Details on “Component Detection” in the “Settings” (Potable Water)
Information about the Component Detection tab in the Settings dialog in the Pipe Network Calculation Potable Water.
On this tab you make global settings for the detection of components and pipes that are used in the calculation. Additionally, you can set whether the dimensions constructed in the model are used in the calculation or if the required dimensions are determined. You can adjust the search radius for detecting connected components and specify how the nominal diameters of Revit groups are handled in the calculation. The settings are saved with the project.
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System Types
Components, System Class (e.g. Cold Water)Open the Select system type(s) <...> dialog, in which the system types to be considered for detection of components, pipes and ducts is specified. To that end, assign suitable system types to components and individual system classes of pipes and ducts.
The system types are usually automatically assigned to system classes. This is indicated by <Automatic selection> next to the button. If you change the automatic selection, this text changes to that of the selected system type. If more than one system type is selected, the text reads <Varying>.
Naming of the buttons corresponds to the system classes used in the respective discipline.
Component Detection
In this area, you specify, among other things, whether the entire network or only parts of the network are to be included in the calculation. You can also decide whether the modeled dimensions should initially be adopted as fixed dimensions in the calculation, or whether the correct dimensions should be calculated.
Component Selection
Use this drop-down list to specify whether you want to include all components or only a specific part of the pipe network in the calculation. The list contains the following options for component selection:
Detect all components: The entire pipe network with all components is detected and taken into account during calculation.
Detect Partial Network: If you select the Detect partial network option, the dialog is minimized and you can select the desired partial network in the current view. You can select or deselect the corresponding components with a selection frame or individually. Confirm the selection of the components with Enter. The number of detected components is displayed in brackets after Detect partial network.
Calculate Partial Networks
If you start the calculation after selecting Detect Partial Network, the program asks you to reconfirm the selected components for the partial network. You have the possibility to change the selection of the components again or to start the calculation with the currently selected partial network by pressing the Enter key. An error-free calculation is only possible if the selected partial network is self-contained.
Detect All Visible Components: Only the components currently visible in the model are detected for the pipe network calculation. If you select this option, an error-free calculation is only possible if the visible components form a closed pipe network.
: Allows to reselect a subnet in the current view. This button is only activated if you have selected the option Detect partial network and have already made a component selection.
: Selects the selected partial network in the current view. This button is only activated if you have selected the option Detect Partial Network and have already made a component selection.
Modeled Dimensions
You have the option of transferring the designed dimensions from the model to the calculation for the entire network or for a selected partial network, or you can have the program determine the required dimensions. The drop-down list contains the following options for transferring modeled dimensions:
- Do Not Apply: The modeled dimensions are not included in the calculation, and the program determines the dimensions of all components during the calculation.
- Apply: The modeled dimensions are used in the calculation.
- Apply for Selection: If you select the option Apply for Selection, the dialog is minimized and you can select or deselect the corresponding components for which the modeled dimensions are to be included in the calculation using a selection box or the mouse. For the remaining components, the program determines the dimensions in the calculation.
Take Selection into Account in Calculation
If you start the calculation after selecting Apply for Selection, the program will ask you to reconfirm the selected components for the partial network. You have the option of changing the selection of components again or starting the calculation with the currently selected partial network by pressing Enter.
: Allows to reselect components in the current view. This button is only activated if you have selected the option apply for selection and have already made a component selection.
: Selects the selected partial network in the current view. This button is only enabled if you have selected the option Apply for Selection and have already made a component selection.
Overwrite Edited Pipe Lengths
If you adjust the length of pipe sections in the calculation dialog where pipe component lengths were previously adjusted manually, these adjusted pipe lengths can be retained or overwritten. By default, when adjusting such pipe sections, a corresponding query appears which can be disabled and which activates or deactivates the option Overwrite Edited Pipe Lengths. If this query is disabled, you can change the current setting using the checkbox Overwrite Edited Pipe Lengths.
Activated: Edited lengths of pipe components in a pipe section are overwritten when the length of the section is changed. The change in the pipe section length is divided proportionally between the lengths of the individual pipe components.
Disabled: Edited lengths of pipe components in a pipe section are not overwritten when the length of the section is changed. TThe change in pipe section length is divided proportionally between the lengths of the pipe components without edited lengths.
Apply dimension of a Revit group
Enabled: The nominal diameters of the components of a drawn model group are fixed and are not modified by dimensioning performed in the calculation dialog. A modification of the nominal diameters can only be done via the respective parameter in the component's properties in the model.
Disabled: Based on the calculation result, an adjustment of the nominal diameters for the complete network can be carried out by default.
Search Radius
The search radius specifies the maximum distance between components that may have been created during placement and that is tolerated in the calculation of the network. This function prevents inaccuracies of component connections in the model in the millimeter range from being detected as open ends and thus as errors during calculation.
Clicking on the unit opens a context menu where you can adjust the unit used, the number of decimal places, and the type of value output (decimal, fraction).