LINEAR Solutions 25 for AutoCAD

Assigning Ambient Temperatures

Shows step-by-step how to assign ambient temperatures to sections of your potable water pipe network.

Before you begin

You want to assign correct ambient temperatures to pipe sections of your potable water pipe network in order to simulate realistic load cases in the circulation and network temperature simulation, for example.

Requirement:

You have data for expected ambient temperatures.

Navigate to:

Project tab ➤ Discipline Potable Water ➤ 3D - Floor Planning /2D - Floor Planning/2D - Schematic Planning/3D - Model Planning ➤ Analyse tab ➤ Hygiene Functions

Applies to: Potable water.

Hygiene Functions section in LINEAR Solutions for Autodesk AutoCAD

Procedure

  1. Click Ambient Temperatures ....

    The dialog Ambient Temperatures opens.

    Dialog Ambient temperatures in the LINEAR Solutions for Autodesk AutoCAD
  2. Optional: Click on the unit next to the Cold Water and Hot Water input fields to adjust the unit used and the number of decimal places.
    The following context menu opens:
    Context menu for defining the unit used and the number of decimal places for the ambient temperatures
  3. Set the desired ambient temperatures for Cold water and Hot water by either
    • select a room type-specific default value after clicking on in the Ambient Temperatures dialog, or
    • manually enter the desired ambient temperature in the corresponding field.
  4. Optional: In the Global Increase/Decrease field, enter a positive or negative value by which all assigned ambient temperatures are globally increased or decreased in Kelvin.
  5. Click on Assign and select all pipes in the drawing that shall have the corresponding ambient temperatures.
  6. Confirm your selection with Enter.
  7. If necessary, assign other ambient temperatures to other pipes.
  8. Optional: Click on to check the assignments in the drawing.
  9. If necessary, use the command Delete to remove incorrect assignments.
  10. Close the Ambient Temperatures dialog.

Results

The ambient temperatures have been correctly assigned to the corresponding pipes and are taken into account in the circulation and network temperature simulation, among other things.