Problem: Graphisoft released MEP tools on 2024-09-30 which completely replaced previous MEP object functionality. This removed a functioning tool and replaced it with a non-functional tool. We are not paying for half-baked alpha-level features to be implemented in a software release when a fully functional tool is already in place. Developers at Graphisoft: You know this implementation doesn't work better than what was there before and if you don't know that then you shouldn't be a developer. Whoever made the decisions to implement this broken implementation into a release should be fired.
The new tools are clumsy and buggy at best and useless at worst. As of this date the MEP modeler still has no straightforward ability to simply slope a pipe (the slope input exists but is non-functional.) That should be a primary function. As a US user, there are no route specifications for common US pipe sizes, no standard fittings that plumbers actually use, no ability to schedule pipe runs or fittings with real data, the branch tees do not function correctly, and if I want insulation I'll select it, don't enable it as the default, that is not helpful for piping (don't treat a duct like a pipe).
Simply put: Fix this nonsensical, half-baked, lame excuse for an implementation that suffers at all levels. In essence, my 'wish' is that you stop sh*tifying your software and increase the price while doing so. Just get back to Graphisoft's statement of "software designed by architects for architects." The developers or at least those that manage them need to understand actual professions of architecture and building construction, not just software.
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