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The new Winter-Release comes with a multitude of new features. For a first impression, click on the image above to view our release brochure.
Below, you find a detailed list of the most important features.

Note, that most of the features are only available in the full ENVI-met versions, not in BASIC.


==== New Applications  ====
  * **Monde**, the new vector based world editor with online integration of OpenStreetMap and OpenTopography (Beta)
  * The new **ENVIGuide** assisting you in the generation of .SIMX simulation files 
  * **ForcingCreator** assisting you to generate files for the new full-forcing based on meassured data or EPW files 
  * Converter tool from EDX files into the **NetCDFformat**
  * **Plug-in for Rhino Grasshopper/Ladybug** to create ENVI-met Area Input files and Simulation files and start ENVI-met from Grashopper


==== New Model features ====
  * New facade and roof greening model with detailed calculation of exchange processes at the plant and the substrate layer
  * Full Forcing allows you integrate meassured data or data from larger-scale models into the ENVI-met simulation. All variables including wind and solar radition can be "forced"
  * Buildings can have individual wall and roof materials and wall and roof greening  in ConceptDesign mode
  * The simulation files have a new format (.SIMX) with more options to control the model configuration
  * The popular IVS method can now be executed in the memory which increases the calculation speed drastically. (A parallel version is up-to-come)


==== Databasesystem and DBManager ====
  * The ENVI-met database system has been extended to 6-char IDs to allow a better organisation of IDs. The system will automatically convert old 2-char IDs
  * The DBManager features a new tool to calculate pollutant emissions from car traffic based on standard emission factors
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==== Vegetation model  ====
  * The new TreeCalender allws a dynamical adjustment of the leaf area density of plants with respect to the month of the year to simulate seasonal effects 
  * The user can set the solar transmissivity of leafs in order to better simulate the absorption of radiation and shadow casting
  * The Tree database (Albero) has been re-structured (The old trees are still available)

==== Re-worked applications  ====
  * SPACES have been re-designed to include the new features such as facade/roof greening or topography integration.