plumbing equipment cells

Where are all the plumbing equipment cells, if they exist? I can only find a cell library with 1 cell for a vessel. I was looking for the pumps cells?

  • Hi Paul,

    Did you manage to try the method for creating AHU to try and create a plumbing component yet?

    Anyway, I've been doing some more digging and I have some new questions:

    - In the datagroupcatalogs folder in the dataset I can see one manufacturers xmls and access file called ANSI-ASME that doesn't appear in the datagroup instance data placement options when placing a plumbing component (pipes):

    - Maybe I'm just missing the tool but I wasn't able to find a way to place mitered elbows with the plumbing options...?

  • Hi Pedro,

    I have not had a chance to try the AHU builder for plumbing equipment yet.

    On the ANSI-ASME catalog, this is a USA standards based catalog, I can use it when I am in a project using the Dataset_US, but not the Dataset_UK. As far as I can tell the program handles which catalogs to make available for a particular dataset. I don't see any configuration variable that sets which catalogs to make available. I'm thinking it only shows ones that are set up as International System (metric) for use in the SI based datasets. The ANSI-ASME catalog is set up to use Imperial System (feet/inches) so it is available in the Dataset_US. (I just checked the Dataset_NM and ANSI-ASME is available and Dataset_USM and it is not available...)

    There is not a plumbing mitered elbow tool as of the Ss6 version. In theory I can create a surface extrusion using the Surface by Extrusion Along tool. I can create that with a family & part or apply a F&P later and can add DataGroup information to the surface to get DG reporting, it would not be parametric in any fashion. I suppose I could create several at different diameters and segment configurations to create a cell library of 'static' mitered elbows and place them in t he model as needed.

      



  • Hi Paul,

    I'm having a situation here... I've been following your resources (http://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/m/building_analysis_and_design_gallery/272072) to create a manufacturers catalog, but I just hit a wall. I have the mdb set up already, and I was able to make the pipes work. I then moved on to the crosses but for some reason it's not working anymore. I've been looking at this for hours but I can't figure out what's wrong. Do you mind taking a look? I'm attaching the mdb and the mapping xml.

    Thanks

    Test-Plumbing.zip