{"id":3501,"date":"2016-09-15T08:58:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T13:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/?p=3501"},"modified":"2016-09-15T09:21:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T13:51:56","slug":"desagues-new-features-buildings-drainage-system-design-and-calculation-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/desagues-new-features-buildings-drainage-system-design-and-calculation-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"DESAG\u00dcES\u2019 New Features: Building\u2019s Drainage System Design and Calculation Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this tutorial we will show you the new features added to the most recent release of our building\u2019s drainage systems design software (Version 2.0)<\/strong> which will ease, even more, the analysis, calculation, and design of sanitary and storm pipes in buildings.<\/p>\n

1. Nodes with Sanitary Fixtures Automatic Labeling.<\/h2>\n

On DESAG\u00dcES\u2019S drawing area, when you opt by drawing the building\u2019s drainage systems components on it <\/strong>(specifically the sanitary horizontal branches pipes networks), upstream drawing direction is assumed<\/strong>, that is, you will be drawing the pipes from their downstream node (first mouse click) toward its upstream one (last mouse click).<\/p>\n

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In case that, by mistake, you have drawn one or more pipe branches in the opposite direction (downstream direction), notice that the pipe flow reversing tool is available on the Drain Branches panel at the PROJECT tab<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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When you click on this button<\/em><\/strong>, all that is required is to select by picking on the selected pipes section in order to reverse their flow direction (direction arrow changes)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

On that basis you will see that, when any network extreme\u2019s pipe section is created<\/strong> (remember that in our building\u2019s drainage systems design software, the sanitary network must have a branch topology) after its last node is drawn and you right-click the mouse or hit the Escape key<\/strong> in order to cancel the pipes drawing command, the Nodes Properties dialog<\/em><\/strong> will be shown:<\/p>\n

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Thus it will be possible to quickly select the type of plumbing fixture to be assigned to the current node in the building\u2019s sanitary drainage system.<\/p>\n

In addition you will see that, when the type of sanitary fixture is changed<\/strong> from the aforementioned dialog, automatically a node\u2019s label will be created for you<\/strong> based on a combination of the abbreviation that you have defined for the fixture in the Fixture\u2019s Manager <\/strong>and a number, related with the actual total of similar sanitary fixtures created in the current Sanitary Network:<\/p>\n

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Hence, you have no reason to be concerned by identifying nodes with sanitary fixtures assigned in your building\u2019s sanitary networks.<\/p>\n

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For more details about the Sanitary Fixtures Manager<\/strong> please see this tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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2. The User-Defined Sanitary Fixture<\/h2>\n

In the previous version of DESAG\u00dcES, the Nodes properties dialog had a field to allow the user to set the number of similar plumbing fixtures assigned to the current node<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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On the actual version we have chosen<\/strong>, in response to requests from some software\u2019s licensees, to remove this field and replace its function with the user Defined Sanitary Fixture,<\/strong> which can be found on the dialog\u2019s list of available fixtures:<\/p>\n

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After this type of fixture has been selected for any node in the sanitary network, three options are shown in the dialog:<\/p>\n

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Description<\/strong>: This is the \u201cgeneric\u201d name of the plumbing fixture that you wish to assign to your user defined fixture. This field will be used for grouping and totalizing, on the bill of materials, the various kind of plumbing fixtures within your building\u2019s sanitary system project:<\/p>\n

In addition, Description field is used within the project\u2019s tables<\/strong> to relate the user defined sanitary fixture with the corresponding drainage fixture units conveyed by sanitary pipes:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0(Drainage) Fixture Units:<\/strong> Here you must enter the total number of fixture units for the user defined fixture.<\/p>\n

On the previous images example, since we are modelling two lavatories discharge into one node, we have entered 4 F.U.<\/strong>, twice the normative value for one lavatory (2 F.U.).<\/p>\n

Fixture Drain Pipe\u2019s Properties Button:<\/strong> When you click this button, the already known pipes properties dialog will be shown:<\/p>\n

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From this dialog you must set diameter, length (or height, since this one is a vertical pipe), as well as the sanitary plumbing fittings <\/strong>you wish to include in the Fixture\u2019s Drain pipe for your user-defined fixture. This data will be used, of course, for the bill of materials creation<\/strong> within the building\u2019s sanitary system project.<\/p>\n

3. Drawing Files Importing Changes<\/h2>\n

In the most recent version of our building\u2019s drainage systems design software, although criteria referred to in\u00a0this tutorial<\/a> must be addressed<\/strong>, there are some changes you should take into account when converting graphics entities contained in drawing files into DESAG\u00dcES\u2019 objects:<\/p>\n