Details on "Pipes and Insulations"
Information on the Pipes and Insulations dialog in the pipe network calculations heating, cooling, potable water and waste water.
In this dialog, assign insulation and pipe systems for calculation to pipes. The settings are saved in the project.
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Applies to: Heating, Cooling, Potable Water and Waste Water.
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Define which materials are to be used for the calculation of the pipe networks by clicking in the corresponding row. You can either activate automatic position assignment or an exchange of the pipe material and insulation taken from the drawing.
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List of the available material combinations. In the calculation, the pipes in the drawing are given the material definition of the respective activated assigned category.
The categories Pipe Material from Model and Insulation from Model only contain entries if the corresponding materials were used in the drawing.
Lines/Pipes, Polylines/Flexpipes, Insulation Material
In the Lines/Pipes column, you specify the material for pipes or ducts drawn with lines. You can assign both rigid and flexible materials here. In the Polylines/Flexpipes column, you specify the material for flexible pipes or pipes drawn with polylines. You can only assign flexible materials here. In the Insulation material column, specify the insulation materials for the pipes or ducts.
opens a context menu in all categories (except Standard) with the following options:- Select...: Opens the Pipe Tables or Insulation Tables dialog, where you can select the desired manufacturer and material.
- Reset to Default: Replaces the current material selection with the selection of the Standard category. In the Standard category, clicking opens the Pipe Tables dialog.
- Reset to Material from Model: Replaces the current material selection with the material originally specified in the drawing. This option appears in the row Pipe Material from Model only if the model was drawn using manufacturer-specific material.
- Apply from: Copies the material selection from one of the other available entries.
- No Insulation: Removes the existing insulation selection.
Buttons of the Dialog
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| Assign ... | Use this function to manually assign the currently selected material combination to selected pipe sections in the drawing. Depending on the selected discipline, a number of different filters is available. In the context menu that appears, select which pipe type should be assigned to the selected material combination.
You can also deactivate/activate the Overwrite Local Configurations option in the context menu Enabled: When assigning the material combination, original or previously made local Material settings are overwritten. Disabled: When assigning the material combination, original or previously made local material combinations remain unchanged. As a result, only those pipes that have not yet been assigned a material will be assigned a material combination. |
| Delete ... | Removes an assigned material combination from selected sections in the project and assigns the Standard material combination to the selection. Depending on the selected discipline, a number of different filters is available. Select at which pipe type the material settings are to be deleted.
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| Inquire < | When you select a pipe in the drawing, this feature highlights the assigned material combination in the table. |
| Save ... | Opens the file explorer and saves the current material configuration in the *.lme format by default in the folder |
| Load ... | Opens the file explorer, in which you can load a previously saved material configuration in the *.lme format for use in the current project. |
| Visualization ... | After assigning the pipes, you can view the following properties of the pipes in the drawing:
The pipes are displayed in color and a dialog with the legend for the color mapping is displayed, in which you can make further configurations. If required, you can place the legend in the drawing after double-clicking in the dialog. Next, you can deactivate/activate the Reset Colors option in the context menu Enabled: After ending the visualization, the pipes or ducts revert to their original color. Disabled: After finishing the visualization, the pipes or ducts keep the colors of the visualization. This way the color display of the visualization can be used in sheets. |
