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Table of Contents________________

Table of Contents

If You Need Assistance ........................................................................................................ 3Intergraph Directory ............................................................................................................. 3

General Conventions .................................................................................................................... 7

Keyboard Conventions ......................................................................................................... 8Terminology ......................................................................................................................... 9

Project Engineer HVAC Overview ..................................................................................................... 11

Automating the HVAC Layout and Design Workflow ........................................................ 11A Brief History ..................................................................................................................... 12MicroStation Foundation ...................................................................................................... 13Automatic Level Assignments .............................................................................................. 133-D Layout ............................................................................................................................ 13Graphics Intelligence ............................................................................................................ 14On-line Catalogs ................................................................................................................... 14Referenced Floor and Ceiling Plans ..................................................................................... 14Devices ................................................................................................................................. 15Ducts ..................................................................................................................................... 16Modelling .............................................................................................................................. 18Manipulating Graphics ......................................................................................................... 18Reviewing and Editing Design Data ..................................................................................... 19Miscellaneous Utilities ......................................................................................................... 19Reference and Project Databases .......................................................................................... 20Reports .................................................................................................................................. 20Conversion from 3-D to 2-D ................................................................................................. 20Annotation ............................................................................................................................ 20Drawing Notes ...................................................................................................................... 21Part of an Integrated Suite .................................................................................................... 21Workflow .............................................................................................................................. 22

Index .................................................................................................................................................... 23

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General Conventions

This document contains many visual cues to help you understand the meaning of certainwords or phrases. The use of different fonts for different types of information allows you toscan the document for key concepts or commands. Symbols help abbreviate and identifycommonly used words, phrases, or groups of related information.

Typefaces

Italic Indicates a system response, which is an explanation of what the software isdoing. For example,

The text is placed in the viewing plane.

Bold Indicates a command name, parameter name, or dialog box title. Commandpaths 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 bythe user. For example,

Select first segment of alignment

Bold TypewriterIndicates what you should literally type in. For example,

Key in original.dat to load the ASCII file.

Normal TypewriterIndicates 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 specialinformation:

<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 isdoing 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 theexercises.

Keyboard Conventions

The following list outlines the abbreviations this document uses for keyboard keys anddescribes how to use them in combination. You can make some menu selections through theuse of keyboard accelerators, which map menu selections to key combinations.

ALT Alternate keyCTRL Control keyDEL Delete keyENTER Enter keyESC 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 anaction. For example,

Click Apply to save the changes.

Select To mark an item by highlighting it with key combinations or by pickingit with your cursor. Selecting does not initiate an action. Afterselecting an item, you click the action you want to affect the item. Forexample,

Select the file original.dat from the list box, then click Delete toremove it from the directory.

In addition, you would select items to define parameters, such asselecting toggle buttons. This also applies to selecting graphicelements 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 designfile. If you are using the CLIX operating system, you tentative-selectby double-clicking with a mouse or pressing <T> on a hand-heldcursor. If you are using the Windows NT operating system, youtentative-select by pressing a left-button, right-button chord.

Double-click To select and execute a command by clicking the mouse or hand-heldcursor button twice in rapid succession. This term implies that you areclicking 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 newsurface.

Drag To press and hold the data button (<D>) while moving the mouse orhand-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 thedefault action.

In a dialog box, pressing TAB after keying in data willenter 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 acomprehensive application that automates thelayout and design of air distribution systems.Appropriate for the design of both commercialand industrial buildings, the product enables youto work interactively with architectural drawingsto accurately and efficiently place heating,refrigeration, and air distribution equipment, aswell as route complete duct systems. Placementand routing capabilities are complemented withsophisticated analysis routines that interactivelysum airflows, size ducts, and calculate ductgauge requirements.

PE-HVAC placement commands integrate with a library of graphicssymbols containing a complete array of HVAC equipment, includinggrilles, registers, diffusers, fans, cooling and heating equipment, andterminal devices. Defined in Eden parametric language, equipment symbolsintegrate with online catalogs that supply device-specific intelligence.Customized with your own information, these catalogs are freely accessibleboth within and outside the design environment. You can work withmultiple catalogs during a project, as well as review, report, add, change, ordelete entries at any time. In addition to Eden symbols, the softwareprovides a library for standard graphics cells. Using MicroStation drawcommands to create your own HVAC equipment graphics, you can quicklyand easily populate this library, even with the most unusual devices.

Unique as a modelling system, PE-HVAC extends traditional layout anddesign 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 ofintelligence opens new avenues of analysis: with elevation (z) values, youcan generate accurate equipment schedules and material takeoffs for costestimates. As part of its modelling routine, the software automaticallyplaces predefined fittings as it reads intelligence from duct and equipmentgraphics, though you may interactively place fittings of any type where youwish.

The software provides a flexible environment for altering HVAC designs.Manipulation commands enable you to extend and shorten ducts, as well asspecify intersections. Traditional move-copy-delete manipulations can beinvoked on single or grouped elements. Duct shapes can be changed torectangular, round, or oval. Insulation can be quickly added or removed forentire groups of ducts. Review and edit commands compose an open,interactive environment for making changes to attribute data associated withHVAC graphics.

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Relational databases serve as PE-HVAC’s repository of catalogand project data. Integrating with sophisticated data managementfunctions, the software enables you to interrelate designinformation and pose complex queries to generate material reportsand equipment schedules, as well as perform analyses. Usingproject data, you can create annotation labels for drawings. Thesoftware allows you to specify both the contents of labels andwhere they appear in drawings. Additionally, equipment schedulescreated from database information can be placed in drawings andedited to meet individual requirements. Construction drawingsfeaturing 2-D, top-view perspective are produced as a by-productof 3-D designs – a process requiring a single command toggle.

A Brief History

PE-HVAC has its origins in an application called "HVAC" that premieredin 1985 as part of Intergraph’s Engineering Production Design Package(EPDP) suite of products. HVAC was VAX-based and designed to exploitIntergraph’s IGDS graphics environment and the DMRS data managementsystem as a 2-D drafting tool that tracked 3-D intelligence, but did notdisplay it. Modelling operations required a companion program, which ranoutside the design environment. In 1989, Intergraph began a redesign ofHVAC, preserving its former heritage while broadening its capabilities todirectly embrace modelling. Intergraph also took this opportunity to extendthe product’s functionality to embrace a wider scope of HVAC engineering,particularly with respect to design. As a result, the product emerged on anew platform with a new definition and a new name. It became "ProjectEngineer HVAC," a UNIX-based product with comprehensive functionalitythat encompassed not only 3-D modelling, but also analysis. Anotherimportant feature of the new PE-HVAC was a library of componentsdefined with Eden parametric language.

PE-HVAC development in the early part of the 1990s refined many of theenhancements and productivity extensions pioneered in the previous decade.The Eden component library was enlarged to include ASHRAE andSMACNA fitting types. Additionally, the software’s analysis routines wereembellished to provide more sizing options. A duct calculator, in particular,was added, proving an invaluable tool for optimizing duct size to designcriteria. A duct gauge calculator was also added to optimize sheet metalthickness to static pressure values. Of particular import was the addition ofthe velocity pressure sizing method to duct route analysis options. Thisfeature, which balances static pressure distribution at duct junctions, wasprovided to optimize design of industrial exhaust systems. Developmenteffort today is focused on further productivity-enhancing features, but witha simplified user interface. Supporting this effort, Intergraph has widenedthe operating environment of the product to include Windows NT, fromMicrosoft. By making PE-HVAC more accessible and widely available on

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Project Engineer HVAC Overview________________ both UNIX and Windows NT platforms, it can be exploited moreeffectively by mechanical engineers, facilities managers, and other buildingprofessionals.

MicroStation Foundation

PE-HVAC is based on MicroStation and incorporates all its 2-D and 3-Ddrafting features. These embody numerous graphical elements, such aslines, shapes, arcs, circles, and curves. Each element is displayed with aline 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 graphicalsymbols, can be reused within and across projects. Display commands letyou zoom in and out on screens, as well as shift views in various ways.Further, the software implements reference file capabilities, which enableyou to partition large files and implement parallel workflows acrossdisciplines.

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 separatelevel, with a distinct line color and style. To help control graphics densityand conserve computer resources, levels can be turned on or off to displayonly the elements needed. The software provides flexible control over leveland symbology assignments; for instance, you can customize levels and linecolors to differentiate proposed renovations from existing facilities. Plotscan be generated from individual or collective data sets.

3-D Layout

While Eden equipment symbols appear in 3-D as they are placed, ducts arelaid out in single-line mode. When initially placed, they appear as singlelines terminated with appropriately shaped cross sections. After layout, aone-step modelling routine quickly redraws duct graphics in full 3-Dperspective according to the shape specified. In addition to 3-D display, themodelling process also generates intelligence that is integral to analysisoperations.

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Graphics Intelligence

Tightly integrated with the PE-HVAC command environment is acomprehensive attribute system that links user-definable parameters toHVAC features. Called userdata, this intelligence proves invaluable to thesoftware’s analysis and reporting functions. It is tracked by means ofrelational databases. Database manipulations are carried out in conjunctionwith Intergraph’s relational database system, RIS. This system provides ageneric, syntax-free gateway to industry-leading relational databasemanagement systems, including Ingres, Oracle, and Informix. Attributedata can be defined and recounted easily by means of intuitive, forms-basedinterfaces. As elements are placed, only minimal data is required. Moreattribute information can be added at any time – the environment for editingis equally flexible. It is possible to use PE-HVAC in a purely draftingcapacity to rough-in designs quickly without assigning attributeinformation.

On-line Catalogs

On-line catalogs provide HVAC equipmentselections that may be placed in designs.Catalogs represent a combination of Edensymbols and attribute information, which iscontained in reference databases. The softwareis delivered with a variety of default databaseentries for various equipment types. Theseentries can be used unaltered or easilycustomized to reflect specifications from vendorsof your choice. You can review, add, or removedatabase entries at any time, either inside oroutside the graphics environment. Additionally,you can assemble multiple catalogs, organizingeach to meet specific requirements. For instance,you might create catalogs containing discreteequipment like diffusers, coils, and dampers, orcatalogs containing an amalgamation ofequipment used for a specific project.

Referenced Floor and Ceiling Plans

To speed layout and improve design accuracy, PE-HVAC references floorplans and reflected ceiling plans from architectural applications. Designfiles from third-party applications can be translated using Intergraph’s DXFtranslation software. For even greater productivity, you can benefit fromthe seamless integration between PE-HVAC and other members ofIntergraph’s building design and management suite of applications.Intergraph’s unique reference file capabilities support concurrent workflowsamong related architectural disciplines, enabling members of project teamsto view each other’s 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 interfacethat provides fields for selecting devices from on-line catalogs, definingtheir attributes, orienting them in 3-D space, and placing them in a layout.Catalog selection queries a reference database, allowing you to specifysearch parameters. The software generates a list of devices that satisfy yoursearch criteria. It also delivers default userdata profiles for each equipmenttype. You can edit these profiles or use them unaltered. You can also copyprofiles to new database records and edit them appropriately. Userdataprofiles include information such as device type, airflow rate and range,width-depth-length values, and model number. You can define additionalattributes for equipment takeoffs, such as manufacturer, system ID, andcost.

Customized Graphics

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

Orientation Tee

Beyond selecting devices and defining their attributes, thedevice placement interface features an orientation tee thatenables you to place devices so that airflows are in theright direction and ducts can hook up properly. The teedefines three axes: primary, secondary, and normal. Theprimary axis defines airflow direction, the secondarydefines device width, and the normal defines devicedepth. To situate devices at appropriate angles, the teeprovides rotation around each axis. Also featured with theplacement interface is a reference plane form, which setsplacement elevation. Actual placement is interactive.You can place devices individually or in matrices (bydefining x and y directions and spaces between devices).You can also connect devices to existing ducts, fittings, orother devices.

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Ducts

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

Duct Sizing

Integrated with the software’s duct placement interface isa powerful duct sizing calculator that presizes new ductsor resizes existing ones. Sizing calculations are based onairflow values, maximum and minimum velocities, andmaximum friction loss rates, which are extracted fromdevice userdata. You can further optimize sizingcomputations to specific design conditions by definingnumerous constraints. The most common sizing methodsinclude equal friction and static regain. For removal offumes, vapors, and particles, PE-HVAC is equipped toplace hoods and collectors. An industrial ventilationroutine calculates duct sizes for these systems. By default,computations are based on ASHRAE calculation methods,though you can implement any standards you like. Thecalculator generates a report file containing recommendedduct sizes for a given set of design criteria.

Elevation

Beyond device placement, the reference plane form also has important usesin placing duct systems. Allowing you to establish auxiliary coordinatesystems, the form can be used to set elevations for any of the three availableplanes (xy, xz, and yz), providing both vertical and horizontal control. As aresult, you can ensure that devices and duct systems are placed atappropriate levels with respect to ceilings, floors, or walls.

Routes

Much like the orientation tee that accompanies device placementcommands, the duct placement interface features a route control form thatdefines routing parameters. In addition to allowing you to route freely in3-D space, the form enables you to force duct routes to specific angles andchange routing orientations. For example, you can set angles to specifybends or change orientation to route along angled walls. Another routingaid is the dynamic axis lock, which constrains duct routes to specific xy

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Project Engineer HVAC Overview________________ axes. With this lock activated, you can snap to points in a design todetermine the path or terminus of route lines. This function is particularlyuseful for precision routing where you need to route parallel to or on top ofdesign 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 createreference database records pertaining to ducts. The form features numerousattribute fields. You can define the size and shape of ducts, as well as theservice condition (supply or return). Additionally, you can specify apressure class of high, medium, or low to regulate the software’s automatedfitting placement and sizing operations. Also, you can indicate systemstatus to distinguish whether ducts are proposed, existing, or to be removed.Further, you can define duct and insulation material, as well as materialthickness.

Device Hookup

The software’s hookup operations require minimal input – a simpleselection of device, duct system and shape, and airflow direction. Thesoftware automatically projects an orthogonal route between ducts anddevices. The command sequence operates on a device-by-device basis. Itreads dimensional information off device place points. For instance, if adevice has a round neck, the software routes a round connecting duct thatmatches the device’s neck dimensions.

Fittings

PE-HVAC provides two methods for placingfittings: they can be placed automatically inmodelling operations, based on duct layoutintersections; you can also place them manuallyat specific locations and orientations.Automatically placed fittings have the same sizeand shape as underlying ducts. The softwareextracts fitting intelligence from duct userdata;relevant attributes include size, shape, servicetype, pressure class, and airflow rate. Fittingtype is determined from a default table, whichincludes ASHRAE and SMACNA fittings. Thistable is easy to reconfigure, allowing you tospecify the default fittings of your choice. Youcan also specify transitions and reducers forautomatic placement where necessary.

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Project Engineer HVAC Overview – April 2002________________ For special conditions or locations, you can individually create and placefittings using manual placement commands. As with devices and ducts,user-placed fittings are cataloged in reference databases. Standarddefinitions, bundled as part of the product’s default reference entries, can becopied or modified as necessary for your own design purposes. Thesoftware also provides fitting graphics in both Eden and cell libraries. Inaddition, you can create your own graphics using PE-HVAC’s Eden utilitiesor MicroStation draw commands. Each fitting has place points that carrythe width, depth, shape, orientation, and direction (inlet or outlet) of itsconnections. Orientation is controlled with an orientation tee.

Modelling

Featuring a straightforward interface, modelling commands are simplyinvoked and quickly executed. The software reads shape and dimensionalinformation off duct userdata and constructs 3-D duct surfacesappropriately. It also evaluates intersecting ducts and places the correcttype and size fittings at intersections. Models can incorporate centerlines,insulation, and linings. Further, they can be generated in design mode aspermanent fixtures in a file or in draft mode for temporary display.

As part of the modelling process, the software evaluates design data andsenses error conditions. It flags questionable elements with error markers.A show errors command reports the nature of errors, allowing you toquickly review and edit design inconsistencies.

Manipulating Graphics

PE-HVAC provides a flexible environment for manipulating graphics. Youcan manipulate duct route lines, cross sections, and the ducts themselves, aswell as fittings and devices. You can also change duct surface graphics.Manipulation commands provide basic copy-move-delete operations forindividual elements or groups of elements. These operations apply not onlyto graphics, but also to associated userdata. Groups consist of individuallyidentified components, components in a fence, components in a view, or allcomponents in a design file. In addition to basic manipulations, thesoftware provides specialized commands that join and break ducts, as wellas 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 databasesto review and edit userdata. You can selectively reviewand edit single elements or groups of various elements.With groups, you step through each component’s userdataone sheet at a time. Selective group functions are appliedcollectively to elements of one type, such as ducts ordefault fittings. Unlike selective edit-review functionsthat apply to one element at a time, group edit functionseffect changes in one sweep – a particularly powerful toolfor edits of system-wide scope.

The dynamics associated with changes to userdata arevaried – some graphical elements automatically reflectuserdata changes, while others require remodelling. Forinstance, duct cross sections automatically reflectdimensional changes. Duct surfaces and default fittings,on the other hand, must be remodelled to reflect changes.

To maintain continuity and integrity between graphics andproject data, the software performs quick and easyupdates. Review and edit operations make changes touserdata instantaneously, while database load functionsupdate project database records. If you choose, you canhave analysis operations update userdata by means ofremodelling.

Miscellaneous Utilities

PE-HVAC provides a suite of basic utilities that control general design filemanipulations, such as saving parameters, turning levels on and off, andsetting symbologies. There are also utilities for defining active libraries andlabeling designs. Assigning standards is another utility provided. Itessentially allows you to define and apply standards to duct userdatastructures. Also included is a utility that moves PE-HVAC design files toIntergraph’s ModelView software for photo-realistic rendering.

The software further includes a suite of engineering utilities that providesbasic dimensioning and coordinate measuring functions. Grid utilitiesretrieve grid lines and annotation from master files or reference files, as wellas define auxiliary grid systems. A variety of locks is available to controlplacement techniques. The drawing lock, for example, controls placementelevation. 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 anda project database. Reference databases, as discussed previously, comprisethe various catalogs you might use at a given time. You will recall that thisstore of information represents the potential of everything you might placein your design. You can populate reference databases at any time, eitherinside or outside the graphics environment, adding single or multiplerecords in each session. The project database, conversely, represents anextraction of things from the reference database, since it contains only theinformation you actually use. It is populated using batch processes, whichrun outside the graphics environment. You can have these processes run asbackground 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 software’s reporting functions draw fromdatabase information, so they enlist RIS utilities, which can becomplemented with DBAccess software to produce customized templatesfor a variety of formats. The software is delivered with basic templates forgenerating 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 bysimply 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 atspecified elevations. Additionally, it converts 3-D PE-HVAC elements to2-D symbols that are consistent with industry conventions. These symbolscan be customized as necessary to suit unique requirements. Further, thesoftware changes the symbology for ducts that are routed under other ductsto clearly delineate the difference. Flex ducts are routed as single-line arcs,though you may pattern them according to your choosing. A cleanup utilityallows you to clean up overlaps that are not properly projected when routingis performed after drawing extraction takes place.

Annotation

PE-HVAC provides a flexible environment for annotatingdesigns. You can label elements within the graphicsenvironment as you create them or use editing functions tolabel them after layout. In addition to choosing when and howyou will label, you can also define the contents of labels. You

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Project Engineer HVAC Overview________________ can select solely from userdata or supplement with additionaldetails. The software also lets you create template cells foreach of the various elements in a design. Further, you candefine the location of labels within designs, as well as specifyleader 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. Thesoftware defines rectangular and orthogonal areas for enclosing notes,automatically attaching symbols for detail and sheet numbers. Notes withleader lines can be drawn, including centerlines, match lines, and breaklines. 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 architecturaldesign application, Project Architect. These applications share a commondatabase of information that can be seamlessly accessed. It is important tonote that while each of these disciplines can reference graphics informationamong these applications, they can also reference attribute data. Yetanother benefit of this integration is the parallel communication of designdata across a multidisciplinary workflow. Since files are not copied, butreferenced, shared information is accurate up to the minute.

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Workflow

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

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Index

Aanalysis 14, 19annotation 12, 20

drawing notes 21labels 20templates 20

ASHRAE 12, 16, 17

Bbatch processes 20bills of materials 20

Ccatalogs 20

on-line 15selection 15

celllibraries 19symbology 15

coils 14construction drawings 12coordinate systems 16

Ddampers 14DBAccess 20default fittings 17design file

manipulation 19devices 17

hookup 17manipulation 18orienting 15placement 15, 16userdata 15

diffusers 14DMRS 12draft mode 18drawing

annotation 20cleanup 20extraction 16, 20locks 19notes 21

duct routes 16break 18

duct routes (continued)extend 18join 18manipulation 18orientation 16parameters 16reverse airflow 18

ducts 16, 17analysis 11attributes 17calculator 12cross sections 13, 18flex 20gauge requirements 11labels 16layout 13modelling 16orientation 16placement 16, 17review-edit 19routing 11shapes 11, 16sizing analysis 11, 12, 16userdata 16, 18

DXF translation 14dynamic axis lock 16

EEden component library 12Eden parametric language 11, 12Eden symbols 13, 14, 15, 17elevation 15, 16, 19elevations 20EPDP 12equal friction sizing 16errors

modelling 18extract drawings 20

Ffittings 11

default 17manipulation 18orientation 17placement 17review-edit 19

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types 17userdata 17

flex ducts 20fumes 16

Ggauge calculator 12graphics

display 13intelligence 14levels 13, 19manipulations 11, 18orientation 15

grids 19groups

manipulation 18review-edit 19

Hhoods 16hookup 17

IIGDS 12industrial exhaust systems 12, 16insulation 11integration 21

Llabels 19, 20levels 13, 19libraries 19locks 19

Mmaterial takeoff reports 20MicroStation 13, 15, 17modelling 12, 13, 16, 17, 18

errors 18ModelView 19

Nnormal axis 15

Oon-line catalogs 11, 14orientation tee 15

normal axis 15primary axis 15secondary axis 15

Pparticles 16PE-HVAC graphics cells 11, 15, 20place points 15, 17primary axis 15Project Architect 21project database 20

Rreducers 17reference databases 17, 20reference files 13, 14, 21reference plane form 15, 16relational databases 12, 14, 19

load 19populating 20project 20reference 20reports 20

reports 12, 14, 16, 20bills of materials 20material takeoff 20

review and edit 11review-edit

databases 19design data 19ducts 19fittings 19groups 19userdata 19

RIS 14, 20route control form 16

Ssecondary axis 15show errors 18sizing

analysis 16SMACNA 12, 17snap 19standards

assigning 19static regain sizing 16sum airflows 11surface modelling 16

Ttransitions 17typefaces 7

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Index________________ UUNIX 12userdata 14, 15, 16, 17

review-edit 19utilities

cleanup 20coordinate measuring 19dimensioning 19grid 19miscellaneous 19

Vvapors 16velocity pressure balancing 12

WWindows NT 12workflow 22

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