Category: Software

New e-learning course on issues & tasks

Another course is now available on our e-learning platform. In the "Issues and Tasks" course you will learn everything you need to know about our tools for collaboration, communication and task management.  The courses are available to all LINEAR customers free of charge.

New e-learning course: Basics of LINEAR Solutions for Revit

The course "Basics of LINEAR Solutions for Revit" is now available on our e-learning platform. We offer you a general overview of the LINEAR user interface and show you the different functions of the LINEAR Control Board. This includes detailed information about the Construction tab, the Library…

New e-learning course for Construction Design in Revit

The Construction Design course is now available on our e-learning platform. The Construction Design workflow includes functions that allow you to add details to pipe networks for installation on the construction site. This includes, for example, fixings, flanges, delivery lengths, item numbers or…

LINEAR Redesign

New visual identity in the course of permanent development

We are pleased to present the new visual identity of LINEAR. Known as the technology leader in design software for technical building equipment in German-speaking countries, LINEAR is increasingly playing a significant role in shaping the…

A New Generation of Building Analysis Algorithms

The analysis of building models is almost old hat in liNear software. It is a very popular and intensely used program module, which is always much more than a nose ahead of other analysis modules on the market. Aspects such as multi-part walls and floors, suspended ceilings, nested partial models,…

Maybe a little less?

COZY COMFORT VS. ENERGY SAVING
The goal of a building services system is usually to create a comfortable environment for the users of the building. Furthermore, the energy demand of the system should be limited to the necessary. Load calculations are required for dimensioning the building services…

Revit and LINEAR in Action – the Spandau Ufer

DESIGNING GREEN
An innovative sustainable district in the middle of Berlin Spandau, which offers the advantages of big city life in close proximity and at the same time serves as a role model for other projects - this is the vision of Spandauer Ufer GmbH & Co. KG and the participating companies merz…

BIM 5D – On the way to the deadline and cost dimension

Costs and deadlines are an incentivizing but at the same time irritating topic in everyday construction work. Keeping project plans on budget and on schedule regularly puts the relationship between contractor and owner to the acid test. The reasons for cost variance are usually more complex, the…

LINEAR Desktop - All Hat and a lot of Cattle!

With its Desktop for Revit, LINEAR Solutions offers a complete solution for realizing BIM processes in MEP design. With modules that build on one another, this solution offers an optimally functioning ecosystem which, particularly through the high interconnectedness of its functions, demonstrates…

Annual Simulation - Aren’t they the Same?

The calculation of the required cooling capacity for system dimensioning is increasingly based on dynamic simulation methods. In the previous parts of this article series, the factors influencing the cooling load calculation according to VDI 2078 have been discussed. In this final part, we examine…

Fact Check: Three myths about Revit families

Good Revit families are an essential component for successful project design. Therefore in almost every modeling guideline you will find an indication of which properties are preferable for families and which are rather not. Unfortunately, the impression arises that many statements have solidified…