CYPEPLUMBING

Introduction

The "Digital Model" tab in CYPEPLUMBING can be used to design a detailed digital model or detailing of water supply, drainage and solar thermal energy systems using different solutions from different manufacturers.

The parts that make up the pipes and fittings (such as elbows, tees, branches or reducers) can be generated automatically from the systems designed in the program or chosen manually by the user.

As a result, reports and files are generated with quantities of the materials and products used, as well as the possibility of obtaining detailed plans of the system.

The "Digital Model" tab provides a work environment that can be used to design detailed models or detail drawings of water supply, drainage and solar thermal energy systems, both in 3D view and in any type of 2D view (such as floor plans and elevations). This allows you to enter or edit the elements of the detailed model using the most appropriate view at any given time.

This tab shows:

• A top toolbar (1) containing the tools for downloading catalogues and configuring the general project options; entering, editing and/or automatically generating the elements that make up the detailed model; and managing the model review.
• The workspace (2), on the right-hand side of the screen, where the elements of the detailed model are entered, edited and displayed.
• At the top of the left-hand side (3), several panels with tools for defining the views and levels of the project, and managing the visibility of the elements read.
• At the bottom of the left-hand side (4), a panel for configuring the layers of the detailed model and the checks to be carried out on it, as well as for performing these checks.

"Digital Model" option

To create a detailed model or breakdown of the water supply, drainage or solar thermal energy systems, you need to export the information from the calculation model created in the "Water Systems", "Sanitary Systems" or "Solar Systems" tabs to the "Digital Mode" tab.

To do this, use the "Digital Model" option in the "Calculation" group of the top toolbar on the "Installation" tab.

Display of imported installations (1)

The display of the different installations exported from other tabs can be enabled or disabled using the options in the "Water Systems", "Sanitary Systems" and/or "Solar Systems" lines.

Display and editing of detailed models (2)

The display of the different detailed models generated with the options in the "Generate" group is managed from the lines in the "Models" section.

Editing detailed models (3)

In addition, the options in the top toolbar allow you to "Add", "Delete", "Edit" or "Copy" each of the detailed models generated.

When you click on "Edit", you must choose one of the available detailed models. When you accept, the program opens a pop-up window where you can change its reference, reassign the series of materials to be used in each associated type of installation (in the "Pipes" section), and activate or deactivate the categories of fittings to be generated in the model (in the "Fittings" section).

Detailed model checks

The "Checks" button at the top of the "Layer configuration" panel opens a window where the following checks can be enabled or disabled for each of the detailed models generated:

• Disconnected elements
• Connections pending solution
• Diameters of elements in contact
• Compatibility of the diameter with the system project
  Allows the program to warn that the dimensions of the product in the detailed model do not match those in the design model. In this case, you must return to the corresponding analysis tab, make the necessary changes to check the actual situation, and use the "Digital Model" option again to re-export the information to this tab.
• Slope less than 0.5%
• Tolerance for elements in contact
  Tolerance value in degrees between parts in contact.

These checks are performed by clicking on the "Check errors" option, also at the top of the "Layer configuration" panel.

Any errors found are displayed on the model elements in the "Work area". Hovering the cursor over each error displays an informative text describing it.

General options

Clicking on this option opens a pop-up window with two tabs, "Pipes" and "Valves".

1. In the list on the left, click on ‘Add’ to add a new series to the list. In the "Catalogue pipe selection" or "Catalogue valve selection" window that appears, enter the "Reference" of the series and, in the case of pipes, select the "Type of installation", either "Water drainage", "Solar thermal collection" or "Water supply".
2. Once the series has been created in the list on the left, the materials that comprise it must be added to the list on the right. To do this, use the tools at the top. This allows you to select a "Manufacturer" and one of the available "Series" and "Groups". At the bottom, tick the boxes in the "Select" column for the specific products you want to add to the series of materials to be used in the project. Then click on "Accept". This operation can be repeated as many times as necessary until the specific series of materials to be used in the project is complete.

The series created can be "Imported" and "Exported" to files on disk (with the extension .bib905) using the options on the right-hand side so that they can be used in other projects.

Elements

The following elements are available:

• Pipe
• Valve
• Elbow
• Tee
• Branch
• Pan connector
• Reducer
• Generic element
  Includes elements such as grafts, cleanout branches, floor trap, connectors, aeration terminals or drains.

When you select any of these, a window opens where you can enter a "Reference" for the element and select the "Installation type" and "Pipe type" from those available.

Next, a specific product from a "Manufacturer" is selected using the data import button on the right. The program also allows "Catalogues" from Open BIM Database manufacturers to be downloaded and updated from this window.

Below, the program displays information about the selected product, as well as a "3D View".

At the bottom, you must "Select" the detailed model in which you want to incorporate the element; after clicking "Accept", it will be available in the work area.

The orientation and layout of the element can be adjusted later using the tools in the "Edit" group.

These options allow you to select and manually enter parts and fittings from that manufacturer individually to complete the detailed model.

Selecting and entering manufacturer elements using these options is similar to doing so from the generic "Elements" menu. In this case, direct access to each manufacturer's products speeds up the work.

Options for generating pipes and fittings for the entire project

The first two options available allow you to generate pipes and fittings for the entire project:

• Pipes
  Generates the details of all the parts that make up all the pipes in the project. In the pop-up window, you must indicate the reference of the detailed model generated, and then, for each type of installation, you must select a specific series of materials from those previously created in the "General options".
• Fittings
  Generates the fittings required throughout the installation for the selected detailed model, including "Elbows", "Tees", "Branches" and "Reducers", by ticking the corresponding boxes.

Options for generating parts of the detailed model

In addition to these options for generating all elements of the project, it is possible to use the following options for partial generation only on the elements selected by the user in the work area:

• Pipes
  Generates the details of the parts that make up the pipes selected by the user.
• Fittings
  Generates the necessary fittings in the elements selected by the user.
• Elbows
  Generates elbows in the elements selected by the user.
• Tees
  Generates tees in the elements selected by the user. The program offers two different options, which allow tees to be generated between two pipes or between three pipes.
• Branches
  Generates branches in the elements selected by the user. The program offers two different options, which allow branches to be generated between three pipes or between four pipes.
• Reducers
  Generates reducers in the elements selected by the user.

Regeneration of the detailed model

The "Model" option allows you to recalculate the distances of the pipes and regenerate their layout.

This is necessary if changes have been made manually to the automatically generated installation.

Review management

The "Manage" option opens a window where different review statuses can be added.

Each of these is characterised by a "Reference" and a "Colour". You can also indicate whether you want to "Activate" and adjust the "Visibility" of the elements associated with it.

Assigning and removing elements from revisions

Next, the "Assign" and "Remove" options allow you to add or remove elements from the detailed model to a specific revision status.

This way, you can create review statuses with distinctive colours and assign them to the model elements that have already been reviewed. This allows you to visually track the parts of the installation you have already worked on.

Detailed model listings

The "Reports" option at the top of the "Digital Model" tab opens the "Documents" window.

From here, using the options in the "Model" group on the top toolbar, you can generate a "Bill of materials" report for each of the detailed models generated. These reports include the quantities of all the parts and fittings for the designed systems.

To compose a single document with information from several models, use the "Document" option in the same window.

Detailed model plans

The drawings of the detailed model designed in the "Digital Model" tab can be generated and obtained from the "Layout" tab.

To do this, follow these steps:

• First, from the scene library ("3D Scene", "Scene Library"), create a scene associated with each detailed model (by clicking on "Create" and, in the "Diagrams" panel, selecting one of the available detailed "Models").
• Then, insert the scene into the sheet ("3D Scene", "Insert Scene").

The program then generates the detailed model scene and automatically labels its components.

If necessary, you can use the options in the top bar to add or remove labels, or modify the rest of the information in the plan.

Process for creating and inserting 3D scenes of the detailed model with automatically generated labels

Example of a sheet with scene and labels entered manually