Concepts and Procedures

This section describes concepts and procedures you will use with Design Master HVAC. It describes how to apply the commands in the Command Reference section to create your HVAC project.

📄️ Project Drawing and Database Management

When you create a new project, a database file will be created in the same folder as the current drawing. The file name will be dm_hvac<Name>.dm, where <Name> is the name of the project. This is the database file where all of the information about your project is stored. Your project drawings are now connected to this database file, and the information contained in the drawings and the database must match.

📄️ Master and Standards Databases

The master and standards databases are used to store default settings for new projects. You can make changes to the customization settings, store them in these files, and reuse them.

🗃️ Common Schedule Dialog Box Features

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🗃️ Common Settings

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📄️ Common Groups Dialog Box Features

All schedules in the project and master database can be organized into groups. Groups allow you to organize the records in your schedule.

📄️ Inserting Notes and Leaders on the Drawing

You can customize the block used for the leader arrow and its length. See the Miscellaneous Options section for more information.

📄️ Previous and Next Ducts

The commands in Design Master HVAC sometimes reference next and previous ducts. This section describes how to identify those ducts in your system.