Learn about the intricacies of setting up a level two piping plan, including dimensioning sprinklers, aligning outlets, and connecting sprigs to the branch line. This article provides a step-by-step guide to correctly implementing and editing your piping plan.
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- The article covers the in-depth process of setting up a level two piping plan, starting from dimensioning the sprinkler to setting up the rest of the spacing.
- It emphasizes the importance of aligning with the sprinkler, changing dimensions as required, and ensuring the pipe is set to outlets for effective connection to the branch line.
- The guide also explains the use of upright sprinklers in areas without a drop ceiling, and the process of connecting these sprigs, extending multiple elements, and verifying the entire system's connection.
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Now let's continue with our Level Two piping plan. And let's dimension this sprinkler to then set up the rest of our spacing. So DI, we'll start at this wall, to the center of the sprinkler.
Now if your dimension's not the same as mine, that's fine, because we're going to change it. And let's do another dimension off of this wall. Don't forget to hit TAB.
Okay, so I want to set this dimension to four foot nine. And I want to set this dimension to four foot four. Okay, now let's select the whole thing, which also includes that piece of one-inch pipe.
And we are going to go on ahead and copy this in this direction. And let's go 14 feet, okay? Okay, now I'm going to drag my section across, that's good. And I'm going to select my pipe, go to Create Similar.
Make sure we're aligned with that sprinkler—do you see that dashed line? There we go, but I'm going to change this to one-and-a-half-inch. And let's also make this Outlets, okay? Now I'm going to drag this all the way to just a bit past this sprinkler. Now let's go to our Section view.
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Okay, so far so good, but now we need to make sure we're connecting our Sprigs. These are now called Sprigs when we have an upright sprinkler into our branch line. Let's go on ahead and cap this.
Now we want to make sure our Sprig piping is set to Outlets. Currently it's at tees, so let's go on ahead and change that. Otherwise, we're going to have a problem when we connect to the branch line, okay? And the reason we're using upright sprinklers here is because in the gym area, there is no drop ceiling, but we still need to provide protection.
And generally, we'll be using upright sprinklers that are one to six inches to the deck. Okay, so now let's go on ahead and connect these Sprigs. I'll start here.
I'll click on my branch line and find Trim/Extend Multiple Elements. Let's click that. And now it's a matter of just selecting each Sprig.
It's a very short filler piece and it'll work. Okay, there's our first branch line for the gym. Now it's just a matter of copying them all down the line.
So let's go back to our piping plan. What I'd like to do is get rid of this connection. I'll select that and drag over to have the entire line.
Let's go on ahead and copy and we're going to be going 12 feet to the end. So zoom out, make sure we're on a straight line and 12,12,12. Oops, one too many.
CTRL+Z. Okay, let's connect these and we'll be good to go. Branch line, Trim/Extend Multiple Elements. Main and connect each branch line.
All right, that looks good. Let's go on ahead and save our project. And let's go back to our 3D Fire Sprinkler System and take a look.
Zoom out and here we are. Everything looks good. Now a good thing to do in the 3D view is if you hover over a piece of pipe, let's say this one, and you keep hitting Tab, your entire system should show that it's connected.
Let's do that again. Zoom out. I'll hold this piece of pipe.
I'm not clicking, I'm just hovering and holding Tab, Tab, Tab. There we go. Now if I rotate around, it looks pretty good.
However, I think I saw a few areas that were already done for us that might not be connected. We are basically done with our system. All we need to do is double-check a few things, add a sprinkler here or there, and our piping plan will be complete.
