ACADS-BSG tools every day, our software is making life easier, project by project, and our communities are being transformed with new and more complex buildings all the time. With the right tools, calculating, designing, sizing, and refining building services systems that deliver performance and efficiency has never been easier.
The user interface for HYENA+ is much cleaner and more user friendly than the UI used for the original HYENA program. This makes the experience more enjoyable, easy, and less taxing when using the program for long periods of time. HYENA is an excellent tool to have and its now web-based nature with HYENA+ has allowed it to become even more beneficial.
– M. Cummings
It has always been a pleasure dealing with ACADS-BSG team due to their helpful nature and quick response time to any inquiries and technical issues. Camel\Hyena works out of the box and install time is in seconds, I cannot recommend any other company that provides better customer service other than Catherine and her team.
– Marvin D
Catherine and the team at ACADS provide customer service of the highest standards always offering the best solutions for our business with fast response times. I would highly recommend ACADS-BSG.
– Amy
The ACADS BSG suite of software has been used by VOS Group for 30 years. We as a company have grown as the software capabilities have changed with usability and technology. The support from head office has always been quick and accurate, with a resolve to overcome any obstacles. We have always found the outputs to be accurate and reliable and a good basis for good engineering design.
– Shayne C
Moving to a cloud based platform has improved the overall performance of the software. [being able to log in from any device] has improved my overall productivity as I only need to carry my smart phone or a tablet, and I can do my job remotely. Tools and functions are clearly organised within the new interface reducing any confusion for a new user. Copy+ Paste option saves a lot of time for Engineers like me. It just works like an Excel Sheet, where you can copy items and paste them somewhere else. It saves a lot of time especially if you are working on a single project and you want to do multiple calculations.
[HYENA+] allows me to quickly switch from one calculation to another without losing any data. This has reduced the overall lead time in doing calculations. I am sure [HYENA+] will have a positive impact on the Fire Industry.
– Ahkil M
