To celebrate the new update, we’re opening up the CAMEL+Cnect 3D Builder to every CAMEL+ user for a full week – from Wednesday 9 September to Wednesday 16 September. There’s nothing to sign up for or activate. The 3D Builder will simply be available on your existing CAMEL+ account for the week – so you can use it on real...
Have you tried out our new and improved HYENA+ Node Diagram? Released last month, it lets you draw your pipe network directly on an isometric canvas, with the Pipes table populating automatically as you build. This gives you a faster, visual-first way to build and verify your pipework network. You’ll find it on the Pipes page in HYENA+. If...
We’re pleased to announce that CAMEL+Cnect now supports Revit 2026 models. If your team has moved (or is moving) to Revit 2026, you can continue to use CAMEL+Cnect to extract building geometry and room data straight into CAMEL+, without all the manual data entry. This release continues a steady cadence of updates over the...
Fire Australia 2026 is just around the corner, and we’re looking forward to seeing many of you there! ACADS-BSG will be exhibiting at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre alongside our sister company Tandm, who specialise in automated fire sprinkler design software for Revit. 📅 Tuesday 5 – Thursday 7 May 2026 📍 Melbourne...
Registrations are now open for the next round of HYENA+ online training workshops, running across May and June 2026. These interactive webinars are ideal for new users wanting to build confidence with hydraulic calculations, as well as more experienced users looking to strengthen their understanding of the HYENA+ platform. Each workshop includes practical, worked examples...
In December 2025 we released the first phase of the CAMEL+Cnect Room Editor, giving you the ability to split and merge rooms and adjust individual room heights directly inside the CAMEL+Cnect UI. We’ve now extended this with the full set of editing tools – you can add and delete walls, and create rooms and spaces...
As we approach the end of 2025, we would like to extend our sincere thanks for your continued support throughout the year. It has been another fantastic year of progress for ACADS-BSG, driven by your feedback, collaboration, and commitment to improving building services design across Australia and beyond. Highlights of our year include: Releasing CAMEL+Cnect,...
Currently, HYENA+ users enter pipe networks line by line in the Pipes table, typically using a sketched node diagram as a visual check to ensure all nodes and pipes are captured correctly. We’re streamlining this workflow so you can draw your node diagram directly on an isometric canvas in HYENA+, and it will automatically populate...
One request we’ve heard a few times from CAMEL+Cnect users is to reduce the Revit experience and model preparation needed before starting the workflow. The new CAMEL+Cnect Room Editor lets you adjust HVAC zoning directly inside CAMEL+Cnect, with no pre-editing of your Revit Spaces required. What you can do in seconds: Merge and split...
Are you on the fence about whether CAMEL+Cnect is worth the investment? Our new ROI Calculator gives you a quick, evidence-based estimate of the time and cost savings you can expect to achieve. Why we built it Setting up projects manually in CAMEL+ takes time – measuring off drawings, entering room data, consolidating windows and walls....
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
