User instructions in the system
Create and manage your own user instructions directly in the system.
News in Master concept Ultimate 26
Release 26 continues our commitment to helping organizations manage information more effectively, collaborate more efficiently, and unlock greater value from their data throughout the entire asset lifecycle.
BIM & Master concept
Better support for digital planning and effective collaboration
Extended document management
For agreements, attachments and e-signing
Master Portal
Manage your work certificates completely digitally.
ProjectHub
More efficient projects, smarter flow of information
Enhanced 3D-experience in Master concept
Enhancements make it easier to navigate, analyze, and understand facility and property information.
Custom Instruction Builder
User manuals are valuable resources, but supplementing them with organization-specific instructions, guidelines, and quick reference materials can often be time-consuming and difficult to maintain.
With Release 26, we are introducing a new Custom Instruction Builder that enables you to create and manage your own user guidance directly within the system. Instructions are automatically linked to the specific menu, function, or workspace where the user is currently working, ensuring immediate access to relevant information when needed.
Users can simply press Alt + F1 to open the corresponding instruction or help content for their current context, significantly improving user adoption and operational efficiency.
Together, these improvements create a more flexible and user-friendly project environment where administration is reduced and focus can be placed on project implementation.
Enhanced Document Management for Contracts, Attachments, and E-Signatures
Our platform has long supported advanced document-to-document relationship management, enabling users to establish links between related documents such as drawings, specifications, and 3D models.
Release 26 introduces powerful new capabilities designed specifically for contract and agreement management. Users can now create structured document packages consisting of a primary document with one or more associated attachments, while maintaining seamless access to metadata across both the master document and its attachments.
The new functionality also supports scenarios where attachments must remain controlled or locked, such as industry-standard templates, regulatory forms, or externally maintained reference documents.
Once a contract has been reviewed and approved, the system can automatically generate a consolidated PDF containing the complete document package. This PDF can then be distributed electronically or routed directly through our integrated e-signature solution for secure and efficient execution.
Enhanced Document Management for Contracts, Attachments, and E-Signatures
Our platform has long supported advanced document-to-document relationship management, enabling users to establish links between related documents such as drawings, specifications, and 3D models.
Release 26 introduces powerful new capabilities designed specifically for contract and agreement management. Users can now create structured document packages consisting of a primary document with one or more associated attachments, while maintaining seamless access to metadata across both the master document and its attachments.
The new functionality also supports scenarios where attachments must remain controlled or locked, such as industry-standard templates, regulatory forms, or externally maintained reference documents.
Once a contract has been reviewed and approved, the system can automatically generate a consolidated PDF containing the complete document package. This PDF can then be distributed electronically or routed directly through our integrated e-signature solution for secure and efficient execution.
The result is a more structured, traceable and efficient contract management that reduces administration and ensures that the right information is included throughout the entire process.
SQL Server Support Now Available for elMaster Enterprise
We are pleased to announce that elMaster Enterprise 26.0, now includes full support for Microsoft SQL Server.
This enhancement gives our customers greater flexibility when choosing a database platform and enables easier alignment with existing IT infrastructure and database strategies.
While Master concept has supported SQL Server for several releases, version 26.0 marks an important milestone by bringing the same capability to elMaster enterprise. Customers can now leverage the performance, scalability, and reliability of Microsoft SQL Server while continuing to benefit from the powerful functionality of the elMaster platform.
Expanded Database Flexibility
With release 26.0, elMaster enterprise supports a broad range of industry-leading database platforms, providing organizations with the freedom to select the solution that best fits their business and technical requirements.
BIM Master and Master portal Highlights in Release 26
We’re pleased to introduce several enhancements in Release 26 that further strengthen collaboration, improve data quality, and deliver a faster, more seamless user experience across the Master platform.
BIM Master: Turning BIM Data into Long-Term Value
As organizations increasingly rely on BIM throughout the lifecycle of a project, the ability to efficiently manage and reuse information becomes critical. With Release 26, BIM Master introduces new capabilities that make it easier to connect design data with operational and asset management processes.
Improved Collaboration with Autodesk Forma
BIM Master now offers enhanced support for Autodesk Forma (formerly Autodesk Construction Cloud), enabling project teams to collaborate around cloud-hosted models while maintaining a direct connection to their local Master database.
This provides all stakeholders with access to the latest project information while ensuring that critical data remains structured, governed, and managed within the organization’s existing environment.
Faster Access to Model Data
When the time comes to leverage information contained within BIM models, BIM Master can capture objects and associated data directly from the connected model environment.
Associated drawings can also be synchronized automatically and managed under revision control, ensuring traceability and providing confidence that project teams are always working with the latest approved information.
By building asset structures directly from engineering and design information, organizations create a valuable digital foundation that supports construction activities today and facility management needs tomorrow.
The result is better collaboration, higher information quality and a stronger digital common thread from design to management.
Master portal: A Familiar Experience, Reimagined
Master portal has undergone a major modernization effort, delivering a refreshed user experience and a significantly enhanced technical foundation.
A More Consistent User Experience
The new interface has been designed to align even more closely with the rest of the Master product family. Whether users are working in Master Explorer or Master Portal, they will benefit from a more consistent and intuitive experience.
This alignment helps simplify navigation, improve user adoption, and reduce the learning curve across applications.
Improved Performance
Beyond the visual enhancements, Master portal has been rebuilt on a modern platform that delivers noticeably faster performance and improved responsiveness.
The result is a smoother user experience today and a stronger foundation for future innovation as the Master platform continues to evolve.
Enhanced Built-in 3D Viewer Capabilities
Release 26 brings significant enhancements to our built-in 3D visualization capabilities, making it easier than ever for users to navigate models, access information, and gain valuable insights from their digital assets.
Master explorer
All Master explorer users will benefit from an enhanced 3D viewing experience.
Navigate Models with Walk Through
A new Walk Through feature allows users to select a room directly from a floor plan and instantly navigate to the corresponding location within the 3D model. The experience is intuitive and familiar, similar to the way Google Street View enables users to move seamlessly between locations.
This capability makes it easier to understand spatial relationships, validate designs, and explore facilities without requiring specialized BIM expertise.
Master portal
Users with access to 3D models in Master Portal can now take advantage of powerful new visualization and analysis capabilities.
Area Calculations Based on Swedish Standards
Master Portal now supports area calculations according to recognized Swedish standards, enabling users to quickly generate consistent and reliable area information directly from their 3D models.
This simplifies space management, reporting, and project documentation while reducing the need for manual calculations.
Simultaneous 2D and 3D Viewing
Users can now view linked 2D drawings and 3D models side by side, creating a more efficient and intuitive workflow.
This combined view makes it easier to compare model information with traditional documentation, improve understanding of design intent, and navigate between detailed drawings and their corresponding 3D representations.
Together, these enhancements provide a more immersive, informative, and productive way to work with digital building information across both Master explorer and Master portal.
Project-specific roles and improved administration
To provide increased control and flexibility, several new project administration features are introduced:
Together, these improvements create a more flexible and user-friendly project environment where administration is reduced, and focus can be placed on project implementation.
projectHub: Seamless Collaboration from Project to Operations
Connecting project execution, asset information, and documentation in one controlled environment.
As organizations strive to deliver projects more efficiently while maintaining control of critical information, the ability to connect project activities with operational asset information becomes increasingly important.
projectHUB creates a seamless link between an asset’s as-built information and the changes introduced throughout the project lifecycle. Instead of relying on disconnected file exchanges, email attachments, and manual information transfers, project teams and asset owners can collaborate within a single, controlled environment.
This connected approach not only simplifies day-to-day project work but also improves data quality by ensuring that requirements, responsibilities, and deliverables are clearly communicated to the individuals responsible for providing project information.
Greater Control Throughout the Project Lifecycle
By centralizing project information and workflows, organizations gain improved visibility into project progress and deliverables. Reviews become easier, collaboration becomes more transparent, and stakeholders can access the information they need when they need it.
The result is reduced administrative effort, fewer misunderstandings, and a significantly lower risk of information gaps at project handover.
Most importantly, project teams can avoid the costly surprises that often emerge after project completion when missing or inaccurate documentation is discovered.
Flexible Information Structures for Every Project
No two projects are exactly alike. Different project types require different ways of organizing information, documents, and deliverables.
With Release 26, project teams can configure project-specific folder structures and document frameworks tailored to their individual requirements. Standardized templates help accelerate project startup while ensuring consistency across projects and disciplines.
By providing participants with a predefined structure from day one, organizations can simplify onboarding, improve information management, and ensure that project documentation remains organized and accessible throughout the entire project lifecycle.
projectHub: Seamless Collaboration from Project to Operations
Connecting project execution, asset information, and documentation in one controlled environment.
As organizations strive to deliver projects more efficiently while maintaining control of critical information, the ability to connect project activities with operational asset information becomes increasingly important.
projectHUB creates a seamless link between an asset’s as-built information and the changes introduced throughout the project lifecycle. Instead of relying on disconnected file exchanges, email attachments, and manual information transfers, project teams and asset owners can collaborate within a single, controlled environment.
This connected approach not only simplifies day-to-day project work but also improves data quality by ensuring that requirements, responsibilities, and deliverables are clearly communicated to the individuals responsible for providing project information.
Greater Control Throughout the Project Lifecycle
By centralizing project information and workflows, organizations gain improved visibility into project progress and deliverables. Reviews become easier, collaboration becomes more transparent, and stakeholders can access the information they need when they need it.
The result is reduced administrative effort, fewer misunderstandings, and a significantly lower risk of information gaps at project handover.
Most importantly, project teams can avoid the costly surprises that often emerge after project completion when missing or inaccurate documentation is discovered.
Flexible Information Structures for Every Project
No two projects are exactly alike. Different project types require different ways of organizing information, documents, and deliverables.
With Release 26, project teams can configure project-specific folder structures and document frameworks tailored to their individual requirements. Standardized templates help accelerate project startup while ensuring consistency across projects and disciplines.
By providing participants with a predefined structure from day one, organizations can simplify onboarding, improve information management, and ensure that project documentation remains organized and accessible throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Project-specific roles and improved administration
To provide increased control and flexibility, several new project administration features are introduced:
Together, these improvements create a more flexible and user-friendly project environment where administration is reduced, and focus can be placed on project implementation.
Building a Stronger Digital Thread
projectHUB helps establish a continuous flow of information between operations, engineering, and project execution. By connecting asset information with ongoing project changes, organizations can maintain a reliable and up-to-date information foundation that supports both current projects and future operational needs.
Project-Specific Roles
Every project involves different stakeholders, responsibilities, and approval processes.
With support for project-specific roles, organizations can tailor permissions and responsibilities to the unique requirements of each project. This ensures that participants have access to the information and functionality they need, while maintaining governance, security, and accountability throughout the project lifecycle.
Update Project Information with Ease
Keeping project information accurate and up to date is essential for effective collaboration.
Release 26 makes it easier to maintain project data throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring that key information remains current, accessible, and available to all authorized stakeholders. This reduces manual administration and helps teams work from a common and reliable source of information.
Improved Visibility of Project Teams
Knowing who is involved in a project is critical for effective communication and decision-making.
Users can now easily view project participants and their assigned responsibilities, providing greater transparency and making it easier to identify key contacts, coordinate activities, and collaborate across disciplines.
Switch Between Projects Instantly
For organizations managing multiple projects simultaneously, efficiency is key.
Users can now switch between projects directly within the application without restarting their session. This enhancement provides a smoother workflow, reduces interruptions, and makes it easier to move between projects while maintaining productivity throughout the day.
Enhanced Document Preview Capabilities
projectHUB now automatically generates viewable copies of a wider range of file formats, including DWG drawings, Microsoft Office documents, images, and other commonly used project files.
This allows all project participants to quickly review content without requiring access to the original authoring applications, making it easier to verify that documentation complies with project requirements and quality standards.
Easier Review of BIM and Engineering Information
To further support multidisciplinary collaboration, project teams can now preview native formats such as IFC and DWG directly within the platform.
By providing immediate access to both model and drawing information, project participants can review documentation more efficiently, improve communication, and identify potential issues earlier in the project process.
Controlled Deletion Workflows
To strengthen information governance and improve traceability, deleted documents and objects are now managed through a dedicated deletion workflow.
This additional level of control helps prevent accidental data loss, increases transparency, and ensures that document and object removals are properly reviewed and managed in accordance with organizational procedures.
Better Quality, Better Compliance
Together, these enhancements help organizations maintain higher documentation quality, improve compliance with project requirements, and ensure that critical project information remains accurate, accessible, and traceable throughout the asset lifecycle.
The result is greater confidence in project deliverables, smoother project handovers, and stronger control over valuable engineering and asset information.
