Creating piping runs
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Command |
Path |
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Create Piping Runs |
AEC > Electrical |
Determine the section lengths and amount of material required for piping runs. Piping runs can be drawn by clicking the Piping Run tool from the MEP tool set, by drawing a polygon and selecting the Create Piping Runs command, or by drawing a polyline and selecting the Create Objects from Shapes command (see Creating objects from shapes).
To create a piping run:
Draw one or more polygons to represent the piping run.
With the polygon(s) selected, select the command.
The piping run results are displayed and can be edited from the Object Info palette. An existing piping run can be reshaped with the Reshape tool, and the path polyline can be edited by selecting Edit from the context menu (see Object editing mode).
Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.
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Parameter |
Description |
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Conduit Size |
Specifies the diameter of the conduit |
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Material |
Select the piping run material from the list; this selection can be displayed in the piping run tag |
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Remarks |
Specify any remarks to be displayed in the piping run tag |
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Show Tag |
Displays the piping run Conduit Size and Material
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Show Remarks |
Displays the piping run Remarks; Show Tag must be selected in order to display the remarks |
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Length |
Displays the length of the piping run |
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Section Length |
Specifies the length of piping run sections; edit this parameter to determine various piping run requirements |
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Num of Runs |
Specify the number of runs; increase the number to estimate the additional material required for a project |
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Num of Sections |
Displays the number of sections required |
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Couplings |
Displays the number of couplings required |
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Turns |
Specifies the type of turns to use for the piping run corners |
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Use Bends |
Bends the conduit and includes the bend in the length |
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Use Elbows |
Counts the number of 45° and 90° elbows and displays the number |
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Radius |
Specify the bend radius |
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45s/90s |
Displays the number of elbow turns (when Use Elbows is selected) |
The piping run does not count turns at a junction box (at the location of an electrical object).