Project Engineer HVAC

Overview





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Table of Contents

If You Need Assistance ........................................................................................................ 3
Intergraph Directory ............................................................................................................. 3
General Conventions .................................................................................................................... 7
Keyboard Conventions ......................................................................................................... 8
Terminology ......................................................................................................................... 9
Project Engineer HVAC Overview ..................................................................................................... 11
Automating the HVAC Layout and Design Workflow ........................................................ 11
A Brief History ..................................................................................................................... 12
MicroStation Foundation ...................................................................................................... 13
Automatic Level Assignments .............................................................................................. 13
3-D Layout ............................................................................................................................ 13
Graphics Intelligence ............................................................................................................ 14
On-line Catalogs ................................................................................................................... 14
Referenced Floor and Ceiling Plans ..................................................................................... 14
Devices ................................................................................................................................. 15
Ducts ..................................................................................................................................... 16
Modelling .............................................................................................................................. 18
Manipulating Graphics ......................................................................................................... 18
Reviewing and Editing Design Data ..................................................................................... 19
Miscellaneous Utilities ......................................................................................................... 19
Reference and Project Databases .......................................................................................... 20
Reports .................................................................................................................................. 20
Conversion from 3-D to 2-D ................................................................................................. 20
Annotation ............................................................................................................................ 20
Drawing Notes ...................................................................................................................... 21
Part of an Integrated Suite .................................................................................................... 21
Workflow .............................................................................................................................. 22
Index .................................................................................................................................................... 23
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General Conventions
This document contains many visual cues to help you understand the meaning of certain
words or phrases. The use of different fonts for different types of information allows you to
scan the document for key concepts or commands. Symbols help abbreviate and identify
commonly used words, phrases, or groups of related information.
Typefaces

Italic Indicates a system response, which is an explanation of what the software is
doing. For example,
The text is placed in the viewing plane.
Bold Indicates a command name, parameter name, or dialog box title. Command
paths are shown using an arrow between command names. For example,
Choose File > Open to load a new file.
Sans serif Indicates a system prompt or message, which requires an action be taken by
the user. For example,
Select first segment of alignment
Bold Typewriter
Indicates what you should literally type in. For example,
Key in original.dat to load the ASCII file.
Normal Typewriter
Indicates an actual file or directory name. For example,
The ASCII report is stored in the layout.rpt file.
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Symbols
This document uses the following symbols to represent mouse buttons and to identify special
information:
<C> Command button
<D> Data button (usually the left mouse button)
<R> Reset/reject button (usually the right mouse button)
<T> Tentative button (usually the center mouse button)

Note Important supplemental information.

Warning Critical information that could cause the loss of data if not followed.

Technical tip or information provides information on what the software is
doing or how it processes information.

Map or path shows you how to get to a specific command or form.

More information indicates there is additional or related information.

Need a hint used with activities and labs, provides a tip or hint for doing the
exercises.
Keyboard Conventions

The following list outlines the abbreviations this document uses for keyboard keys and
describes how to use them in combination. You can make some menu selections through the
use of keyboard accelerators, which map menu selections to key combinations.
ALT Alternate key
CTRL Control key
DEL Delete key
ENTER Enter key
ESC Escape key
CTRL+z To hold down the Control key and press Z.
ESC,k To press the Escape key, then K.
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Terminology

Click To use a mouse or key combination to pick an item that begins an
action. For example,
Click Apply to save the changes.
Select To mark an item by highlighting it with key combinations or by picking
it with your cursor. Selecting does not initiate an action. After
selecting an item, you click the action you want to affect the item. For
example,
Select the file original.dat from the list box, then click Delete to
remove it from the directory.
In addition, you would select items to define parameters, such as
selecting toggle buttons. This also applies to selecting graphic
elements from the design file. For example,
Select the line string to define the graphic template.
Tentative-select To place a tentative point on an existing graphic element in a design
file. If you are using the CLIX operating system, you tentative-select
by double-clicking with a mouse or pressing <T> on a hand-held
cursor. If you are using the Windows NT operating system, you
tentative-select by pressing a left-button, right-button chord.
Double-click To select and execute a command by clicking the mouse or hand-held
cursor button twice in rapid succession. This term implies that you are
clicking the data button (<D>) as part of a menu or dialog box action.
For example,
Double-click on the file original.dat to load it into the new
surface.
Drag To press and hold the data button (<D>) while moving the mouse or
hand-held cursor.
Type To key a character string into a text box.
Key in To type in data and press ENTER to enter the data and execute the
default action.

In a dialog box, pressing TAB after keying in data will
enter the data and move the cursor to the next field.
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Project Engineer HVAC Overview


Automating the HVAC Layout and Design Workflow

Project Engineer HVAC (PE-HVAC) is a
comprehensive application that automates the
layout and design of air distribution systems.
Appropriate for the design of both commercial
and industrial buildings, the product enables you
to work interactively with architectural drawings
to accurately and efficiently place heating,
refrigeration, and air distribution equipment, as
well as route complete duct systems. Placement
and routing capabilities are complemented with
sophisticated analysis routines that interactively
sum airflows, size ducts, and calculate duct
gauge requirements.
PE-HVAC placement commands integrate with a library of graphics
symbols containing a complete array of HVAC equipment, including
grilles, registers, diffusers, fans, cooling and heating equipment, and
terminal devices. Defined in Eden parametric language, equipment symbols
integrate with online catalogs that supply device-specific intelligence.
Customized with your own information, these catalogs are freely accessible
both within and outside the design environment. You can work with
multiple catalogs during a project, as well as review, report, add, change, or
delete entries at any time. In addition to Eden symbols, the software
provides a library for standard graphics cells. Using MicroStation draw
commands to create your own HVAC equipment graphics, you can quickly
and easily populate this library, even with the most unusual devices.
Unique as a modelling system, PE-HVAC extends traditional layout and
design from a flat, 2-D environment to the visually rich world of 3-D.
Beyond the purely visual benefits of 3-D, the extra dimension of
intelligence opens new avenues of analysis: with elevation (z) values, you
can generate accurate equipment schedules and material takeoffs for cost
estimates. As part of its modelling routine, the software automatically
places predefined fittings as it reads intelligence from duct and equipment
graphics, though you may interactively place fittings of any type where you
wish.
The software provides a flexible environment for altering HVAC designs.
Manipulation commands enable you to extend and shorten ducts, as well as
specify intersections. Traditional move-copy-delete manipulations can be
invoked on single or grouped elements. Duct shapes can be changed to
rectangular, round, or oval. Insulation can be quickly added or removed for
entire groups of ducts. Review and edit commands compose an open,
interactive environment for making changes to attribute data associated with
HVAC graphics.
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Relational databases serve as PE-HVACs repository of catalog
and project data. Integrating with sophisticated data management
functions, the software enables you to interrelate design
information and pose complex queries to generate material reports
and equipment schedules, as well as perform analyses. Using
project data, you can create annotation labels for drawings. The
software allows you to specify both the contents of labels and
where they appear in drawings. Additionally, equipment schedules
created from database information can be placed in drawings and
edited to meet individual requirements. Construction drawings
featuring 2-D, top-view perspective are produced as a by-product
of 3-D designs a process requiring a single command toggle.
A Brief History

PE-HVAC has its origins in an application called "HVAC" that premiered
in 1985 as part of Intergraphs Engineering Production Design Package
(EPDP) suite of products. HVAC was VAX-based and designed to exploit
Intergraphs IGDS graphics environment and the DMRS data management
system as a 2-D drafting tool that tracked 3-D intelligence, but did not
display it. Modelling operations required a companion program, which ran
outside the design environment. In 1989, Intergraph began a redesign of
HVAC, preserving its former heritage while broadening its capabilities to
directly embrace modelling. Intergraph also took this opportunity to extend
the products functionality to embrace a wider scope of HVAC engineering,
particularly with respect to design. As a result, the product emerged on a
new platform with a new definition and a new name. It became "Project
Engineer HVAC," a UNIX-based product with comprehensive functionality
that encompassed not only 3-D modelling, but also analysis. Another
important feature of the new PE-HVAC was a library of components
defined with Eden parametric language.
PE-HVAC development in the early part of the 1990s refined many of the
enhancements and productivity extensions pioneered in the previous decade.
The Eden component library was enlarged to include ASHRAE and
SMACNA fitting types. Additionally, the softwares analysis routines were
embellished to provide more sizing options. A duct calculator, in particular,
was added, proving an invaluable tool for optimizing duct size to design
criteria. A duct gauge calculator was also added to optimize sheet metal
thickness to static pressure values. Of particular import was the addition of
the velocity pressure sizing method to duct route analysis options. This
feature, which balances static pressure distribution at duct junctions, was
provided to optimize design of industrial exhaust systems. Development
effort today is focused on further productivity-enhancing features, but with
a simplified user interface. Supporting this effort, Intergraph has widened
the operating environment of the product to include Windows NT, from
Microsoft. By making PE-HVAC more accessible and widely available on
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both UNIX and Windows NT platforms, it can be exploited more
effectively by mechanical engineers, facilities managers, and other building
professionals.
MicroStation Foundation

PE-HVAC is based on MicroStation and incorporates all its 2-D and 3-D
drafting features. These embody numerous graphical elements, such as
lines, shapes, arcs, circles, and curves. Each element is displayed with a
line weight and style (solid, dashed, etc.), as well as a color that you select.
Element modification commands are also incorporated, including copying,
deleting, moving, rotating, and scaling. Cell libraries, which store graphical
symbols, can be reused within and across projects. Display commands let
you zoom in and out on screens, as well as shift views in various ways.
Further, the software implements reference file capabilities, which enable
you to partition large files and implement parallel workflows across
disciplines.
Automatic Level Assignments

The software automatically defines discrete levels and line features (colors,
line weights, and line styles) for the various aspects of HVAC systems.
Registers, diffusers, and grilles, for example, are each placed on a separate
level, with a distinct line color and style. To help control graphics density
and conserve computer resources, levels can be turned on or off to display
only the elements needed. The software provides flexible control over level
and symbology assignments; for instance, you can customize levels and line
colors to differentiate proposed renovations from existing facilities. Plots
can be generated from individual or collective data sets.
3-D Layout


While Eden equipment symbols appear in 3-D as they are placed, ducts are
laid out in single-line mode. When initially placed, they appear as single
lines terminated with appropriately shaped cross sections. After layout, a
one-step modelling routine quickly redraws duct graphics in full 3-D
perspective according to the shape specified. In addition to 3-D display, the
modelling process also generates intelligence that is integral to analysis
operations.
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Graphics Intelligence

Tightly integrated with the PE-HVAC command environment is a
comprehensive attribute system that links user-definable parameters to
HVAC features. Called userdata, this intelligence proves invaluable to the
softwares analysis and reporting functions. It is tracked by means of
relational databases. Database manipulations are carried out in conjunction
with Intergraphs relational database system, RIS. This system provides a
generic, syntax-free gateway to industry-leading relational database
management systems, including Ingres, Oracle, and Informix. Attribute
data can be defined and recounted easily by means of intuitive, forms-based
interfaces. As elements are placed, only minimal data is required. More
attribute information can be added at any time the environment for editing
is equally flexible. It is possible to use PE-HVAC in a purely drafting
capacity to rough-in designs quickly without assigning attribute
information.
On-line Catalogs


On-line catalogs provide HVAC equipment
selections that may be placed in designs.
Catalogs represent a combination of Eden
symbols and attribute information, which is
contained in reference databases. The software
is delivered with a variety of default database
entries for various equipment types. These
entries can be used unaltered or easily
customized to reflect specifications from vendors
of your choice. You can review, add, or remove
database entries at any time, either inside or
outside the graphics environment. Additionally,
you can assemble multiple catalogs, organizing
each to meet specific requirements. For instance,
you might create catalogs containing discrete
equipment like diffusers, coils, and dampers, or
catalogs containing an amalgamation of
equipment used for a specific project.
Referenced Floor and Ceiling Plans

To speed layout and improve design accuracy, PE-HVAC references floor
plans and reflected ceiling plans from architectural applications. Design
files from third-party applications can be translated using Intergraphs DXF
translation software. For even greater productivity, you can benefit from
the seamless integration between PE-HVAC and other members of
Intergraphs building design and management suite of applications.
Intergraphs unique reference file capabilities support concurrent workflows
among related architectural disciplines, enabling members of project teams
to view each others drawings over the network while work is in progress.
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Devices

Placing devices in PE-HVAC centers on an intuitive, forms-based interface
that provides fields for selecting devices from on-line catalogs, defining
their attributes, orienting them in 3-D space, and placing them in a layout.
Catalog selection queries a reference database, allowing you to specify
search parameters. The software generates a list of devices that satisfy your
search criteria. It also delivers default userdata profiles for each equipment
type. You can edit these profiles or use them unaltered. You can also copy
profiles to new database records and edit them appropriately. Userdata
profiles include information such as device type, airflow rate and range,
width-depth-length values, and model number. You can define additional
attributes for equipment takeoffs, such as manufacturer, system ID, and
cost.
Customized Graphics

Complementing the library of Eden-defined devices bundled with PE-
HVAC are commands for creating your own graphics. You can use Eden
utilities to create graphics with parametric definition or MicroStation draw
commands to create basic 3-D cells. MicroStation graphics can be converted
to PE-HVAC elements with userdata cell structures. Central to userdata
intelligence are place points, which track information about the size, shape,
and air flow direction of inlet and outlet connections, as well as device
orientations. You can set the symbology of these cells to mirror that of
Eden-defined graphics. Placement strategies for both types of graphics are
identical.
Orientation Tee


Beyond selecting devices and defining their attributes, the
device placement interface features an orientation tee that
enables you to place devices so that airflows are in the
right direction and ducts can hook up properly. The tee
defines three axes: primary, secondary, and normal. The
primary axis defines airflow direction, the secondary
defines device width, and the normal defines device
depth. To situate devices at appropriate angles, the tee
provides rotation around each axis. Also featured with the
placement interface is a reference plane form, which sets
placement elevation. Actual placement is interactive.
You can place devices individually or in matrices (by
defining x and y directions and spaces between devices).
You can also connect devices to existing ducts, fittings, or
other devices.
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Ducts

PE-HVAC places rectangular, round, flat-oval, or flex ducts in single-line
mode. The single-line graphics track userdata that is elemental to a variety
of operations, including placement, sizing calculations, surface modelling,
reporting, labeling, and drawing extraction. Route lines can be specified to
represent the corner, top, bottom, or center of a 3-D duct model. They
appear in dynamic mode, allowing you to visually verify their path before
actually placing them.
Duct Sizing

Integrated with the softwares duct placement interface is
a powerful duct sizing calculator that presizes new ducts
or resizes existing ones. Sizing calculations are based on
airflow values, maximum and minimum velocities, and
maximum friction loss rates, which are extracted from
device userdata. You can further optimize sizing
computations to specific design conditions by defining
numerous constraints. The most common sizing methods
include equal friction and static regain. For removal of
fumes, vapors, and particles, PE-HVAC is equipped to
place hoods and collectors. An industrial ventilation
routine calculates duct sizes for these systems. By default,
computations are based on ASHRAE calculation methods,
though you can implement any standards you like. The
calculator generates a report file containing recommended
duct sizes for a given set of design criteria.
Elevation

Beyond device placement, the reference plane form also has important uses
in placing duct systems. Allowing you to establish auxiliary coordinate
systems, the form can be used to set elevations for any of the three available
planes (xy, xz, and yz), providing both vertical and horizontal control. As a
result, you can ensure that devices and duct systems are placed at
appropriate levels with respect to ceilings, floors, or walls.
Routes

Much like the orientation tee that accompanies device placement
commands, the duct placement interface features a route control form that
defines routing parameters. In addition to allowing you to route freely in
3-D space, the form enables you to force duct routes to specific angles and
change routing orientations. For example, you can set angles to specify
bends or change orientation to route along angled walls. Another routing
aid is the dynamic axis lock, which constrains duct routes to specific xy
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axes. With this lock activated, you can snap to points in a design to
determine the path or terminus of route lines. This function is particularly
useful for precision routing where you need to route parallel to or on top of
design elements, or perhaps route to a certain point.
Duct Attributes

Beyond defining routes, the placement interface also defines duct attributes.
Functioning as a catalog entry form, it allows you to copy, modify, or create
reference database records pertaining to ducts. The form features numerous
attribute fields. You can define the size and shape of ducts, as well as the
service condition (supply or return). Additionally, you can specify a
pressure class of high, medium, or low to regulate the softwares automated
fitting placement and sizing operations. Also, you can indicate system
status to distinguish whether ducts are proposed, existing, or to be removed.
Further, you can define duct and insulation material, as well as material
thickness.
Device Hookup


The softwares hookup operations require minimal input a simple
selection of device, duct system and shape, and airflow direction. The
software automatically projects an orthogonal route between ducts and
devices. The command sequence operates on a device-by-device basis. It
reads dimensional information off device place points. For instance, if a
device has a round neck, the software routes a round connecting duct that
matches the devices neck dimensions.
Fittings


PE-HVAC provides two methods for placing
fittings: they can be placed automatically in
modelling operations, based on duct layout
intersections; you can also place them manually
at specific locations and orientations.
Automatically placed fittings have the same size
and shape as underlying ducts. The software
extracts fitting intelligence from duct userdata;
relevant attributes include size, shape, service
type, pressure class, and airflow rate. Fitting
type is determined from a default table, which
includes ASHRAE and SMACNA fittings. This
table is easy to reconfigure, allowing you to
specify the default fittings of your choice. You
can also specify transitions and reducers for
automatic placement where necessary.
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For special conditions or locations, you can individually create and place
fittings using manual placement commands. As with devices and ducts,
user-placed fittings are cataloged in reference databases. Standard
definitions, bundled as part of the products default reference entries, can be
copied or modified as necessary for your own design purposes. The
software also provides fitting graphics in both Eden and cell libraries. In
addition, you can create your own graphics using PE-HVACs Eden utilities
or MicroStation draw commands. Each fitting has place points that carry
the width, depth, shape, orientation, and direction (inlet or outlet) of its
connections. Orientation is controlled with an orientation tee.
Modelling

Featuring a straightforward interface, modelling commands are simply
invoked and quickly executed. The software reads shape and dimensional
information off duct userdata and constructs 3-D duct surfaces
appropriately. It also evaluates intersecting ducts and places the correct
type and size fittings at intersections. Models can incorporate centerlines,
insulation, and linings. Further, they can be generated in design mode as
permanent fixtures in a file or in draft mode for temporary display.
As part of the modelling process, the software evaluates design data and
senses error conditions. It flags questionable elements with error markers.
A show errors command reports the nature of errors, allowing you to
quickly review and edit design inconsistencies.
Manipulating Graphics

PE-HVAC provides a flexible environment for manipulating graphics. You
can manipulate duct route lines, cross sections, and the ducts themselves, as
well as fittings and devices. You can also change duct surface graphics.
Manipulation commands provide basic copy-move-delete operations for
individual elements or groups of elements. These operations apply not only
to graphics, but also to associated userdata. Groups consist of individually
identified components, components in a fence, components in a view, or all
components in a design file. In addition to basic manipulations, the
software provides specialized commands that join and break ducts, as well
as extend existing duct routes to new locations or to specified intersections.
Also available is a command to reverse the airflow direction of duct routes.
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Reviewing and Editing Design Data

With PE-HVAC, you can always look at your databases
to review and edit userdata. You can selectively review
and edit single elements or groups of various elements.
With groups, you step through each components userdata
one sheet at a time. Selective group functions are applied
collectively to elements of one type, such as ducts or
default fittings. Unlike selective edit-review functions
that apply to one element at a time, group edit functions
effect changes in one sweep a particularly powerful tool
for edits of system-wide scope.
The dynamics associated with changes to userdata are
varied some graphical elements automatically reflect
userdata changes, while others require remodelling. For
instance, duct cross sections automatically reflect
dimensional changes. Duct surfaces and default fittings,
on the other hand, must be remodelled to reflect changes.
To maintain continuity and integrity between graphics and
project data, the software performs quick and easy
updates. Review and edit operations make changes to
userdata instantaneously, while database load functions
update project database records. If you choose, you can
have analysis operations update userdata by means of
remodelling.
Miscellaneous Utilities

PE-HVAC provides a suite of basic utilities that control general design file
manipulations, such as saving parameters, turning levels on and off, and
setting symbologies. There are also utilities for defining active libraries and
labeling designs. Assigning standards is another utility provided. It
essentially allows you to define and apply standards to duct userdata
structures. Also included is a utility that moves PE-HVAC design files to
Intergraphs ModelView software for photo-realistic rendering.
The software further includes a suite of engineering utilities that provides
basic dimensioning and coordinate measuring functions. Grid utilities
retrieve grid lines and annotation from master files or reference files, as well
as define auxiliary grid systems. A variety of locks is available to control
placement techniques. The drawing lock, for example, controls placement
elevation. Numerous snap features define placement points.
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Reference and Project Databases

PE-HVAC makes use of two types of databases a reference database and
a project database. Reference databases, as discussed previously, comprise
the various catalogs you might use at a given time. You will recall that this
store of information represents the potential of everything you might place
in your design. You can populate reference databases at any time, either
inside or outside the graphics environment, adding single or multiple
records in each session. The project database, conversely, represents an
extraction of things from the reference database, since it contains only the
information you actually use. It is populated using batch processes, which
run outside the graphics environment. You can have these processes run as
background operations while you proceed with design work on other files.
Reports

Because graphics and userdata are linked, reports are generated as a by-
product of HVAC designs. The softwares reporting functions draw from
database information, so they enlist RIS utilities, which can be
complemented with DBAccess software to produce customized templates
for a variety of formats. The software is delivered with basic templates for
generating bills of materials and material takeoffs for each HVAC element.
Reports can relate information across an entire project, individual systems,
or portions of systems. You graphically identify areas to report on by
simply drawing fences.
Conversion from 3-D to 2-D

PE-HVAC makes it easy to generate production drawings from 3-D models.
An extract drawing command projects a 2-D image of modelled designs at
specified elevations. Additionally, it converts 3-D PE-HVAC elements to
2-D symbols that are consistent with industry conventions. These symbols
can be customized as necessary to suit unique requirements. Further, the
software changes the symbology for ducts that are routed under other ducts
to clearly delineate the difference. Flex ducts are routed as single-line arcs,
though you may pattern them according to your choosing. A cleanup utility
allows you to clean up overlaps that are not properly projected when routing
is performed after drawing extraction takes place.
Annotation


PE-HVAC provides a flexible environment for annotating
designs. You can label elements within the graphics
environment as you create them or use editing functions to
label them after layout. In addition to choosing when and how
you will label, you can also define the contents of labels. You
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can select solely from userdata or supplement with additional
details. The software also lets you create template cells for
each of the various elements in a design. Further, you can
define the location of labels within designs, as well as specify
leader display attributes.
Drawing Notes

PE-HVAC further provides various methods and styles for placing notes,
change indicators, and various symbols, such as targets and north arrows.
You can easily customize these features to meet unique specifications. The
software defines rectangular and orthogonal areas for enclosing notes,
automatically attaching symbols for detail and sheet numbers. Notes with
leader lines can be drawn, including centerlines, match lines, and break
lines. You can place text in a layout to identify areas and equipment.
Target symbols can be added to indicate work points and reference points.
Addenda and bulletin notes can be displayed within clouds. And finally,
drawing scales and north arrows can be designated.
Part of an Integrated Suite

In addition to PE-HVAC, Intergraph offers a sophisticated architectural
design application, Project Architect. These applications share a common
database of information that can be seamlessly accessed. It is important to
note that while each of these disciplines can reference graphics information
among these applications, they can also reference attribute data. Yet
another benefit of this integration is the parallel communication of design
data across a multidisciplinary workflow. Since files are not copied, but
referenced, shared information is accurate up to the minute.
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Workflow

The following flowchart exemplifies a PE-HVAC workflow built around
major features of the product that are appropriate to a typical design task.
Please note, however, that numerous additional commands are available
with PE-HVAC. For more information on these, consult the Project
Engineer HVAC Reference Guide.

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A
analysis 14, 19
annotation 12, 20
drawing notes 21
labels 20
templates 20
ASHRAE 12, 16, 17
B
batch processes 20
bills of materials 20
C
catalogs 20
on-line 15
selection 15
cell
libraries 19
symbology 15
coils 14
construction drawings 12
coordinate systems 16
D
dampers 14
DBAccess 20
default fittings 17
design file
manipulation 19
devices 17
hookup 17
manipulation 18
orienting 15
placement 15, 16
userdata 15
diffusers 14
DMRS 12
draft mode 18
drawing
annotation 20
cleanup 20
extraction 16, 20
locks 19
notes 21
duct routes 16
break 18
duct routes (continued)
extend 18
join 18
manipulation 18
orientation 16
parameters 16
reverse airflow 18
ducts 16, 17
analysis 11
attributes 17
calculator 12
cross sections 13, 18
flex 20
gauge requirements 11
labels 16
layout 13
modelling 16
orientation 16
placement 16, 17
review-edit 19
routing 11
shapes 11, 16
sizing analysis 11, 12, 16
userdata 16, 18
DXF translation 14
dynamic axis lock 16
E
Eden component library 12
Eden parametric language 11, 12
Eden symbols 13, 14, 15, 17
elevation 15, 16, 19
elevations 20
EPDP 12
equal friction sizing 16
errors
modelling 18
extract drawings 20
F
fittings 11
default 17
manipulation 18
orientation 17
placement 17
review-edit 19
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fittings (continued)
types 17
userdata 17
flex ducts 20
fumes 16
G
gauge calculator 12
graphics
display 13
intelligence 14
levels 13, 19
manipulations 11, 18
orientation 15
grids 19
groups
manipulation 18
review-edit 19
H
hoods 16
hookup 17
I
IGDS 12
industrial exhaust systems 12, 16
insulation 11
integration 21
L
labels 19, 20
levels 13, 19
libraries 19
locks 19
M
material takeoff reports 20
MicroStation 13, 15, 17
modelling 12, 13, 16, 17, 18
errors 18
ModelView 19
N
normal axis 15
O
on-line catalogs 11, 14
orientation tee 15
normal axis 15
primary axis 15
secondary axis 15
P
particles 16
PE-HVAC graphics cells 11, 15, 20
place points 15, 17
primary axis 15
Project Architect 21
project database 20
R
reducers 17
reference databases 17, 20
reference files 13, 14, 21
reference plane form 15, 16
relational databases 12, 14, 19
load 19
populating 20
project 20
reference 20
reports 20
reports 12, 14, 16, 20
bills of materials 20
material takeoff 20
review and edit 11
review-edit
databases 19
design data 19
ducts 19
fittings 19
groups 19
userdata 19
RIS 14, 20
route control form 16
S
secondary axis 15
show errors 18
sizing
analysis 16
SMACNA 12, 17
snap 19
standards
assigning 19
static regain sizing 16
sum airflows 11
surface modelling 16
T
transitions 17
typefaces 7
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UNIX 12
userdata 14, 15, 16, 17
review-edit 19
utilities
cleanup 20
coordinate measuring 19
dimensioning 19
grid 19
miscellaneous 19
V
vapors 16
velocity pressure balancing 12
W
Windows NT 12
workflow 22
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