Creating Curve Data for Pressure Losses in Ventilation Components

Shows step-by-step how to create custom data sets for to ventilation components.

Before you begin

You want to create manufacturer-specific data sets for ventilation components with corresponding pressure loss data to assign them to ventilation components in your drawing.

Requirement:

You have manufacturer-related component data for to ventilation components.

Navigate to:

Project tab ➤ Discipline Ventilation ➤ Planning type ➤ Analyse tab ➤ Material data ➤ Create data sets ...

Dialog Curve data Linear AutoCAD

Procedure

  1. Open the context menu in the Manufacturer row via the function button and select Create entry.

    The Create manufacturer dialog opens.

    Dialog create manufacturer Linear AutoCAD

  2. Enter a manufacturer name and confirm the entries with OK.
  3. In the Model series row, open the context menu via the function button and select Create entry.

    The Create model series dialog opens.

    Dialog create model series Linear AutoCAD

  4. Enter a name for the model series and select a Connection geometry from the drop-down list.
  5. In the drop-down list Duct component, select a component type.
  6. Optional: Select the option with damper positions, if necessary combined with interpolate.
  7. In the Nominal diameter row, open the context menu via the function button and select Create entry.

    The Create Nominal diameter dialog opens.

  8. Depending on the selected connection geometry, enter a nominal diameter (round pipe) or two values for the side lengths a and b (rectangular duct).
  9. Enter an item number and confirm the entries with OK.
  10. Optional: If you have previously selected the option with damper positions, open the context menu in the row Damper position via the function button and select Create entry.
    Note: You can define several damper positions for each article and then specify them with individual volume flow and pressure loss data.
  11. Enter the data for the volume flow V and the pressure loss dp in the table.
    The entered data is displayed as a pressure loss curve in the curve diagram.

Results

You have created a component dataset for a ventilation component with curve data. The data can now be assigned to ventilation components in the Technical data dialog and is available in the Duct components dialog.