LINEAR Solutions 26 for AutoCAD

Details on Radiator Connections

Information about the dialog Radiator Connections.

This dialog lists all connection configurations, as well as all connection sets offered by the manufacturer and the number of items included in each connection set, which are also listed in the bill of materials. The list of included items can be edited and, if necessary, supplemented with additional items from the manufacturer's data set, provided that the data set allows for this.

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Project Tab ➤ Discipline ➤ Planning Type ➤ Analyse Tab ➤ Command Group Analyse ➤ Components ➤ Additional Materials ➤ Select Manufacturer ➤ Radiator Connections

Applies to: Heating, Cooling.

Dialog Radiator Connections LINEAR Solutions for Autodesk AutoCAD

For each radiator connection, the individual items included in the set are listed, depending on the selected piping system and the connection sets. If you use a radiator connection in your pipe network calculation, the items stored in this table are shown in the bill of materials.

Note: The possibility to select special manufacturer components is not available in all versions of the program. Which manufacturers and components are available also depends on the installed product data sets.

Location of Connection Section for defining the position of the connection in the radiator connections dialog

The connection position can be changed and then might make different connectors necessary.

Radiator Connection

Select a connecting type for the radiator. The connection type determines the connecting set.

Pipe System

Select a pipe system that contains the desired connecting set. Here you can select from all the piping systems offered by the manufacturer selected in the Additional Material dialog box.

Note: Only change the pipe system after careful consideration to ensure compatibility of the connecting set with the material of the pipe network.

Connecting Set

Defines the connecting set.

Set contains Fittings

Enabled: The number of fittings for the parts list corresponds with the number of detected fittings from the constructed pipe network and with those fittings coming from the connecting set if selected.

Disabled: For 2D-drawings, this checkbox can be deactivated. Per radiator, the connecting material has automatically additional fittings added for the parts list.

Termination Set

Enabled: Bends are issued in the bill of materials for the connection to the connecting pipe.

Disabled: T-pieces are issued in the bill of materials for the connection to the connecting pipe.

Table 1. Item Table

Column

Description

Qty.

Shows the quantity of the item.

Item No.

Shows the item number of the item.

Item Text

Shows the item description.

A

With a checkmark in column A you mark an item as alternative item.

Add: Opens the Item Selection dialog, here you can add more items of the manufacturer to the item table. If the button is deactivated, no further items from the manufacturer are stored.

Delete: Allows you to remove items from the item table.