About Supply Pipe Corridors

Once the equipment rooms have been coordinated with all parties involved in the planning and have been place, supply pipe routes can be designed. First of all, the technical trades jointly plan the course of supply pipe routes for the development of the building. In the next step, the pipe routes can either be designed with estimated space requirements or calculated based on the existing space data and space requirements.

To design routes with estimated space requirements, use the Pipe Route <. In the Cross-Sections dialog, all required pipe route cross-sections can then be defined and dimensioned. In addition, you have the option of inserting placeholders for fixing elements to take into account the space requirements of the fixing elements in the pipe run cross-section and ensuring at an early stage that the layouts of the cross-sections are technically feasible in terms of the fastening system. The pipe route cross sections can then be assigned to the designed pipeline structures using the Assign Cross Section < tool.

Alternatively, you can use the properties dialog to assign the planned pipes, ducts, cable trays and conduits as well as their expected dimensions to a constructed route. From the properties dialog, you can also open the cross-section editor and spatially locate and edit the pipes/ducts that have already been assigned and the fastening elements that may have been inserted.

At any point in this process, you can export your entire pipe corridor concept as an IFC file and continuously coordinate it with all planning stakeholders.

Using the information from the assigned pipe route cross-sections, you can redimension all pipe routes, adjust the material for the pipes/ducts as required and generate the them in the pipe routes. Fasteners placed in the cross-section are not included in the generation of the pipe corridors, as they are only used to take into account the space requirements of the fasteners within the path.

Model-Based Calculation of Pipe Route Dimensions

Model-based dimensioning calculation for pipe routes makes it possible to determine the dimensions of supply routes and the system pipes they contain (e.g., heating, ventilation, or plumbing) early on in the planning phase. This calculation can be performed on the basis of room data without the need for detailed generator or consumer models. The routes can be pre-dimensioned using the existing supply topology and information on room usage and boundary conditions. The data from the dimensioning calculation can be easily reused in connection with room data sheet-based planning.

The objective of calculating pipe route dimensions is to determine distribution topologies with broken-down media and coordinated routing of riser zones and distribution routes. Using the information about which pipes are available in which dimensions, cross-section definitions for each pipe route can be used to dimension these restricted zones, which can then be communicated to the building managers for further coordination.