Creating a Piping System
You insert an architectural floor plan as a reference and design piping systems within that floor plan. You
then create a piping system by adding equipment and pipe runs to a drawing. You can add pipe components
in the following ways:
■
Click Home tab
➤
Build panel
➤
Pipe drop-down
➤
Pipe
.
■
Click Home tab
➤
Build panel
➤
Pipe Fitting
.
■
Click Home tab
➤
Build panel
➤
Equipment drop-down
➤
Filter
or other equipment.
■
Using add grips on pipe objects to add additional parts to the layout. For more information, see
on page 272.
■
Selecting a pipe tool from the tool palette. For more information, see
Adding Pipe Using the Tool Palette
on page 291.
■
Entering
PipeAdd
from the command line
■
Selecting a pipe object, and clicking Pipe tab, Pipe Flex tab, or Pipe Fitting tab
➤
General panel
➤
Add
Selected
■
Selecting an MvPart, and clicking Equipment tab
➤
General panel
➤
Add Selected
After you create piping systems, you can
to reflect changes from the original design.
Adding Pipe Equipment
You can place an MvPart in a drawing. You can also add an in-line or anchored MvPart to a pipe.
RELATED
Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Equipment in Building Systems
on page 76.
Placing a Pipe MvPart in a Drawing
1
In the
, select a tool from the Pipe Equipment tool palette.
NOTE
Alternatively, you can click Home tab
➤
Build panel
➤
Equipment drop-down and select from
pipe equipment choices.
The Add MvParts dialog displays the current part catalog at the part type folder associated with
the tool you selected.
2
On the Part tab, select a part subtype in the folder.
3
Click Details to view available sizes.
4
Select Display/Hide additional parameters to expand the contents of the parameters table.
5
Click the Part Filter tab, and enter the desired criteria under Filter by Dimensions.
NOTE
The
part catalogs and content locations
determine the parts that you can add. If the part is
unavailable, you can create a custom part using
6
Select a part size name.
7
Select a defined elevation, or enter a value.
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