Add-ons
Add-ons
Features you can switch on or off in the apps. An add-on extends an app; it is never an app of its own. Every add-on here was reviewed and signed by the CadCraft team. Trade packs are data, not programs: the app checks each one when you install it.
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3D Print
0.9.0Put elements of your building model on your printer's bed, as a scale model or life size, lay them flat, arrange them and send them to the printer, with no exporting. Sends over USB, or to Klipper, OctoPrint or PrusaLink on your network. CadCraft's basic slicer comes with it; Kiri:Moto, PrusaSlicer and OrcaSlicer are add-ons of their own.
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Acoustic materials
0.1.1Adds the BRAS benchmark's absorption and scattering sets to BimCraft's acoustic material lists, each labelled measured or estimated with its source. Data: BRAS, TU Berlin / RWTH Aachen, CC BY-SA 4.0. A design aid: have a licensed acoustician review your results.
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Finds an address's latitude and longitude with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL). getcadcraft.com asks OpenStreetMap's Nominatim for you (at most one request a second; answers kept 90 days under a hash of the address, never who asked). Asks only when you press its button in Surface › More › Address to site; no key, nothing at start-up; this browser keeps the answer 24 hours.
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Advanced simulation
0.8.0Nonlinear studies (material that yields, bilinear) and contact studies (separate pieces, frictionless or bonded) on the part's Simulation study, with the load steps, a colour plot beside the part and CalculiX input decks (.inp) and results (.frd). The decks are written to CalculiX's manual and have never been run in CalculiX. An analysis aid, not a design approval.
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Apparel
0.5.0Pattern making for clothing: pattern pieces with notches, grain lines and drill holes, seam allowance, sizes and grading, seam walking, printing patterns full size or tiled, markers, and DXF-AAMA / ASTM files.
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Bambu Lab printers
0.9.0Send from 3D Print to a Bambu Lab P2S through Bambu Connect. Slices with your own OrcaSlicer and its P2S presets, then opens the file in Bambu Connect for you to start. Needs CadCraft Studio on a computer, with OrcaSlicer and Bambu Connect installed.
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Building regulations
0.1.0Check stairs and rooms against the building regulations of a country, from a regulation pack: stair riser, going, width and handrail, room height, window and openable area, with the clause for each rule. Packs hold numbers and clause numbers, never the standard's text. A guide only: the registered professional and the local authority decide.
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Reads the building footprints, heights and levels around the point from OpenStreetMap through the Overpass service (ODbL: credit OpenStreetMap contributors). It asks the service only when you press its button in Surface › More › Address to site; nothing is sent at start-up, no key is used, and the answer is kept 24 hours in this browser.
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CabinetCraft
0.8.3Lay out cabinets along the walls of a room (angled and curved walls, islands, corner cabinets). Cut list, nest, drilling, cost, drawings. PartCraft: viewport bodies, G-code. BimCraft: furniture elements, schedule from the model, plan on the level. CadCraft: shop drawings as CAD entities. ModelCraft: coloured bodies.
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Cabinets
0.8.0Cabinets and millwork: base, drawer, wall and tall cabinets placed along a wall in the plan and drawn in a front view, built from your construction rules (frameless 32 mm system by default), with a cut list by material, edge-banding totals, a nest of every sheet, a DXF of the sheets for your CAM program and a bar-coded label for every piece in cutting order.
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Circuit simulation
0.9.0Draw a circuit as a schematic and simulate it on our own solver: DC operating point, transient and AC sweep, read with a meter, a scope and a plotter placed on nets. Part values are typed by you; no maker's models or Multisim files are read.
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Climate futures
0.9.0Future climate data (SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5, 2050 and 2080) for Hazard playback (flood, wildfire, heat) and the EnergyPlus check, present beside future. Data: NASA NEX-GDDP-CMIP6 (CMIP6 model output, CC BY 4.0) and IPCC AR6 sea level. The bundled pack is a SAMPLE (three places, one model, five years per period): for trying the tools, not for design.
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Digital twin
0.9.0Run a Material flow layout inside your building: put a ready cell or a layout file on a level, see the equipment in the 3D view, check it against the walls, and run the flow and a soft PLC on it. The building gives the room and walls, not machine behaviour. Not a safety validation.
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Electrical
0.4.0Electrical schematics and installation plans: IEC and ANSI symbols, wires and wire numbers, device tags, cross-references, sheets, terminal, cable and parts lists, circuits, loads and the panel schedule.
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EnergyPlus check
0.8.0Opens the Energy tab's Energy simulation step: writes the model as an EnergyPlus file and, with an EnergyPlus engine you point to (your own WebAssembly build, fetched only when you press Simulate), lists heating and cooling loads beside the quick design aid's. The engine is not part of BimCraft; EnergyPlus is BSD-3-Clause (notice in the step). A second opinion, not a compliance report.
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Factory floor
0.9.0Machines and cells from the Material flow layout, read live (MTConnect; OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus, BACnet through CadCraft Studio) or from a seeded simulator. Operator screen over the layout, a job queue to Studio's Send to a machine, history and simple OEE. Reading first: writing is off unless switched on per device and confirmed. Not a safety system.
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Fire sprinklers
0.8.0Sprinkler heads on a grid in a room by hazard class, the branch lines and cross main that feed them, and a density/area hydraulic calculation (Hazen-Williams, K-factor heads, hose allowance, a water-supply test). The design criteria are your table; the defaults are labelled for professional review. A design aid, not an approval.
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Flood zones (FEMA)
0.8.0Reads FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer flood hazard zones around the point (US federal data, United States only). It asks the service only when you press its button in Surface › More › Address to site; nothing is sent at start-up, no key is used, and the answer is kept 24 hours in this browser.
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Ground elevation (USGS)
0.8.0Reads the ground elevation at the point from the USGS Elevation Point Query Service (United States only). It asks the service only when you press its button in Surface › More › Address to site; nothing is sent at start-up, no key is used, and the answer is kept 24 hours in this browser.
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Wires and terminals from the Electrical add-on's schematic: an id, colour, gauge, type and end treatment for every wire, a from-to list, a wire list with cut lengths, connector tables, a harness drawing with branch points and lengths, a control-cabinet layout (back panel, DIN rails, ducts, devices on the rails) and a bill of materials.
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HVAC
0.9.0HVAC ductwork: duct runs drawn on a centerline with their elbows, transitions and branch fittings, a double-line plan and solids on the 3D tab from the same run, equal-friction sizing from airflow, and a duct schedule with sheet metal area that goes to TakeoffCraft.
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Interior lighting design
0.9.0Light a room from photometry files (.ies, .ldt): plan luminaires for a target lux, then get mean, lowest and highest lux on the workplane, uniformity, glare (UGR) and watts per m², with bounced light included. Map, requirement checks, printable report. A design aid, not a certificate.
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Kiri:Moto slicer
0.9.0Adds Kiri:Moto (MIT) to the slicers in 3D Print. It runs in this page, on the web and in Studio, and downloads when first used.
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Lighting plots
0.9.0Entertainment lighting plots: fixtures hung on named positions (pipes, trusses, booms, floor lines), unit numbers along each position, channels and dimmer or DMX addresses, an instrument schedule, a channel hookup, a legend, and checks for duplicate units, DMX overlaps and overloaded dimmers. Fixtures and positions sit in classes (Lighting-Fixtures-…, Rigging-…).
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Magnetics
0.8.0Flat (2-D) magnetostatic studies in PartCraft: iron, permanent magnets and coils in an air box, from an example device or your sketches. Flux density, flux lines, force and torque on a body, the result shown on the part and saved as CSV, VTK or SVG. Linear iron unless you give a B–H curve; no 3-D, no eddy currents. An analysis aid, not a design approval.
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Material flow
0.9.0Material-handling layout and simulation: conveyors, curves, inclines, zones, merges, diverts, stop gates, photo-eyes, stations, buffers and AGV paths snapped port to port in the 3D view; a seeded discrete-event simulation with playback, statistics and CSV. No physics. PLC mode: a soft PLC on the model, or a real PLC over Modbus TCP through Studio.
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Nesting
0.8.0Lay the closed outlines of your drawing — polylines with their arcs, circles, holes inside them — on plates or a roll with as little waste as it can, draw the sheets beside the drawing and save them as DXF for the cutter. The same nesting engine as PartCraft's.
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OrcaSlicer slicer
0.9.0Adds OrcaSlicer to the slicers in 3D Print, using your own installed copy. OrcaSlicer is separate AGPL-3.0 software that you install yourself; CadCraft never ships it. Works from CadCraft Studio on a computer.
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P&ID
0.9.0Process and instrumentation diagrams: symbols, tagged equipment and instruments, line numbers, line, equipment, instrument and valve lists, and checks. Links the drawing to a process model (stream table, line sizes carried through) and writes the control lists. A drafting aid, not an engineering approval.
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Parcels (county service)
0.8.0Reads the parcel polygon at the point from a county or city open-data service you give the address of (an ArcGIS REST layer; terms differ by county). It asks the service only when you press its button in Surface › More › Address to site; nothing is sent at start-up, no key is used, and the answer is kept 24 hours in this browser.
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Piping
0.9.0Piping: pipe runs by nominal size and material from public standard tables (steel, copper, PVC, PEX), fittings and valves, single- or double-line plans and solids on the 3D tab, slope for drainage, P&ID symbols, and a pipe and fitting schedule that goes to TakeoffCraft.
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Plant
0.8.0Plant and factory design: pipe specs checked against the runs in the model, isometric drawings with a bill of materials, generic process equipment with nozzles as an IFC file, a layout check, and a check of the runs against a process model (line velocity and drop). A drafting aid, not an engineering approval.
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PrusaSlicer slicer
0.9.0Adds PrusaSlicer to the slicers in 3D Print, using your own installed copy. PrusaSlicer is separate AGPL-3.0 software that you install yourself; CadCraft never ships it. Works from CadCraft Studio on a computer.
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Resin exposure test
0.9.0A test part and a ladder of exposures for finding the right exposure for your resin and printer: one file for each exposure, in a zip.
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Writes the Anycubic Photon Workshop resin files PWMX and PWS. Our own code, written from a specification: read back by CadCraft only, not yet loaded on a printer. Options let you switch the choices the format leaves open.
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Writes the Chitubox family of resin files that many Elegoo, Phrozen and Creality printers read. CBDDLP and CTB version 2 are written from a format document, CTB versions 3 to 5 from a specification. Our own code, read back by CadCraft only: not yet loaded on a printer.
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Resin files: Elegoo GOO
0.9.0Writes the Elegoo GOO file for resin printers that use it (Mars 4 Ultra, Saturn 3 Ultra and similar). Written from Elegoo's published specification and read back by CadCraft only: not yet loaded on a printer.
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Resin files: SL1
0.9.0Writes the layered-image SL1 archive (Prusa SL1 and SL1S, and tools that read SL1). Written from public descriptions and read back by CadCraft only: not yet loaded on a printer.
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Resin printing
0.9.0Slice for resin printers: layer pictures for your printer's screen, hollowing with vent holes, supports and a raft, a layer preview and resin cost. Free, with no locked features and no upgrade pop-ups. Needs a file-format add-on for your printer (Elegoo GOO or SL1).
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Roller chain sprockets
0.9.0Draw a roller-chain sprocket from a chain number (ANSI 25 to 240, ISO 606 A and B series) and a tooth count: the real tooth outline, pitch circle, bore, drawn tooth by tooth from the chain's own pitch and roller size. The chain table lists the catalogues each dimension was read from.
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Router carving
0.9.0V-carve letters and logos, engrave lines, or carve a grey picture as a relief for a router or laser-class machine. The V-bit follows the middle of each shape at the depth its width needs; a flat mill clears wide floors; a cutter follows a depth map without cutting into it. G-code from a post-processor you can edit, and a check that reads any program back.
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Scan to BIM
0.9.0Proposes the floors, walls, doors and windows of a building from a point cloud you have open in BimCraft. Every proposal shows how far it sits from the scanned points, in millimetres. You accept, edit or reject each one; accepting draws them in the model as one undo step. A starting drawing from a scan, to be checked against the building: not a survey.
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Soils (USDA SSURGO)
0.8.0Reads the soil map unit at the point from the USDA Soil Data Access service (United States only). It asks the service only when you press its button in Surface › More › Address to site; nothing is sent at start-up, no key is used, and the answer is kept 24 hours in this browser.
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Solid FEM
0.9.0Mesh a part, set a material, fixed faces and loads (force, pressure, gravity) by picking faces in the 3D view, and solve a linear static or modal study with the CadCraft finite element library. Displacement, von Mises stress, reactions and frequencies are drawn on the model, with a warning list. Linear elastic only. Not a code check; your engineer reviews the results.
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TrussCraft
0.8.1Timber roof trusses in BimCraft, PartCraft, ModelCraft and CadCraft: common, hip, girder with jacks and valley sets from a roof outline; cut, joint and stock lists; a jig layout drawn 1:1; your own loads, combinations, plate and species tables; a first member check in Problems. Not a substitute for engineered truss design or manufacturer sign-off.
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Design and check a drinking-water distribution network on top of CivilCraft's water mains: turn parcels and customers into demands, run fire flow at every hydrant, see which main outage hurts most, and follow water age and chlorine through a 24-hour run. A calculation aid: an engineer checks every result.
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Windows and doors
0.8.0Window and door builder for PVC and aluminium profiles: pick a profile system, type the opening and a layout, and get the elevation, the profile cut list with angle cuts and welding allowances, bars to saw with the least waste, steel, glass sizes, hardware and gaskets, and labels in sawing order.
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Reverb report
1.0.3Type a room's size, finishes and people and get its reverberation time by octave band (Sabine and Eyring) against a target, as a printable report. From The Data Design Group, Inc. A design aid, not an engineering approval.
Trade packs for TakeoffCraft
Ready-made assemblies for one trade each: items with their parts, formulas and waste, in imperial and metric units, written from building codes, standards and trade associations’ installation guides. Packs are free data (CC0) with no prices in them: you set your own rates. Each one is a starter until working estimators review it.
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Electrical
0.1.0Branch circuits in NM cable and in EMT with their conductors, straps and fittings; receptacles, switches and boxes; light fixtures; panelboards; data outlets and Cat 6 runs. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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Drywall and framing
0.1.0Gypsum board partitions by height (8, 9, 10, 12 ft) and layers on steel or wood studs, wall linings, ceilings, corner bead and trim, exterior 2x6 walls and rough openings. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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Painting
0.1.0Interior walls by height (new and repaint), wall areas, ceilings, doors and frames, trim, caulk, exterior siding and block, epoxy floors. Spread rates are starting figures to replace with your products’ data sheets. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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Concrete
0.1.0Slabs on grade (with mesh or rebar, vapor retarder and base), continuous footings, foundation walls with rebar and forms, pad footings, piers, columns, flatwork and curing. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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Flooring
0.1.0Floor and wall tile (on concrete or on backer board), luxury vinyl plank, VCT, broadloom carpet and carpet tile, solid hardwood, resilient base, transitions and self-leveling underlayment. Coverage figures are starting points to replace with your products’ data sheets. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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Masonry
0.1.0Modular brick veneer with ties, 8 in and 12 in concrete block walls with joint reinforcement, through-wall flashing and weeps, loose lintels and adhered stone veneer. Units and mortar follow from the module geometry. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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Roofing, residential
0.1.0Architectural asphalt shingles with underlayment, drip edge, starter and nails; tear-off; ice barrier at eaves; ridge and hip cap with ridge vent; valleys; step flashing; pipe boots; standing-seam metal panels. Use the pitch on the item so areas are true roof surfaces. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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Roofing, commercial
0.1.0TPO (mechanically attached), EPDM (fully adhered) and two-ply modified bitumen systems over polyiso, tapered areas, roof edges and copings, drains, pipe and curb flashings, walkway pads. Attachment counts are starting figures for the wind design to replace. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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Siding
0.1.0Vinyl and fiber-cement lap siding with water-resistive barrier and fasteners, J-channel, corner posts, starter strip, vented soffit and fascia. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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Finish carpentry
0.1.0Base, shoe, chair rail and crown with nails; interior doors cased both sides; window casing, stool and apron; closet shelf and rod; base and wall cabinets with countertop and backsplash. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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Plumbing
0.1.0PVC drain, waste and vent pipe; copper and PEX water lines with hangers at the code spacing; water closets, lavatories, kitchen sinks, shower valves, floor drains, hose bibbs and water heaters with their trim. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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HVAC
0.1.0Rectangular and spiral duct by size with hangers and wrap, insulated flexible duct with supports, supply diffusers, registers and return grilles, exhaust fans, thermostats and split systems. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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Insulation
0.1.0Wall batts by height (R-13, R-21), blown-in attic R-49 with baffles and rulers, rigid foam board, closed-cell spray foam by board feet, polyethylene vapor retarder and sound batts. R-values follow your climate zone. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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Landscape
0.1.0Sod on topsoil, seed with straw, planting beds with soil, fabric and mulch, metal edging, trees and shrubs, spray irrigation zones and valves, concrete pavers on base and sand. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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Decking
0.1.0Wood or composite deck surface with joists, screws, hangers and rim; ledger with fasteners and flashing; beams; footings with posts; guards with balusters; stairs by riser. Spans and sizes come from the IRC deck section or DCA 6. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
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General contractor, by CSI division
0.1.0A starter estimate by CSI MasterFormat division: general requirements, demolition, concrete, masonry, metals, wood, thermal and moisture, openings, finishes, specialties, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, earthwork, exterior improvements and utilities. With the workbook’s material list, quote request, takeoff summary, by-division sheet and markups for labor burden, tax, overhead, profit and bond. Assemblies only: set your own rates.
Power line packs for CivilCraft
A rule set (load cases, tension limits, clearances) and a library (conductors, cables, supports, equipment, trench types) in one file, for a country, a network operator or a company: data, not programs. CivilCraft has no country’s rules built in, so packs are how people share theirs. The app checks each file when you open it. Check every value against the standard that applies before anything is built.
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Example pack: cold climate
Shows the pack format: the built-in cold-climate example rule set (ice, ice on one side, wind) and copies of seven starter items. Not any country's rules.
To use it, open CivilCraft, then Power lines › Load cases and limits › Open a rule set or pack… Check every value against the standard that applies.
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Example pack: mild climate
Shows the pack format: the built-in mild-climate example rule set (no ice) and copies of seven starter items. Not any country's rules.
To use it, open CivilCraft, then Power lines › Load cases and limits › Open a rule set or pack… Check every value against the standard that applies.