Future Facilities, a leading provider of Predictive DCIM software for data centre design and operations announced the availability of the 6SigmaDC Suite Release 7.1. The software update offers improved functionality with a major focus on increased usability for modelling and reporting.

New features such as ‘Snap Functionality’ provide continuous visual feedback about the placement of objects relative to one another in the model. In essence, users can now build complex models with both confidence and speed without having to check the alignment of data centre components as they build their Virtual Facility.

A powerful new search tool has been applied enabling dynamic searches of the entire 6SigmaDC library. The database of equipment images for use within the Virtual Facility has been further strengthened with the addition of 250 new symbols, as well as the inclusion of a comprehensive catalogue of Great Lakes’ 5-star E, EN and ES Series equipment cabinets. Continuous error checking has also been improved, and users now have the option to turn it off while building a model inside the Virtual Facility.

Release 7.1 also offers improvements to cooling duct design and modelling with easier sketching. This, coupled with the ability to manipulate the graphical view in the snap function, enables users to join transitions from one shape to another with speed and precision, allowing additional cooling vents to be changed effortlessly from ‘hollow’ to ‘solid’.