CYPE Construction Systems

CYPE Construction Systems provides a structured workflow for defining the construction systems used throughout a building project. Users can create a library of system types and describe their general construction characteristics before assigning them to the corresponding architectural elements.

The software supports construction systems for the building envelope, including façades, party walls, basement walls, roofs, screeds, exterior doors, windows and skylights. Internal systems include partitions, floor slabs, suspended ceilings, thermal breaks, interior doors, windows and skylights.

Each system may consist of multiple layers. Users can define the thickness, density, material description and other physical properties of every layer, together with optional thermal properties and perimeter elastic seals. Colours and hatch patterns can also be configured to distinguish complete systems and individual layers in the model and generated reports.

Construction-system definitions and their individual layers can be exported to files and reused in other projects. The application also provides default construction materials based on standards and other official technical documents.

Elements from the architectural BIM model can be linked to the construction systems created in the application. The assigned systems can then be inspected in three dimensions, and the software warns users when the total thickness of a system differs from the thickness of its associated architectural element.

Thermal breaks can be defined in floor slabs to maintain insulation continuity at thermal bridges. Different linear thermal-transmittance values can be created and assigned to the appropriate thermal-bridge conditions.

The software automatically produces descriptive and construction reports for the building envelope and partitioning systems. Reports can be exported in TXT, HTML, RTF, DOCX and PDF formats. It also generates glTF models displaying systems by overall colour, individual layer or system type for BIMserver.center coordination. CYPE Construction Systems is currently available free of charge.