Upgrade Custom Environment

If your company is using a custom fitted environment, adopt it in Vertex BD 2024 (30.0) version, and upgrade the software version changes to it as instructed below.

Adopt the Custom Fitted Environment

Install the Vertex BD 2024 (30.0) standard version according to instructions.

Copy the customer fitted "custom" and "shared" folders from the previous version onto the Vertex BD 2024 (30.0) standard version.

The basic delivery of Vertex BD 2024 (30.0) includes one or more template buildings depending on the localization. To make sure that in addition to your own template buildings, you get the latest basic delivery template buildings, do the following:

• Make a copy of the template building folders included in the Vertex BD 2024 (30.0) standard version. They are located ../shared/template/projects. Copy them to C:/temp, for example.
• Copy the custom and shared folders from the previous version to the Vertex BD 2024 (30.0) standard version.
• Select "Replace original files" when the operating system asks you to.
• Delete or rename the template building copied from the previous version: for example, ../shared/template/projects/TEMPL-WDFRAME -> TEMPL-WDFRAME_old (if one exists). Rename, if you wish to keep a building or parts of it.
• Move the template building folders from the C:/temp folder to the ../shared/template/projects folder of the Vertex BD 2024 (30.0) version.

If you know that the ../user/SETUP file has custom fitted settings, copy them from the ../user/SETUP file of the previous version to the ../user/SETUP file of the Vertex BD 2024 (30.0) version. 

Enable the system administration functions by setting the keyword in the ../user/SETUP file:  set.system.menu= 1

Start Vertex BD.

The custom update function starts automatically. Select the latest version you have used from the Previous update list. If the last version you updated was 2023 (29.0), it is selected by default in the list.

Confirm by clicking OK. Analysis of the custom folder takes a while. Finally, you will see a list of the measures conducted.

Test the Vertex BD 2024 (30.0) version before the deployment and notify the support service of the possible faults.

If you are using a version older than the Vertex BD 2013 (19. 0), please contact the support service to ensure that the environment can be copied directly to the Vertex BD 2024 (30.0) environment. 

Template Buildings And the Layer Scheme

You can use customer-specific template buildings, or you can use the template buildings of the software supplier.

The layer scheme that you use can be:

• The layer scheme of the software supplier saved in the system settings.
• A customer-specific layer scheme saved in the drawing file in the ../custom/setup/layer-templates folder.

In either case, changes may have been made to the layer scheme that have not been updated in template buildings.

When you create a new building, select Update Layer Scheme in the dialog box to load the current layer scheme into the new building and update the changes made to the layer scheme to the building drawings. The selection will be saved, and it will be used whenever you start a new building based on a template building. 

Update Function

Update software version changes to custom fitted files by using the system update function. The update function starts automatically when you have followed the steps described above and started the program.

If necessary, you can also start the function by selecting System | Update Custom.

Files to be Updated

The system update function performs the operations described below.

Corner trim library

Previously, corner trim sets were defined in the system settings with the keywords corner_trim. In Vertex BD 2024 (30.0), corner trim sets are models stored in the component library. The library type is corner_trim. The model has outer and inner corners formed by generic walls, to which corner trims have been added. If customer-specific corner trim sets are defined in the vxsettings.xml file in the custom/programs folder, the custom update function creates a customer-specific corner trim library, creates a model of each set, and adds them to the library.

You can edit the description of the component library by selecting the library and then Edit Description from the right-click menu.

The corner trim set to be added to the building model is selected in a browser. You can edit the folder name displayed in the browser by editing the contents of the library.

Select the tab Browser and edit the folder name in the Browser Path field. To update the browser, click Browser Upd. To open the corner trim model, click Open File.

You can configure the corner trims to stretch to the roof by setting the value 1 in the Stretch to roof field on the General tab.

General/Floor, roof or ceiling sheathing tool library

The update function adds new fields to the database of the customer-specific common sheathing tool library (FRMTOOL_GEN_SHEET). Fields added on the Other Rules tab:

• MOUNT - Mounting method for all parts generated with the tool.
• FULL_COVER – Opening routing method.

Horizontal batten library

The update function adds a new field to the database of the customer-specific horizontal batten library (FRMTOOL_HBATTEN).

• MOUNT - Mounting method for all parts generated with the tool.

Cladding tool library

The update function adds a new field to the database of the customer-specific cladding tool library (FRMTOOL_CLADDING) on the Mount tab.

• MOUNT - Mounting method for all parts generated with the tool.

Framing area assembly library

The update function adds a new field to the database of the customer-specific framing area assembly library (FRMASSY) on the Frame: Details tab.

• MOUNT - Mounting method for all parts generated with the tool.

Layer libraries

The update function adds a new field to the databases of the customer-specific layer libraries (WALL_LAYERS and LAYERS):

• IFC_PROP - IFC property set.

Excel template report library

The update function adds new fields to the database of the customer-specific Excel template report library (BOM_REPORTS):

• DISCIPLINE - Discipline
• DOCMAINTYPE - Document main type
• DOCSUBTYPE - Document sub type

This data is used as labels when a report is exported to the Vertex Sync service.