How to Access HVAC

Use the HVAC application to design and detail complex ducting networks within a full 3D environment by selecting components from the HVAC Catalog, and produce a clash-free design. Using standards and specifications or custom specifications, a conceptual layout can be created and analyzed rapidly, leaving the design details to a later post-approval stage.

1. Once the Model application in E3D Design has launched, select HVAC from the drop-down menu in the upperleft corner.

Launching the application enables the HVAC ribbon.

Note:
There is a new setting for HVAC tube translucency accessed from Graphics Settings on the ribbon – this allows any ducting which is implied tube and not yet filled with straight pieces to be easily identified in the 3D view.

The HVAC ribbon tab is grouped into functionality-based areas. From left to right there are Create, Modify, Delete, Tools, Penetrate, and Insulation.

The first two groups give access to the two main forms: HVAC Editor and HVAC Component Editor.