Learn how to modify piping systems and coordinate with different disciplines within a construction project in this informative article. Gain insights on proper movement of pipe systems, how to make automatic connections, and ensure that alterations are correctly reflected in 3D views.
Key Insights
- The article demonstrates how to isolate and modify elements of a pipe system, ensuring that changes are accurately reflected and that the entire system isn't unintentionally shifted.
- The piece also highlights the importance of cross-discipline coordination, showcasing how to check pipe system modifications against a 3D fire sprinkler system and a level two reflected ceiling plan.
- Readers are guided on how to navigate potential obstacles, such as problematic register locations, by adjusting sprinkler placement while maintaining proper spacing and ensuring continued connection to the piping system.
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Let's grab this tee and reconnect that portion of the main. And let's go back up to the tee on the other side of the main and get rid of it. And now that this is isolated, we can set it to 9'8".
When you're moving pipe, be careful that you're not moving an entire system. Now what we can do is, if we draw to the centerline of the main, we should have an automatic connection. Looks good.
Let's do the same on the other piece down here. Okay, let's just confirm everything back with our section. And as we can see here, we have a good filler piece.
And the length is about 3½ inches—should be good. It's tight, but that can be fabricated. We can drag this over and see the same thing on this side.
Okay, we're good. So it also seems that this area, this pipe and this pipe, we took care of this. And this one is also going through this ductwork here.
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We'll do the same thing. Let's delete the fittings and let's set them to 9'8". If it's not available as a selection, we can enter it manually.
Okay, let's go to our trim/extend multiple elements. Okay, let's check this out in our 3D view. So let's go to our 3D fire sprinkler system.
And if we zoom in, we can see right here is the piece of main we re-elevated—it's 9'8". And now we are going under the ductwork and we're still above the ceiling. Same with these pieces.
So this is essentially a portion of what coordination would look like with another discipline. Let's check one more thing. Let's go to our Level 2 reflected ceiling plan.
Now we're seeing the ductwork here in this plan, and we'll get rid of it for our annotations. But it'll serve a purpose for our sprinklers, so let's zoom in to some of the classrooms. Overall, it looks pretty good, but we do have some register locations that may conflict with our sprinklers.
So for example, in this work room here, this might fall within this tile. We can still maintain our spacing and move it over. So let's click on this sprinkler.
Let's go back to our piping plan, and there it is highlighted there. Let's go to Move and two feet. You can see our armover is still connected.
We'll go back to the reflected ceiling plan, and now we're in a new tile there. And we're still properly spaced to that wall. Now this one might be problematic as well, or perhaps this one aligns with another tile.
We'll leave this one for now. Okay, and in case we do have to move it, it's just as simple as clicking on the sprinkler and moving it. And we can go two feet, and we can go back to our piping plan and see that it's still connected.
Okay, so in the next series of videos, we'll begin our annotations for our piping and reflected ceiling plans and wrap up our project.
