Entering fire safety equipment
Buildings and industrial establishments must have the necessary fire protection installations to enable fire detection, control and extinguishing according to the characteristics of the sectors.
In the "Installation" tab, in the "Equipment" group of the main toolbar, there are options for entering fire safety equipment:
- Fire hose reels
- Fire extinguishers
- Alarm systems
Includes alarm buttons and acoustic sirens.
- Dry standpipes
Includes the supply inlet on the façade and the outlet on the ground floor.
- Hydrants
- Detection systems
Includes optical smoke detectors and thermo velocimetric detectors.
This includes optical smoke detectors and detectors. In each one of them it is possible to define the fire safety equipment by importing data from the library of generic elements of the program or the manufacturer's catalogues:
- Library of generic elements
Allows users to select the type of fire safety equipment from the generic element libraries. These can be created and edited from "General options" in the "BIM model" group of the general interface.- Reference
- Manufacturer catalogues
Allows users to select the type of fire safety equipment from the generic element libraries. These can be managed from the "Catalogues" option in the "BIM Model" group of the general interface.- Manufacturer / Reference
When entering fire safety equipment such as fire hydrants, fire extinguishers or detection systems, the program dynamically displays the area covered by their protection using shading on the screen.
To activate or deactivate the display of the symbols on the floor plan of the fire safety equipment, users can click on the "Show/Hide symbols" option in the "Own elements" panel, which is located by default at the bottom left of the general interface.
